AT News Reports KABUL: Afghan moneychangers protested on Saturday against the murder of Mahsa, a young girl kidnapped and strangled to death. The protestors demanded execution for the murderers, insisting that the government should be serious for their protection and safety. The cashiers said they were concerned over recent criminal …
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AT News Report KABUL: Umer Daudzai, head of the High Peace Council’s secretariat, flew Saturday to Tehran to talk to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s officials about the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan and ask them for assistance, the council said, adding that Kabul needs to talk to Iranian authorities …
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AT News Report KABUL: The US government has banned Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib after he accused American diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad of not sharing Taliban negotiations with the government of Afghanistan. The Washington Examiner reports that US diplomats have defended Mohib’s summon, saying that his personal attack was not …
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AT News Report KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Idrees Zaman on Saturday met with the European Union Deputy Secretary General for Economic and Global Issues Mr. Christian Leffler at the sideline of the 62nd Session of Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Zaman, beside thanking the EU for its assistance …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: India recently told the US that an elected political structure should remain in place post-US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale, who was in Washington last week, met United State’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad during which both discussed the peace process in strife-torn, …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US President Donald Trump and his national security team had an hour long, classified meeting on Afghanistan on Friday, a day after a top Afghan official openly complained that the Trump administration was keeping his government in the dark about its negotiations with the Taliban. The …
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AT News Report KABUL: At least three police officers embraced martyrdom and four other received injures after their check post came under attack by the militants in northern Sar-i-Pul city, the provincial capital, provincial officials said Saturday. It was around 02:00 am Friday night when militants attacked the check post, …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday summoned a senior official from Pakistani embassy in Kabul after Pakistan Prime Minster Imran Khan said that new government would soon come in Afghanistan, terming it a clear intervention into internal affairs of the country. Foreign Minister Spokesman Sebghat …
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AT News Report KABYL: Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani on Saturday met with the Indonesian Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla, where Rabbani thanked the Indonesian Government for its special hospitality and efforts in paving the way for face to face peace talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban. Kalla called the issue …
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“Peace is important than election” By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The former Taliban member on Saturday called on their ex-comrades to node for ceasefire in a bid to facilitate the ongoing peace talks that had recently concluded after 16 days of talks with US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad. …
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