AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: In the wake of talks over US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad said that America wants to leave a positive legacy and is not “cutting and running” from its longest war and that women will continue to have seats in peace …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Second Vice President Abdul Rasheed Dostum on Friday said the Taliban have intensified their attacks across the country, especially the north, parallel to the ongoing peace negotiations, reasoning that this move was a pressure tactic to receive concessions. Dostum arrived at the Aqcha and Faizabad …
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AT News Report KABUL: Deputy Kabul Police Chief Najibullah Sartair on Friday officially apologized to journalists over last week’s incident, where some policemen misbehaved with media persons and beat them up. The incident occurred when police personnel led by Sartair behaved badly and assaulted some of the journalists last week …
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AT News Report KABUL: Afghan special forces raided a medical clinic in Wardak province on the night of July 8-9, 2019, and executed four civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Friday. Afghan authorities should promptly and thoroughly investigate the attack and appropriately prosecute those responsible, the HRW …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A US Army Gen. Mark Milley told the United States lawmakers at a confirmation hearing Thursday that it would be a “strategic mistake” to prematurely pull American troops out of Afghanistan and that the international order is facing its greatest challenges since the fall of the …
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Four-party joint statement on Afghan Peace Process AT News Report KABUL: Representatives of China, Russia, and the United States held their 3rd consultation on the Afghan peace process in Beijing. China, Russia, and the United States welcomed Pakistan joining the consultation and believe that Pakistan can play an important role …
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The sexual molestation allegations leveled by Habibullah Ahmadzai, a former presidential aide, against the Presidential Palace provoked a severe public outcry across the country in May. The silence was finally broken when subsequently the Attorney General’s Office asked religious scholars, media and women to introduce their representatives to observe an …
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AT News Report KABUL: Officials and tribal elders in the southern province of Kandahar warn of the fall of Panjwayee district to Taliban, saying the militant were trying to capture the district. Panjwayee district lies close to the Durand Line and Taliban fighters can easily come there from the other …
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AT News Report KABUL: Head of Taliban negotiating team in Qatar talks, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai says if the guarantor states agree to play their roles, the US would pull its troops out of Afghanistan. Stanakzai told a Japanese news outlet on Friday that Japan and some other Asian countries …
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AT News Report KABUL: Afghan Cricket Star Rashid Khan Arman has been appointed as Afghanistan National Cricket Team Captain in all three formats, and has replaced Gulbadin Naib, who had been under pressure by critics after no win in all nine matches of the Cricket World Cup in England. The …
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