AT News KABUL: India, seen as a key player in peace-making in Afghanistan, is ramping up diplomatic efforts with Russia, with its External Affairs Minister heading to Moscow to discuss the current situation in the war-torn country. Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is, however, taking a detour in Iran where …
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AT News KABUL: In the midst of a security vacuum being left by the United States in Afghanistan, Iran is hosting senior Taliban negotiators and Afghan officials, a Taliban spokesman said on Wednesday – the latest in a string of Tehran’s attempts to facilitate peace negotiations between the feuding factions …
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AT News KABUL: Taliban fighters attacked the Qala-e-Naw city the provincial capital of the least-developed province of Badghis in the northwest on Wednesday. There were conflicting statements from local officials. Provincial Governor Hesamuddin Shams on Wednesday before noon admitted that Taliban have all six districts and the battle was going …
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AT News KABUL: As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, Russia is becoming exponentially troubled by worsening security situation in the country and is trying to step in to shore up sagging defences of its allies bordering Afghanistan. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday expressed Kremlin’s extreme worries about …
Read More »AT News KABUL: The Swedish Committee for Afghanistan has announced to stop activities in a number of districts as the conflicts are spreading with Taliban insurgents advancing more on the ground. “Insecurity in a number of districts has caused our activities stop temporarily. This temporary work stop is for the …
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AT News KABUL: The recruitment in-charge of the Taliban was arrested in a pre-plan operation carried out by the police Special Forces in Kabul, officials said on Wednesday. Police Special Forces conducted the operation in the outskirts of Mussahi district of Kabul on Tuesday night, the ministry of interior said …
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AT News KABUL: The US military had left Afghan officials in the dark before it vacated Bagram airbase in the night, its biggest base in Afghanistan, Bagram base’s new commander said. General Asadullah Kohistani said on Monday that the Afghan military discovered hours later after US military left Bagram early …
Read More »AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recoded 1,556 confirmed cased of the pandemic Covid-19 with 55 deaths within the past 24 hours, health ministry said on Tuesday. The new cases were recorded out of 4,245 samples across the country. In this period, 932 patients were recovered. The total number of the confirmed …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: India has decided to evacuate its nationals and officials from Kabul and other cities as the security situation is getting worse due intensification of violence by the Taliban to gain more territory. “Plans have been worked out for the evacuation of our staff and other personnel present …
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Former president Hamid Karzai doesn’t hold back any punches on who is to blame for the ongoing turmoil in Afghanistan. By Alex Crawford, special correspondent, and Kevin Sheppard, cameraman, from Kabul Hamid Karzai said he felt disrespected by the US A stream of politicians, ambassadors, world leaders and business people …
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