AT News KABUL: A perennially acrimonious rivalry over a controversial presidency has just aggravated after the incumbent president Ashraf Ghani and the self-proclaimed Abdullah Abdullah both announced their plans on Sunday for a victorious oath-taking ceremony before weekend. President Ghani would take oath of office within the next five days, …
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AT News KABUL: Following a one week reduction in violence between Afghan, US forces and the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, the US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would sign a peace deal with the group if the reduction of violence reached the next less than a week period …
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AT News KABUL: Presidential candidate Abdulla Abdullah is preparing to shape his government with his teammates saying that he would be sworn in soon. Abdullah failed to secure enough votes of the last year’s presidential polls and his rival and incumbent Ashraf Ghani was announced as the winner of election …
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AT News KABUL: Analysts ask the security forces to keep outside of the current tensions between politicians. The tensions ripped almost across the country after the Independent Election Commission announced President Ashraf Ghani as the winner of last year’s polls. The announcement faced serious reactions from Ghani’s rivals especially the …
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All warring factions have agreed to a weeklong reduction in violence, marking the second lull in fighting since 2001 AT News KABUL: Two days after the Taliban insurgency agreed to a week-long ‘reduction in violence’ on Friday midnight, reports suggested minor isolated insurgent attacks in a few provinces – a …
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AT News KABUL: Loyalists and allies of self-proclaimed president Abdullah on Saturday appointed a new governor for Jawzjan province as part of an unfolding campaign to form a parallel state in defiance to the president-elect’s government. The Independent Directorate of Local Governance says governors of the country’s 34 provinces will …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US President Donald Trump is all set to prod India into supporting the peace process in Afghanistan, an administration official says. Trump will arrive in India on Monday for a two-day visit for talks with host leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a variety …
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AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) with financial and technical support of its health partners will launch from today (Monday) the Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs) with the aim to vaccinate around 6.7 million children under the age of five against polio. This round of SNIDs will be implemented during …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan plans constituting a delegation next month to promote an intra-Afghan peace process, claiming it has helped the US and Taliban reach the agreement on reduction of violence. “We have decided when and how those talks will take place. Pakistan has played its role in the …
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AT News KABUL: In the midst of political convulsions among the Afghan elites over disputed election results, the US President’s aide Zalmay Khalilzad on Sunday held separate meetings with leaders of two major political parties to discuss peace, election and other issues related to Afghanistan. Khalilzad who spearheads the United …
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