Officials in the presidential palace say that Pakistan has warned Afghan air force against any strike on the Taliban fighters in the Spin Boldak district. Spin Boldak fell to Taliban militants this week. The district lies on the so-called border crossing line of Durand that Afghanistan does not recognize as official border with Pakistan. That …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan government called regional countries, particularly to cooperate in “closing shelters and ceasing funding sources” to the Taliban. The ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement that Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar in a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, discussed the regional cooperation on the Afghan peace process …

AT News KABUL: United Nations in Afghanistan said on Wednesday it was alarmed by recent acts of violence in the country which is marking a sharp deterioration in the human rights environment there. “We are increasingly concerned about the increasing number of reported severe human rights abuses alleged in communities most affected by the ongoing …

With the Spirit of Their Historical Bond and Brotherhood By Cihad Erginay, Ambassador of Turkey in Afghanistan This week, Turkey marks the fifth anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt that was orchestrated by Fethullah Gülen and his terrorist group (FETÖ). The assault on Turkey’s democratic institutions resulted in the loss of 251 lives …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s negotiating team have discussed the mechanics and nuts and bolts of peace talks with U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar, with both the sides reflecting on progress and challenges ahead of the long-stalled negotiations. In a tweet, the Afghan government’s peace team in Doha said that discussions revolved around ways …

AT News KABUL:  Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday said that it has recorded 754 new cases and 72 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. Ministry said that out of 3,135 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 hours, 754 were reported positive. The total tally since the outbreak …

AT News KABUL: Chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah urged unity among the Afghans to reach enduring peace and stability. Talking to a news room on Tuesday in Kabul, Abdullah stressed on an end to war as Afghanistan has recently turned into a hotspot due to severe clashes raging on across …

AT News KABUL: Taliban have captured Wakhan, a key district of northern Badakhshan province bordering China’s Xinjiang province, officials said on Monday. Provincial council members were cited by Sputnik as saying that Wakhan has fallen to the Taliban. The militants have closed in on the zero point on frontiers with Xinjiang province, sources said. According …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai in a meeting for his successor Ashraf Ghani discussed the current situation of the country and the ongoing peace process. Karzai hoped that government officials be aware a foreign plot that iis going on against the country and people and take practical steps in neutralizing the plots. He …

AT News KABUL: Fighting inside Ghazni city has intensified, local sources said on Monday, as Afghan security forces are putting up fierce resistance against the Taliban who are pushing with a heavy offensive across the embattled provincial capital of Ghazni province. The Taliban are using people and homes as shields. A provincial councilmember, Hassan Reza …

AT News KABUL: Government forces have killed at least 1,177 Taliban rebels in raids sprawling across the country that also led to recapturing of five districts from the clutch of Taliban since Wednesday last week, security officials said on Sunday. A government spokesman on Sunday announced that security forces had captured five districts from Taliban …

AT News KABUL: Kabul international airport has been equipped with an air defence system to counter incoming rockets, said the Ministry of Defense on Sunday, a measure to quell missile attacks as the Taliban militants continue to sweet across the country. “The defense system was fitted at Kabul Airport on Sunday and has proved useful …

AT News KABUL: Chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah held a meeting with members of the Afghan negotiating team who returned from Tehran after concluding a two-day summit brokered by the Iranian government. “We listened to the full report of the talks between the Taliban and republic team and discussed the …

AT News KABUL: At least two civilians lost their lives and four others received injuries in a blast in Kabul on Saturday morning. An IED placed inside a property shop in Kart-e-Naw area in PD 8th went off at around 9:10am local time, killing two civilians and four others were wounded, Kabul Police Press Disk …

AT News KABUL: Two provincial council members had joined the Taliban command in the northwestern province of Badghis, top official said on Saturday. Provincial Governor Hesamuddin Shams named these two members of the provincial council as Fareed Akhizai and Khan Jan Zafar. Ariana News TV published pictures that shows Fareed Akhizai was sitting with Taliban …

AT News KABUL: As the United States is leaving Afghanistan troubled by war, Pentagon is calling for international pressure to reach a negotiated political resolution with the Taliban to end the long-lasting conflict in the country. “The security situation in Afghanistan calls for international pressure to reach a political agreement to end this conflict so …

AT News KABUL: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has extolled the recent meeting between Afghan government and Taliban delegations in Tehran as “an effective step towards peace in the country”. He welcomed a joint statement by both the parties, who met in Tehran, which called the continuation of war a threat to the country’s security …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban have purportedly overrun two military outposts in PD 7 Kandahar’s capital city, a security source said on Friday. Provincial Police said that the reinforce security forces arrived in the area to push the militants back. Kandahar is insecure province in the south, where fierce clashes between the security forces and …

AT News KABUL: A former Jihadi leader, Mohammad Ismail Khan vows of mobilizing thousands of armed forces to fight the Taliban in western Herat province as the insurgents have recently made rapid territorial gains across the country. Khan officially declared the People’s Resistance Movement of western Afghanistan in consultative meeting at his residence in Herat …

By Hafiz AhmadiKABUL: Dilip Kumar, the legendary and veteran Indian actor who has a great number of fans in Afghanistan passed away on Wednesday, July 07 due to illness at a Mumbai hospital.Kumar was born in a Muslim family of Pashtoon origin on December 11, 1922 in the Qissa Khwani Bazaar neighborhood of Peshawar, British …

AT News KABUL: In the midst of a security vacuum being left by the United States in Afghanistan, Iran is hosting senior Taliban negotiators and Afghan officials, a Taliban spokesman said on Wednesday – the latest in a string of Tehran’s attempts to facilitate peace negotiations between the feuding factions in the embattled country. “Iran …

AT News KABUL: India, seen as a key player in peace-making in Afghanistan, is ramping up diplomatic efforts with Russia, with its External Affairs Minister heading to Moscow to discuss the current situation in the war-torn country. Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is, however, taking a detour in Iran where a meeting of Taliban and …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 1,092 new cases of coronavirus and 62 deaths in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said on Wednesday. The new cases come positive out of 3,481 suspected samples in the past 24 hours. Another 1,062 patients have fully recovered during these hours and discharged from the hospital. The …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recoded 1,556 confirmed cased of the pandemic Covid-19 with 55 deaths within the past 24 hours, health ministry said on Tuesday. The new cases were recorded out of 4,245 samples across the country. In this period, 932 patients were recovered. The total number of the confirmed cases reached 129,021, from which, …

AT News KABUL: The US military had left Afghan officials in the dark before it vacated Bagram airbase in the night, its biggest base in Afghanistan, Bagram base’s new commander said. General Asadullah Kohistani said on Monday that the Afghan military discovered hours later after US military left Bagram early on Friday morning. This is …

AT News KABUL: Presence of Nato in Afghanistan in the past 20 years produced mixed results, a former president of Afghanistan has said. The United States and its allies helped with the reconstruction of Afghanistan’s infrastructure, helping with education and other areas was very welcome and produced immensely good results for the country and we …

Former president Hamid Karzai doesn’t hold back any punches on who is to blame for the ongoing turmoil in Afghanistan. By Alex Crawford, special correspondent, and Kevin Sheppard, cameraman, from Kabul Hamid Karzai said he felt disrespected by the US A stream of politicians, ambassadors, world leaders and business people file in and out of …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: India has decided to evacuate its nationals and officials from Kabul and other cities as the security situation is getting worse due intensification of violence by the Taliban to gain more territory. “Plans have been worked out for the evacuation of our staff and other personnel present in Afghanistan in the cities …

AT News KABUL: Taliban threats have displaced nearly 3,000 families in tumultuous Daikundi province in the past week alone, local officials said on Monday, adding to woes of civilians across Afghanistan, bearing the brunt of an unabated conflict. Over 2,000 families have fled the fighting and taken refuge in capital city of Daikundi, Nili, in …

AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health reported 1,485 confirmed cases of the pandemic virus with additional fatalities of 77 deaths. The new tally was recorded out of 4,238 samples within the past 24 hours across the country. During this period, 834 people were recovered. The total number of cases surpasses 127,464, of whom, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The first group of Afghans to be granted asylum for their work with the German military has arrived in Germany, according to Der Spiegel. They are fleeing the Taliban who consider them “traitors.” The first six members of Afghan personnel, who worked with the German military during their time in Afghanistan, …

AT News KABUL: Two days after U.S. troops vacated Bagram base, Taliban insurgents staged an attack on the air base, an assault which Afghan security forces repulsed at its outset, according to officials in Parwan province. “The Taliban attacked the base last night from outskirt of Kuh-e-Safi district and a heavy gunfight ensued for several …

AT News KABUL: The closure of Aqina border port has sparked fear of starvation in the four districts of Faryab province in the north as residents of the districts of Qaramqol, Qorghan, Khan Chahar Bagh and Andkhoy received foodstuff from the port that is bordering the neighboring Turkmenistan. Taliban took control of Andkhoy district last …

AT News KABUL: Amnesty International has censured the Afghan government for failing to protect human rights defenders in Afghanistan, urging a serious probe into recent threats and attacks. Despite a protection mechanism for Afghanistan’s human rights defenders, at least 24 HRDs have been killed since Jan, 21. This is what Rahim Jami, our speaker at …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The UK is expected to bring home the last of its troops in Afghanistan this weekend, which would bring an end to Britain’s official role in the 20-year conflict. According to reports, the final 750 soldiers, who are currently part of a NATO training mission, are said to have leave (Sunday 4 …