Abdullah says Taliban have intensified violence and targeted-killings AT News KABUL: Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah said Saturday that the Taliban was reluctant to reduce violence in the wake of the second round of the intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha of Qatar. Talking in the inauguration …
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Khalilzad is a diplomatic veteran, having served as a US ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the United Nations – he is well known in foreign policy circles AT News KABUL: The Biden administration is keeping former President Trump’s top envoy for Afghanistan peace talks, who has led regular negotiations with the …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 36 new cases of Covid-19 and 5 fatties within the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to over 54,595. The new cases were recorded out of 882-suspected samples tested in the country laboratories, the health ministry said in a statement on Saturday. The cases …
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War in Afghanistan which is one of the deadliest current conflicts in the world, seems to have entered its most crucial phase as the newly inaugurated U.S. administration led by President Joe Biden is going to take robust and regional diplomatic effort to help the two sides (Afghan and Taliban) …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has fired his Finance Minister, Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, citing failure on collecting of taxes and incompetence in other areas behind his removal, the Administrative Office of the President said on Saturday. Mr. Arghandiwal received votes of confidence from lawmakers and took charge as Finance …
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AT News RIYADH: Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar met with Saudi Minister of Commerce Dr. Majid Bin Abdullah Al Qasabi and discussed Afghan-Saudi comprehensive framework for economic cooperation covering trade, investment, development, and labor deployment. The two sides discussed transportation of Afghanistan’s key exports to Saudi Arabia and called for …
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AT News KABUL: The NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg believes that a “joint work” was needed to resolve challenges in Afghanistan. In a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Stoltenberg said Saturday that the military organization member states would hold a meeting in February to discuss the future of their …
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‘Washington wants to check that the Taliban is living up to its commitments to cut ties with terrorist groups, to reduce violence in Afghanistan, and to engage in meaningful negotiations,’ US NSA, Jake Sullivan says AT Mentoring Desk KABUL: The Biden administration said it will review a landmark US deal …
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By Rabbani Feroz Al Qaeda’s second-highest leader, accused of being one of the masterminds of the deadly 1998 attacks on American embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran three months ago, which has been confirmed by intelligence officials. United States accused Iran of providing new terrorist base for Al-Qaida. After …
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Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday amid lots of demands from his administration both inside America and outside the country. He needs to meet these requests to correct what his predecessor Donald Trump could not or did not want to. One …
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