AT News KABUL: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) continues its mission in Afghanistan, the organization’s secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said, calling the country’s mission the biggest engagement so far. Stoltenberg said Wednesday in Brussels that Afghanistan along with Iraq had important roles for NATO’s mission to defeat Daesh terrorist group. …

AT News Report KABUL: Fighters loyal to the Daesh terrorist group are moving from Nangarhar province (their main haven) to its neighboring provinces of Kunar and Nooristan in the east, members of parliament said. The representatives from eastern provinces in the parliament, said in their Wednesday session the transfer took …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed hope that a prisoner exchange took place this week, could help the end of war and be the beginning of a durable peace in Afghanistan. Taliban freed an American and an Australian citizen held in their custody for three years on …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai met with representatives, tribal elders and youth of Kandahar province on Wednesday in his office. The representatives complained of operations and night raids launched by some US-backed armed units against civilians in the province, asking the former president to help them in …

AT News Report KABUL: Presidential hopeful and leader of “Hezb-e-Islami”, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in a letter to President Ashraf Ghani has warned of possible election crisis, asking him to hold talks with the candidates regarding the “fraudulent votes”. His letter comes among rising tension in the Presidential election. The preliminary results …

AT News KABUL: Just days after releasing the three top Taliban prisoners in return for the two foreign professors, aimed at reducing violence and facilitation of intra-Afghan peace talks, the Taliban claimed responsibility of shooting down a chopper in Logar province, in which two US service members were killed. Moreover, …

AT News Report KABUL:  At least two U.S. service members were killed, after a chopper crashed in eastern Logar province. U.S Forces Afghanistan (USFOR-A) in a press statement said that two U.S. service members were killed in a helicopter crash on November 20. According to the statement the cause of …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Taliban was the world’s “deadliest terrorist group” last year, according to a new survey, amid a rise in terrorist activity in Afghanistan and the winding down of conflicts in Syria and Iraq. The 2019 Global Terrorism Index, published on November 20 by the Sydney-based Institute …

A date for the meeting has not been agreed on yet, because China has problems with coordinating the list of participants from Kabul, Zamir Kabulov informed. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia expects the intra-Afghan meeting in Beijing to be held before the end of this year, Special Presidential Envoy for …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran continues to support the Taliban with weapons, training and funding to counter US and Western influence in Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon report released on Tuesday. A US Defense Intelligence report said “Stronger partners, such as Hezbolloh, are highly capable, reliable, and receptive to Tehran. …