AT News Report-KABUL: The media watchdog organizations reacted to the closure of Radio Mashal/Radio Liberty office in Pakistan, calling it silencing freedom of speech. The South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) claimed that Radio Mashal was closed by Pakistan’s intelligence agency (ISI). It said that freedom of speech in the …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Lawmakers claimed Saturday that they had “significant” achievements in the seventh legislative year of parliament, hours before the end of the year that is followed by a 45-day winter vacation. Mohammad Nazir Ahmadzai, deputy parliament speaker, said it was a successful year for the legislators in which …
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AT News Report-KABUL: China is to provide economic and military assistance to Afghanistan, a Chinese diplomat said in Kabul, while emphasizing on Beijing’s cooperation in the peace process in the war-ravaged country. “Military assistance would be provided in addition to other helps to Afghanistan,” Chinese deputy ambassador to Kabul, Zhang …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) in joint venture with the Kabul municipality had laid the foundation stone for a reminisce minaret for media victims killed in Afghanistan in the past 16-year in Kabul’s Pule-e-Bagh-e-Omomi area of Kabul city. “National Unity Government (NUG) stand firm at the …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Saturday said that 67 inmates were released from Taliban jail during an operation in southern Helmand province. In a statement, the MoD said: “based on intelligence information the Uruzgan detachment and intelligence special forces conducted a joint operation in Baghran district of …
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AT Monitoring Desk-WASHINGTON: The United States Friday told the UN Security Council that the status quo regarding continues terrorist safe havens in Pakistan was not acceptable and insisted that Islamabad join its efforts to bring a resolution to the conflict. “We seek to work cohesively and effectively with Pakistan, but …
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AT News Report-KABUL: The threats of violent extremism and transnational organized crime in Afghanistan reverberate across Central Asia and the world and countering them cannot be the responsibility of one country alone, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday, urging regional and multilateral cooperation, based firmly on human rights. “Regional …
Read More »AT News Report-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has carried out a raid in northern Kunduz province and defused a terror act after arresting a suspect suicide bomber. The Taliban member was identified as Qari Mohammad Sadiq was held along with explosives materials According to the statement, the NDS …
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AT News Report-KABUL: The ousted Balkh governor, Atta Mohammad Noor attacked the National Unity Government, saying it operates in contravention of the country’s constitution, while calling on foreign countries to restrain from interfering into internal affairs. During briefing to his supporters in Mazar-e-Sharif on Saturday, he once again called on …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Anti-drugs campaign in southern Helmand province has been underway, resulting in destroying a number of Taliban owned drugs labs, but dozens of dozen drugs factories and traffickers are still operating in the province, Ariana News has reported. According to the provincial administration of Helmand province, anti-drugs operation …
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