AT News KABUL: Shokrullah Atef Mashal, Afghanistan ambassador to Pakistan has resigned, a source in the presidential palace said. The source who was speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Kabul News broadcaster on Sunday that Mashal offered his resignation letter to President Ghani and the president agreed with the …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is to join the Global Alliance for Responsible Media and the government welcomed a demand by Britain to join the international body. Alison Mary Blake, British Ambassador to Kabul called Afghanistan to the alliance in a meeting with vice president Sarwar Danesh Sunday in Kabul, Danesh’s …

AT News KABUL: A Pakistani national who was financing the Taliban group in the northeast of Afghanistan was killed in an airstrike, ministry of defense said on Sunday. He targeted by air while traveling in a car, Fawad Aman, spokesman for the ministry of defense said. He was a Pakistani …

KABUL: Afghanistan was hit again by heavy rains and snowfall this week as several provinces across the country reported deaths as well as severe transport delays and disruptions. State Ministry for Disaster Management has confirmed at least 19 deaths caused by the snowstorm and torrential rains across Afghanistan. More than …

AT News KABUL: Production of marble has increased by 57 percent in Maidan Wardan province, the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum reports. In an interview with Voice of America (VoA), the ministry’s spokesperson Abdul Qadir Mutfi said the province has produced over 46,000 tons of marbles during this fiscal …

Given the current developments, it seems the ongoing saga and controversy surrounding the presidential election know no end. The presidential vote happened about nearly four months back on Sept. 28th last year and its preliminary results were announced on Dec. 22, sparking a fuss among all parties involved. A staggering …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has said homes and law enforcement agencies are among the most insecure places for women across the country. Shaharzad Akbar speaking at a national conference titled ‘preventing violence against women’ here in Kabul on Saturday stated that the lack of …

AT News KABUL: Fears of rabies and dangers posed by packs of stray dogs, health officials in eastern Nangarhar has culled and eliminated over 430 dogs in the province. The campaign kicked off Environment Protection Cell of Provincial Health Directorate Run an Anti-Stray Dogs, said a statement issued by Nangarhar …

Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday paid a visit to the ailing former three-time Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Shari at his Avenfield apartments in London. Karzai addressed the media following the meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and said his visit was to inquire after Nawaz Sharif’s health. …

Sold newborn reunited with family A newborn sold due to extreme poverty has been reunited with her family in Bamyan. Six-week-old baby, unharmed, was returned to her mother days after she was sold for a meager $650. After a report surfaced about selling of Zahra in Bamyan, says head of …