AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah, rejected attending the Consultative Loya Jirga set for April 29th to discuss ways for peace, saying that not only him but also his electoral team would not attend the jirga. Abdullah is one of runners for this year’s presidential elections and enjoys …

Abdul Razaq Wahidi is one of the young figures who has served in high positions in the past and current governments. His last post was as minister of telecommunications and information technology in Ghani administration. Wahidi was fired by Dr. Ashraf Ghani after serving in his cabinet for several months. …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai on Saturday expressed his deep concerns over the announcement of spring operations by government and Taliban. Taliban on Friday announced their spring offensive named al-Fath. Prior to that, the government had announced a Khaled-titled spring operation. Karzai dismissed in a statement the …

Killing of Afghans must stop By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: In the wake of ongoing peace talks that already gained momentum, the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalamy Khalilzad expressed his rage over so-called Taliban’s spring offensive announcement, terming it “reckless” and “indifference” to the demands of Afghans for peace.  …

AT News Report KABUL: The spy operatives on Saturday have detained 19 Taliban insurgents, including three commanders in southern Kandahar province. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) office in Kabul in a statement said its special forces arrested the 19 rebels in different parts of the province. NDS put detained …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan on Saturday has reiterated its support towards peace in Afghanistan and said that there is no military solution except for negotiated settlement. Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Mohammad Faisal took to the official Twitter account and wrote that his country’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has …

Taliban AT News Reports KABUL: Taliban insurgents have launched attack on provincial city of northern Kunduz province just day after announcing its “Spring Offensive” named “Al-Fath”, local officials said Saturday. Provincial Police Spokesman Enaumudeen Rahmani said the attack was conducted early Saturday morning in the outskirts of the Kunduz city. …

AT News Report KABUL: Four Romanian soldiers were wounded Saturday morning in Afghanistan after the insurgents detonated an improvised explosive device. The soldiers were in mission in Kandahar province and were further attacked with infantry weapons. The attack took place Saturday morning in Kandahar Province when several MRAP vehicles (Mine …

AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology (MoTIT) on Saturday warned blockage of Facebook within next six months, unless the rule and regulations to be applied. Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology Shahzad Aryobi in a press briefing on Saturday spoke about impunity of social media, particularly …

Amidst intensifying peace effort on the part of US special envoy and Afghan leaders as well, Taliban’s announcement pertained to so-called Spring Offensive could be considered a move to derail the recently developed understanding amongst the different Afghan groups and individuals. Hours after the Taliban announced their so-called spring offensive, …