“The menace of terrorism remains a serious threat to international peace and security” AT News Report KABUL: Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates Mr. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the sideline of the …
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AT News Report KABUL: Top Interior Ministry official called on police forces to act seriously against criminals or tender their resignation—this comes in the wake of serious and violent crime, mainly aggravated robbers that continue to grip the country, especially Kabul. Acting Minister of Interior Maj. Gen. Massoud Andarabi in …
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AT News Report KABUL: Saudi Arabia says it has revoked the citizenship of Hamza bin Laden, a son of deceased al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, just one day after the United States is willing to pay up to $1 million for his whereabouts. Riyadh did not provide specifics on why …
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AT News Report KABUL: At least 38 militants have been confirmed dead over the past 24 hours as the Afghan security forces have launched operations against insurgent groups across the country, officials said Saturday. The Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with …
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AT News Report KABUL: Some Afghan women say they would no longer trust the politicians, accusing them of thinking like Taliban about women’s rights. These women said Friday in a gathering that they were not sure politicians take their rights serious in peace talks with Taliban. “We saw a large …
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AT News Report KABUL: The UN refugee agency’s voluntary repatriation program for registered Afghan refugees resumed Friday after the winter break. The voluntary repatriation operation had been suspended for the winter period from 1 December 2018 until 28 February 2019. UNHCR will facilitate repatriation from the voluntary repatriation centres at …
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The plan, which was supposed to help talks between the US and Afghan Taliban, also called for cutting by half the 14,000 American troops currently in that South Asian nation in coming months, The New York Times reported. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The United States will withdraw its troops from …
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Indian External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said the OIC must tell such nations to dismantle terror infrastructure. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday raised a pitch at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meet to build pressure on the countries that support terror outfits and …
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T News Report KABUL: NATO Secretary-General says the Daesh terrorist group has several different organizations in Afghanistan, arguing that war on terror has not ended in the country. Jens Stoltenberg, however, says that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization had been successful in suppressing the terrorist group. He added that Daesh …
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India and Pakistan joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as full member-states in the 8-9 June 2017 SCO Summit in Astana, Kazakhstan. Before the addition of the two South Asian nations, the SCO consisted of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. The now eight-member SCO also has four observer-states, …
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