AT News Report KABUL: A prominent Pashtoon politician has demanded the government of Pakistan to be cautious at the Kashmir latest tension with India, saying Islamabad should not take revenge by killing Afghans. Afrasiab Khattak said on Wednesday that Pakistan needs to treat Afghans like brothers and sisters, not enemies …
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Targeting civilians indicate failures of Taliban in battlefields Taliban’s intensification of war is great barrier ahead of peace By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: At least 14 people have died and nearly 150 others, mostly civilians, including women and children, received injuries after a Taliban car bomber targeted a police station in …
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AT News Report KABUL: The United Nations has expressed deep concern at the Taliban’s stated threat to target civilians participating in the 28 September presidential election process. According to international humanitarian and human rights law, the electoral process in Afghanistan is a civilian undertaking and everyone has the right to …
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“The fallacy of red line movement” By Aisha Khurram Afghanistan is now standing on the verge of a critical situation, as peace talks are gaining momentum by each round. After the first session of the 8th round of negotiations with Taliban the U.S Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Dr. Zalmay …
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AT News Report KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Wednesday said its operatives in cooperation with police and army forces have busted Daesh terrorists explosives and suicide vests factories during last-long overnight crackdowns to degrade the terrorist group attacks and subversive activities in Kabul, the capital city. Based on …
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AT News Report KABUL: Residents of northern parts of Kabul city whose houses have been built in higher lands than the other parts of the capital, are severely suffering shortage of water. They say they have to walk long distances in search of potable water in the Khwaja Boghra neighborhood, …
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Explosions, gunfire and deaths have become the daily norm as have fear and anger. But after forty years of violence, peace is finally a possibility in Afghanistan. Many will recall the day a ceasefire is announced – when gunfire stops, complex attacks are not conducted and people celebrate in the …
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AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday called the recent appointment of a new advisor by President Ashraf Ghani as a ‘direct interference’ in the election process. The CEO in a statement said that the appointment of Noor Mohammad Noor as an advisor to the …
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AT News Report KABUL: A number of tribal elders and religious scholars in the southeastern Paktia province on Tuesday urged the Taliban group to announce an armistice before Eid-ul-Adha and take concrete steps towards a lasting peace in the country. The participants of a gathering called on the Taliban to …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoLSAMD) on Tuesday announced that almost two million Afghan children worked in hazardous conditions, which rendered them mentally and physically unwell. A 12-year-old Ahmad works in a forging workshop from dawn to dusk every day in the …
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