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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says his government has formed a 12-strong negotiating team to seek a peace agreement with the Taliban, as he laid out what he called a “roadmap” for the talks. “We seek a peace agreement in which the Afghan Taliban would be included in …

AT Monition Desk-KABUL: The sea and rail networks of Iran are necessary for Afghanistan development, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said. ‘Iran’s sea and rail links, including Chabahar, are essential for Afghan development,’ Zarif said addressing the international conference on Afghanistan which was held in Geneva on Wednesday. The …

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday formally laid foundation stone of Kartarpur corridor construction/establishment, which will be another international level border point between Pakistan and India. Both the neighbouring countries are considered each other’s erstwhile enemies and construction of a new corridor raises many questions. On one side Indian central …

Kabul: Police has arrested a group of six suspectsin connection with various crimes committed across the northern Kunduz province, officials said. Kunduz Police Chief Abdul Baqi Nuristani said in a statement that crime investigation operatives arrested6 suspects in connection with murder, robbery and several other counts of offenses in Nawahi …

KABUL: Residents in southern Helmand province claimed on Wednesday that an airstrike by armed forces in Garmsir district has killed 30 civilians on Tuesday evening. The airstrike was launched on Tuesday morning and residents said all the victims were members of a single family. Only one member of the family, …

KABUL: Almond yields have increased by 40 percent in northern Kunduz province this year, said officials. According to a statement Acting Head of Provincial Agriculture Department of Kunduz Mohammad Muneer during an agro fair said that almond production mounting by 40 percent in Kunduz province. He termed supportive program of …

By Imtiaz Wazir-On November 15 when took the cadaver of Tahir Dawar with public and official protocol from Jalalabad to Turkham, the convoy was stopped in about one km from the crossing point on Durand line, and I with three other colleagues walked to the crossing point where we met …

AT-KABUL: Director of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) criticizes the release of a militia commander earlier arrested for doing “illegal” acts, as law breaking. Massoum Stanekzai told senators Tuesday that he could not continue working in such condition. Alipoor, commander of a militia group was arrested Sunday by intelligence …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on the first day of Geneva Conference spoke about investment opportunities in Afghanistan particularly on sectors of energy, construction and infrastructure. The two-day conference on Afghanistan began Tuesday in Switzerland, and the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said that sub-meetings focused on different Afghan subjects, …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Justice says that children arrested on charges of the law violation were kept by security organs for several months, asking for their timely transfer to juvenile centers. “Our security organs arrest children and hold them in custody for three to four months that is against the law. …