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AT News Report KABUL: In reaction to the Pakistani shelling on Durand Line, the Presidential Palace (ARG) has said the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) are ready to respond any kind of aggressive attacks. Deputy Presidential Palace Spokesman, Dawa Khan Meenawal called on Pakistan to halt its shelling …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned shelling and rocket attacks by Pakistani army on the eastern province of Kunar. At least seven civilians including women and children were killed an injured in the attack carried out on Monday. Karzai denounced the attacks as a clear violation …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed condolences over the death of Sadako Ogata, former commissioner of the United Nations High Commissionaire for Refugees (UNHCR) and ex-chief of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). In a statement, Karzai called Ms. Ogata a respectable personality and well-wishing to Japan, who …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Ceasefire is pre-condition to peace talks with the Taliban, said National Security Advisor, Hamdullah Mohib, who expressed government’s serious doubt over Taliban’s control on their frontline commanders and fighters, in which according to him Taliban are “not a single force”. “It’s important to the Taliban to …

Normally in the West and in most European countries the majority of the people have very little attachment to religion or the role of God in their daily lives. Most people in the West have given up attachment to religion at least since World War II. In fact, the basic …

AT News Report KABUL: Local officials in eastern Kunar province said Monday that at least three Afghan women have been killed and four others, including a child wounded in thePakistani shelling from other side of the Durand Line. Provincial Governor’s Spokesman, Abdul Ghani Musamem said the shelltargeted a residential house …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The United States negotiator for Afghan peace has arrived in the Pakistani capital on Monday, Pakistan media reported. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, reached Islamabad via a special jet from Pakistan’s western neighbouring nation to meet with top officials involved in Kabul …

AT News Report KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said it arrested eight officials in the Kabul International Airport on charge of smuggling. The intelligence agency said Monday in a statement that the arrested people were members of a smuggling network. “These people were arrested at a time that …

AT News Report KABUL: The electoral observers warn that any postponement in the announcement of the presidential election’s preliminary results could cause political crisis. The preliminary results of the September 28 presidential election was scheduled to be announced on October 19, but the independent election commission failed to announce it …

AT News Report KABUL: The members of parliament claim that peace leadership is held by individuals whose families are in abroad, referring to some members of the high peace council as well as officials in the state ministry for peace. The lawmakers said in the parliament’s Monday session that the …