AT News KABUL: For the first time since the collapse of Taliban regime, the ongoing peace process with the group seemed producing fruits, especially after peace deal with the US — but Afghan women despite favoring a dignify peace have expressed their anxiety with fear of losing their voice in …

AT News KABUL: Following the US and Taliban peace deal that signed in Sheraton Hotels in Qatar on Saturday evening, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said that there are two secret elements stated in the peace agreements, but he refrained from its divulgation. In a televised …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Sixty-six people have died and 1,501 people have been infected by coronavirus in Iran, Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi said in an announcement on state TV. “The definite latest numbers we have are 523 new infections and 12 new deaths so the total number of those …

AT News KABUL: Local officials in central Maidan Wardak said, the Taliban group has abducted over 50 people during past two days from Chak district of the province. Provincial Governor Mazfarduddin Yamin said the militants have been insisting on the release of their prisoners in return for the abducted people. …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: China on Monday pledged its support for the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement in Afghanistan and called for the “orderly and responsible” withdrawal of foreign troops to avoid a power vacuum and possible terrorist resurgence. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the reconciliation process should be “Afghan-led and …

AT News KABUL: In the midst of a tumultuous election crisis, the “Stability and Partnership” team, led by Abdullah Abdullah – claiming the victory of the Afghanistan presidential election who had warned to form an inclusive government – said that it would appoint four new provincial governors. A top member …

Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: Thousands of Afghans have been disabled during over four decades of conflicts in Afghanistan. The longest violence has directly and indirectly inflicted sever impairment on people with some of them with no eyes, no hands, no legs and also hearing problems — while several others of …

Subsequent developments after the US-Taliban landmark peace deal was signed in Qatar following marathon negotiations aimed at ending the United States’ longest war signal that there would be serious violations of the deal, which is seemingly doomed to failure, right from the outset by both sides. In an expected twist, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has reacted over the signing of a peace deal between the United States and Taliban group in Doha, the capital city of Qatar gulf state, where she insisted over an important role of the Afghan women …

By António Guterres Gender inequality is the overwhelming injustice of our age and the biggest human rights challenge we face. But gender equality offers solutions to some of the most intractable problems of our age. Everywhere, women are worse off than men – simply because they are women. The reality …