Afghans should be proud of their journalists, not blocking them: US AT News KABUL: US Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson to Kabul said that freedom of the press was “democracy’s guardian” and that Afghans should be proud of their journalists “not blocking them”. “Transparency is the foundation of democratic government,” Wilson …

AT News KABUL: Former head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Rahmatullah Nabil in a meeting with the Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah has expressed his deep concern about his and some other political officials safety, saying “they received death threats” from some circles. The …

AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation called for the completion of prisoners swap process and immediate start of the intra-Afghan negotiations to end the decades-long war in Afghanistan. Peace is the main objective of the people of Afghanistan, and it was reflected in …

AT News KABUL: Four incumbent and former governors were introduced to the Attorney General Office by the Afghanistan Ombudsperson Office on charge of corruption in the budget formed for the pandemic Covid-19. The Office was formed by President Ashraf Ghani to counter administrative corruption and monitor the activities of government …

AT News KABUL: Eight coronavirus patients have lost their lives battling the virus in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said on Tuesday. The total deaths have exceeded 1,397 in the country since the virus outbreak started around six months ago in the country. The health official …

AT News KABUL: Acting Foreign Minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar held a telephone conversation with Liu Jin, Special Representative of the People’s Republic of China for Afghanistan on Monday, in which they discussed the implementation of issues raised during the recent meeting between the Afghan and Chinese Foreign Ministers. During the …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban insurgent set off a truck bomb on Tuesday just outside a military base in northern Balkh province, killing three people and wounding 41 others, officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing despite steps toward peace talks with the Afghan government. The group on …

AT News KABUL: At least 88 civilians were killed and 133 others wounded in the violence committed by the Taliban in the past two weeks—an uptick in violence aimed at the fragile peace process. “Taliban carried out 781 terrorist activities in the past two weeks in 27 provinces, in which …

AT News KABUL: Acting Defense Minister Assadullah Khalid said that Afghanistan had lost its army once before but he would not allow the destruction of the Afghan National Army (ANA) and its institutions yet again. Assadullah Khalid made the remarks at a ceremony marking the National Army Day on Monday. …

In a fog of war, law enforcement in Afghanistan is at a low ebb. Despite there are orders of arrest warrants against criminals and suspects, the government has failed to bring such people to book. Prominent examples are fugitive Afghan warlord, Nizamuddin Qaisari, who has multiple times fled arrest and …