AT News KABUL: NATO’s defense ministers will meet in Brussels on Thursday and Friday for a meeting to talk about security issues in Afghanistan. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is in Brussels too. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the defense ministers would discuss preventing Afghanistan from becoming a safe …

AT News KABUL: An international conference on Afghanistan hosted by Russia on Wednesday involving senior representatives of the Taliban and neighbouring nations urged the Taliban to form an inclusive government and called for the United Nations to convene a donor conference to prevent from a humanitarian catastrophe facing the war-torn …

AT News Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi arrived in Kabul on Thursday for talks with Taliban officials, aimed at cementing ties with Afghanistan. Qureshi met with PM Mullah Mohmmad Hasan Akhund in Kabul, Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan said. “Bilateral talks underway in presence of leading Afghan Ministers for facilitating …

AT News KABUL: At least two people were killed and six were wounded in a blast that rocked the Deh Mazang district in Kabul, according to eyewitnesses. According to an eyewitness, at least six people, including schoolchildren heading to a local school, were injured in the explosion. Two were killed. …

AT News Kabul: Recognition of the Taliban has been ruled out in Moscow conference on Afghanistan that kicked off on Wednesday with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov saying that their agenda won’t include Taliban’s recognition Lavrov asked the Taliban to honor their promises they made when they came to power …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan economy will face a huge blow this year which could fuel a refugee crisis impacting its neighbouring countries, Turkey and Europe, said the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday. Millions will be pushed into poverty as Afghanistan economy will slump by up to 30% this year – …

AT News KABUL: The United States officials have once again denied to allow the Taliban government have access to ten billion dollars of Afghanistan central bank assets now frozen in US banks. Deputy United States Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said on Tuesday that it is important to keep pressure on …