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India should be wary of a U.S.-Pakistan deal: former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
By: Suhasini Haidar Karzai says Islamabad is trying to hold the Afghan peace process hostage to its Kashmir objectives India should be wary about a possible U.S.-Pakistan “deal” on Afghanistan, warned former Afghan President Hamid Karzai, as U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad was set to begin another round of talks …
Read More »Editorial: President Ghani emphasizes on ‘timely’ election
President Ashraf Ghani emphasizes that the presidential elections slated for September 28, must be held on its scheduled time. The president is insisting on election that the process has been surrounding by scores of challenges and problems. Almost everyone of President Ghani’s 17 rivals at the contest believe that the …
Read More »Leaving? Take all of your belongings with you
Rangin Dadfar Spanta Donald Trump, The President of the United States of America, stated that “Afghanistan is terrorism’s laboratory”. The US will, however, keep its intelligence mission active in the country, even after it withdraws its troops, in order to continue combating terrorist threats. Numerous points about this statement require …
Read More »9th round of US, Taliban peace talks kicks off in Qatar
AT News Report KABUL: The US and the Taliban representatives resumed their peace talks in the Qatari capital Doha on Thursday night and would sit again late Friday to resume peace talks as part of Washington’s efforts to bring an end to Afghanistan’s conflict after nearly 19 years. According to …
Read More »2,000 polling stations to remain shut on Election Day: IEC
AT News Report KABUL: As the presidential election are just around the corner, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Friday announced that at least 2,000 vote centers will remain closed on polling day. Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi, a spokesperson for the electoral body, in an interview with Azadi Radio cited the …
Read More »Editorial: How can Pakistan help Afghan peace?
Pakistani troops have fired hundreds of rockets on the border points of Afghanistan since the last day of Eid in last week. The rockets that were reportedly fired from Pakistan’s Bajawar area, hit the Shultan district of Kunar province which borders Pakistani tribal regions. The attacks come at a time …
Read More »Pakistan fires 200 rockets into Kunar
AT News Report KABUL: Local inhabitants have been under extreme fear as Pakistani troops have fired a new barrage of rockets into Shultan district of eastern Kunar province, causing financial losses to people, local officials said Wednesday. Kunar governor’s spokesman, Abdul Ghani Musamam, said up to 200 rockets had been …
Read More »Khalilzad says he is ready to finalize remaining issues with Taliban
AT News Report KABUL: The US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said that his country was ready to finalize the remaining issues of peace talks with the Taliban representatives, but if they “are ready as well”. “Productive week in Washington, briefed management on where we are and next …
Read More »Five terrorist networks busted in Kandahar
AT News Report KABUL: Five terrorist networks were busted during operations carried out by intelligence forces in southern Kandahar province, the spy agency said Wednesday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives conducted operations in the provincial district as well as some districts of Kandahar, during which, 25 insurgents were …
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