AT News Report KABUL: The President Ashraf Ghani has welcomed European Council’s adopted conclusion on the peace process while reaffirming its political and economic commitment to the country. The EU Council on Monday discussed the situation in Afghanistan with a special focus on the ongoing efforts for peace and how …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) recently shocked the cricketing world by replacing captain Asghar Afghan in all three formats of the game internationally with just around 2 months to go for the marquee ICC World Cup 2019. Gulbadin Naib was handed the ODI captaincy of the …

Though in a meeting with US special envoy, the National Unity Government assured of extending much more support for making fruitful the coming two days intra Afghan dialogue at Doha Qatar but the analysts say that Presidential Palace is trying to send more government officials to the upcoming Doha meeting …

AT News Report KABUL: The courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Tuesday said it has sentenced 15 drug traffickers to short and long incarceration in the past one week.  CJTF in a press statement said the primary and appeal courts of CJTF have convicted 15 smugglers to five …

AT News Report KABUL: Taliban say that nobody would represent Afghan government in the intra-Afghan negotiations slated to be held next week in the Qatari capital of Doha city. The Doha meeting is a follow up of the February’s session held between Taliban representatives and some politicians from Kabul including …

AT News Report LASHKAR GAH: The following is a transcript of the statement delivered by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto on the Role of Women in Peace and Security in Afghanistan. Dr. Sima Samar, Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission; H.E. Yasin Khan, Governor of Helmand …

AT News Report KABUL: Political analysts say that individuals close to government were appointed in A number of political analysts believe that the government was to repeat its failed experiences by forming the council of reconciliation leadership, arguing that the council was very similar to the existing high peace council …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Pakistani cement is facing difficulties in finding market access to Afghanistan, because total exports share of Afghan market has dropped to 24 percent in 8MFY19 from over 54 percent in FY2007, Pakistani media reported Monday. The reason is that Afghanistan has opened doors to other …

AT News Report KABUL: Yet in anther act of violence, at least two people have been killed and five others received inures in a roadside blast ripped Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province on Monday morning, some source said. However, provincial official confirmed killing of one civilians. This …

AT News Report KABUL: Afghan security forces killed at least 99 Taliban fighters as part of five-day clearing operations in Balamorghab district of western Badghis province, the ministry of defense said Monday.  Clashes between the government forces with support of foreign forces, and Taliban insurgents have not subsided even in the …