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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan should not lead to a redeployment of U.S. and NATO military infrastructure to Central Asia, Russia’s Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said. “This process cannot and should not turn into a redeployment of US and NATO military …

AT News KABUL: At least 228Taliban were killed and 116 others wounded in operations conducted by the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours across the country, defense ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said in a statement that the raids were carried out in Logar, Paktika, Kandahar, Herat, Badghis, …

AT News KABUL: Pentagon has announced that the top general leading U.S. military operations in Afghanistan will transfer his command to the head of U.S. Central Command by July end as the United States winds down its longest-running war. Pentagon’s spokesperson, John Kirby, on Friday announced plans to switch over …

AT News KABUL: The US Charge d’ Affaires in Kabul Ian McCary says that Taliban insurgents threaten the people of Afghanistan on the social media by using violent propaganda. McCary said Saturday that Taliban use violent propaganda to attack Afghans. “Taliban use hatred and violent literature on the social media …

AT News KABUL: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday raised concerns that Islamic State militants are reinforcing and regrouping in northern Afghanistan as U.S.-led troops leave the country. According to Russian media, Lavrov said that Islamic State was gaining territory in Afghanistan against the backdrop of the U.S. withdrawal, heaping scorns on …

AT News             KABUL: The Russian Federations’ special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov urged formation of a coalition government with the inclusion of the Taliban officials in a bid to put an end to the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. Sputnik quoted Kabulov as saying that the only path to end the …

The US and its allies in NATO came to Afghanistan in the name of fighting terrorism and extremism and to bring stability to Afghanistan, but are leaving nearly 20 years later after they failed at both and with an attempt to shift the burden to the Afghan people, Afghanistan’s former …

AT News KABUL: As Taliban advance in northern Afghanistan, Central Asian countries are more and more worried about the danger of the militants infiltrating the region, urging the Taliban to return to peace talks. Central Asian parliamentarians raised the issue at an inter-parliamentary meeting on Thursday in Tajikistan, attended by …

AT News             KABUL: The U.S. State Department has ranked Afghanistan as the third deficient country in the world in the fight against human trafficking. The US State Department in its 644-page annual report on the state of the fight against human trafficking devoted 15 pages to Afghanistan. Concerned about continued …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkey has not made a final decision on its participation in ensuring the security of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul after foreign troops leave, as talks regarding the issue are still ongoing, the country’s Defense Minister, Hulusi Akar said. Ankara announced in June that it …