AT News KABUL: Afghan political and influential figures have accelerated efforts to mediate between Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah—the two feuding Afghan leaders who both claimed victory in the September 28th Afghan vote, triggering Afghanistan into fresh wave of instability. Former President Hamid Karzai and former Mujahideen leader Abdul Rab …

More than 23 soldiers were killed in Taliban attacks on Monday as belligerent militants are waging a war of terrain and power; diplomacy seems just as much in tatters as the battlefield as a rift has launched peace negotiations into pandemonium. Perhaps, Kabul should not give benefit of the doubt …

As the COVID-19 is becoming more and more prevalent in Afghanistan with the total number of positive cases around 145 now – including four deaths – Afghanistan is being affected from multiple fronts. The Afghan government took the extreme measure of announcing a three-week lockdown in capital Kabul in a …

AT News KABUL: At least five police officers were wounded Monday when inmates in the women’s prison rioted in the western province of Herat. Provincial Spokesman, Jilani Farhad, said that a number of women inmates who were not included the president’s pardon list, rioted. “They rioted in protest that their …

AT News KABUL: The High Reconciliation Council is to be shaped soon as a replace of the High Peace Council formed in 2010. Abdul Rasoul Sayyaf, a former jihadi leader said Monday that the new council would be formed to make a framework for talks with the Taliban. Sayyaf welcomed …

AT News KABUL: Intelligence officials have said that the Taliban delegates will be received in Bagram airport under auspices of the ICRC, as part of virtual negotiations between the government and the Taliban to facilitate a phased release of militant prisoners. Government officials and Taliban representatives have been in three …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is on the brink of a new disaster that the already long-suffering Afghan people cannot afford. Coronavirus threatens to topple the country, if Afghans don’t begin to heed the advice of officials regarding the spread of Coronavirus. Key concerns are the disregard for new social distancing …

AT News KABUL: A truck full of 4,000kg explosive materials have confiscated by the Afghan security forces in western Herat province, officials said on Monday. Police Special Forces unit succeeded to seize a truck full of 4,000kg explosives during a crackdown in Kang village of Ghorian district of the province, …

By Meetra Qutb The ‘prisoner release’ has long been as a ‘goodwill gesture’ to show a willingness to bringing peace. It is worth learning from the experience of the conflict in Northern Ireland, Israel, India and Pakistan, as there the British and the Irish governments, together with the Irish parties …

AT News KABUL: Although strict precautionary measures have been introduced with Kabul city under quarantine, bevies of people thronged the city and intercity commute seemed unhalted on Sunday. Many shops are open and cars still commute. Nobody seems to comply by public health orders to self-isolate amid a citywide lockdown. …