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AT News KABUL: A kidnapped child has been rescued by the security forces in the northwestern Faryab province, local officials said on Friday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Abdul Karim Yurash said that a seven year old, Bilal was abducted in Arabahah-e-Bala village of Khan Charbagh district. Yurash said that the kidnappers …
Read More »Taliban Take 14 Civilians Hostage in Wardak
AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have taken 14 civilians hostage from Jalriz and Bihsod districts of central Wardak province. A member of the parliament, Mihdi Rasikh said that 12 residents of Jalriz district were abducted by the Taliban about two weeks ago. According to him, the militants took another …
Read More »COVID-19: 36 New Cases, Two Deaths Reported in Past 24 hours
AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health on Friday reported 36 new cases of coronavirus and two deaths in the past 24 hours across the country. During this period of time, 57 patients have been recovered. The new cases were recorded in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Takhar, Baghlan, Kunduz, …
Read More »Massoud warns of ‘civil war’ in Afghanistan if US troops leave hastily
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Ahmad Massoud, the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, national hero who was assassinated by al-Qaeda two days before the 9/11 attacks, in an interview with FRANCE 24 in Paris, expressed concern at the prospect of US troops leaving the country in May, warning that a rushed …
Read More »The UN’s portrait of Afghanistan — glimmer of hope, sense of urgency
By Javier Delgado Rivera New York City — This year’s first UN Secretary General report on Afghanistan came out on March 18th, just as the Biden administration is reassessing its May 1st troop withdrawal and pushes to reinvigorate the sluggish peace talks. Washington’s frustration by the lack of progress in …
Read More »Germany extends military mission in Afghanistan into 2022
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Germany paved the way for its troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond an April 30 deadline that the United States last year agreed with the Taliban for the withdrawal of U.S. forces after nearly two decades of war, Reuters reported. Lawmakers approved late on Thursday a …
Read More »Top US General: Afghan forces need US troops to fight Taliban
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghan forces need U.S. assistance to successfully counter the Taliban, the chief of all US special operations forces who recently visited the country told US Congress on Thursday, less than 40 days ahead of the planned May 1 withdrawal under the terms of the Doha agreement. …
Read More »‘Turkey has great potential to help peace process’
With deep cultural, historical ties with Afghanistan, Turkey has great potential to help peace process, Afghanistan’s envoy to Ankara says Turkey has great potential to step up the peace process in Afghanistan, and the upcoming peace talks in Istanbul slated for April will hopefully pave the way for a cease-fire …
Read More »US President Biden says he ‘can’t picture’ US troops being in Afghanistan next year
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US President Joe Biden said the US would likely fail to meet the 1 May deadline to pull out American troops from Afghanistan, but added that he couldn’t “picture” American military presence in the country next year. “We are not staying for a long time. We …
Read More »There are dreadful and deceitful scenarios staring at Afghanistan. India will have to step up
In today’s India-friendly Afghanistan, the Taliban are a reality. Any meaningful peace process will need the direct participation of New Delhi. Afghanistan’s foreign minister, Mohammed Haneef Atmar, was in New Delhi on a three-day official visit to discuss the ‘Afghan peace process’ with Indian officials. The trip comes as the …
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