AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Preparations are underway for the Afghan peace talks set to take place in Turkey, the U.S. State Department said, Reuters reported. Last month, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote a letter to Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani putting forward Turkey to host talks to end the two-decade-long …

AT News KABUL: Nine members of the Afghan border force killed and over 14 others were taken hostage after a number of Taliban insurgents attacked two checkpoints in Herat province, source said on Friday. The attack happened on two outposts in Kohsan and Ghorian districts on Thursday night, TOLONews quoted …

US official says Turkey conference will help Afghan negotiators to make progress in their negotiations, and will complement the peace talks that are currently ongoing in Doha AT News KABUL: The assessment of peace proposals, including the one provided by President Ashraf Ghani has been completed, the High Council for …

AT News KABUL: Violence against women has had an unprecedented increase in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, provincial officials say. The violence cases include divorce, beating, escape from home and family violence. Sharifa 19, is a resident of the Kohestan district’s village of Pas Pol. She married when she was …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Afghanistan warns that poverty would likely jump up to 70 percent in 2021 in Afghanistan and the number of needy people would reach to 18 million. In a new report on Afghan situation, the UN body said Wednesday that if …

AT News KABUL: Asad Qaiser, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan is due to pay an official visit to Kabul along with a group of the Pakistani politicians and members of parliament, according to media report. Qaiser will meet President Ghani and other Afghan officials to discuss the ongoing …

AT News KABUL: At least two civilians lost their lives and 18 more received injuries after a roadside mine went off in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday morning, sources said. The blast occurred at around 06:30 morning hours in Jalalabad, the provincial capital city. “The explosion occurred when the Afghan …

AT News KABUL: The salaries of at least 15 senior government officials have been postponed as they failed to report and register their private properties, the anti-corruption body says. “Under the prevention measures of administration corruption, we have so far received 5,200 forms of asset registrations from which, 1,365 are …

AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday said that security forces have arrested 11 members of the Taliban, who were behind differing bombings, including assassination of a prominent journalist Yama Siawash.    Mr. Saleh in a series of tweets said that it all started with a tip …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkey is the best option to host the upcoming Afghan peace talks since it is an independent and impartial country, said the leader of Hezb-e-Islami political party on Wednesday. Speaking to the Anadolu Agency (AA), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar underlined that there are deep-rooted amicable ties between the …