AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Washington will not unilaterally withdraw from Afghanistan, the Pentagon chief said on Thursday, as NATO said the Kabul government must be brought into US peace talks with the Taliban to end the country’s 17-year war. Acting US defense secretary Patrick Shanahan said any decision to reduce the number of …
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AT News Report KABUL: Gen. Austin Scott Miller, Commander of US and NATO Forces in Afghanistan on Friday praised the Afghan Commands for pressurizing the Taliban insurgents by carrying out several operations against them, assuring of US and NATO’s troops to be remained a partner of Afghans in war and …
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AT News Report KABUL: The United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad on Friday called on President Asrhaf Ghani on the sideline of Munich Security Conference 2019, where they discussed current peace efforts including Consultative Loya Jiga (traditional grand assembly) to be convened next month to seek ways …
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“Collective efforts require to root terrorism out” AT News Report KABUL: Terrorism is a cancer in the region and its elimination requires collective efforts, President Ashraf Ghani said this in reaction to a deadly terrorist attack in India that killed 37, wounding five others. President Ghani strongly condemned the terrorist …
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AT News Report KABUL: In the wake of peace efforts with the Taliban group, the Afghan security forces have killed at least 37 of them and wound 14 others in fresh military crackdowns conducted across the country in the past 24 hours. The ministry of defense on Friday said the …
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AT News Report KABUL: National Security Adviser, Dr. Hamdullah Mohib says that whoever uses weapons against Afghan people and government, is enemy and Afghans fight “bravely” against enemy. ”The heroic security and defense forces have struggled to ensure security for the people in hard situations,” Mohib said on Wednesday when …
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AT News Report KABUL: At least 24 militants have been killed and the same number received injures after the Afghan security forces attacked their hideouts across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Wednesday. In a press release, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the Afghan National …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia believes there would be no power vacuum in Afghanistan after the US withdraw its troops from the war-stricken country, and the Taliban—an extremist group where US currently engaged in peace talks with its representatives, can be trusted as an allay to fight Daesh terrorist outfit. …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: With indication to provide conditions for a political and peaceful solution, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that there is no decision on the table regarding troop’s pullout from Afghanistan. “The aim is of course not to be in Afghanistan forever, the aim is to …
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AT News Report KABUL: The China Ambassador to Afghanistan, Liu Jinsong met with former President Hamid Karzai, where both sides exchanged thoughts on the Afghani issues. During meeting, Karzai sent Lunar New Year greetings to the Chinese people and wished them a prosperous year. Having recently learned of the scale …
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