AT News KABUL: Just as a historic peace agreement was being signed in Qatar on Saturday to end American’s longest-fought war, the United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg renewed their commitment to Afghanistan. During a ceremony of a joint declaration with President Ghani, …
Read More »A US-Taliban Peace Deal Feeds Hope and Skepticism
Ahmad Katawazai United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad signed a landmark peace agreement with the Taliban putting an end to 18 months long complex and long pending peace talks. The weeklong truce “Reduction of Violence” passed off successfully, paving the way for this long-awaited US-Taliban peace agreement. …
Read More »UN urges continuation of reduced violence
AT News KABUL: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has welcomed the successful conclusion of a seven-day period of reduced violence, which is expected to lead to the start of intra-Afghan negotiations. “All stakeholders must now look to make genuine and concrete steps toward ending the war,” said Tadamichi …
Read More »Kabulis bristle at high internet prices
By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: Tens of residents of Kabul, the capital city, on Saturday have staged protests in front of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, criticizing the poor quality internet services and the high internet prices. Bismillah Hamdard, a member of Woles Zhaghorana Organization and an organizer of …
Read More »U.S., Taliban Sign Deal to End Afghan War
AT News KABUL: After a week-long reduction in violence that resulted from painstaking negotiations, the US and Taliban signed a historic agreement Saturday in Qatar, which would herald a drawdown of US troops from Afghanistan and long-awaited negotiation between the rebel group and Kabul government. The peace agreement includes a …
Read More »Peace is a victory for everyone
AT News KABUL: The Taliban, with whom the US signed a peace deal on Saturday, has claimed the privilege of the agreement, trying to declare victory with terming the Afghan conflict as legal. But peace is considered victory to all. The group in its statements read comments such as- the …
Read More »Norway offers to host intra-Afghan talks
AT News KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister of Norway Audun Halvorsen in a meeting with Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah had announced on Saturday his country’s readiness to host the direct-Afghan talks. The chief executive office in a statement said the meeting was held in Abdullah’s office, where both sides discussed issues …
Read More »My Letter to the Afghan Taliban
By: Zakia Wardak, Advocate for peace, Entrepreneur and Architect Mr. Haqqani and the members of the Afghan Taliban, I want to thank you for your opinion editorial. This gave insight to your thoughts about the peace deal to the world and most importantly, the Afghan people. I do agree with …
Read More »US-Taliban deal can be annulled if commitments violated: Khalid
By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: The Minister of Defense Asadullah Khalid has talked about possibility in breaking peace deal between the US and the Taliban if the Taliban side did not take practical actions in accordance to the agreement to reduce or completely halt attacks. Talking in a televised interview, Khalid …
Read More »Intra-Afghan peace talks expected within 10 days
AT News KABUL: Russian Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov said that talks between the Afghan sides would be held within next 10 days, following the US-Taliban peace deal, signed Saturday in the Gulf state of Qatar by US top negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban deputy leader Mullah Abdull Ghani …
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