AT News KABUL: Officials in Bamyan province confirm that a dead body found in a river in the Shibar district was a bodyguard of President Ashraf Ghani. Provincial Spokesman Latif Azimi on Wednesday identified the body as Aziz Ahmad Alemyar a member of the President Protective Service (PPS), a well-trained …

AT News KABUL: A local official in northern Takhar province has said that three government employees were killed by a Taliban member who just freed from government jails as part of peace efforts. District Governor of Khwajaghar, Mohammad Omar said on Wednesday that the assassinated people were members of the …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have fended off Taliban attacks in eastern Nangarhar and southern Paktiak provinces, killing 28 rebels in the last 24 hours, security officials said on Wednesday. Taliban militants had massively attacked army outposts in the Zawa area of Khogiani district of Nangarhar that received …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: At least three Afghan National Police members were killed in a Taliban truck bombing in southern Kandahar province, the first of such big attacks by the Taliban since Eid’s ceasefire almost two months ago. Taliban bomber targeted Shah Walikot police HQ on Wednesday morning, in which …

AT News KABUL: Some unknown armed men entered into a house and killed six members of a family including a woman in Sharana, the capital city of southern Paktika province. Head of provincial public health confirmed receiving six dead bodies. A surviving member of the family told Pajhwok that the …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a new contribution of US$ 49 million from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance towards program that help meet the food and nutrition needs of vulnerable communities in the country. “Providing food assistance to the most vulnerable families during …

3rd round of Trilateral Vice Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue also agrees to cooperate in ongoing Afghan peace process AT News KABUL: The 3rd round China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral Vice Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue was held via video link. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui, Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Mirwais Nab and Pakistan’s …

AT News KABUL: Residents of Ghazni province are worried about the possible fall of the area to Taliban since the situation is worsening day by day. The militants took control of provincial capital three years ago and now the resident fear it could happen once again. Ghazni residents said Tuesday …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani warns that continuing violence by Taliban could damage a national and regional consensus on the peace. “These moves by Taliban will damage the national consensus,” Ghani addressed a grand meeting that hosts representatives from 20 neighboring and regional countries, the United States and the …

AT News KABUL: Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb, lecturer of the al-Azhar Islamic University called the Taliban’s ongoing war in Afghanistan as “haram” (forbidden), praising Afghan forces for being in the right direction of defending their homeland and people. Tayyeb wrote these words on Twitter on Tuesday, in which he called the …