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AT News KABUL: The Afghan and Pakistani religious clerics are to discuss the Afghan peace quest via zoom conference today (Wednesday). The meeting is hosted by the Saudi Arabia and Islamic Countries Organization. The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs said that some Afghan officials would participate the conference. A …

AT News KABUL: At least 21 drug runners were sentenced to several years behind bars in the past one week after they were found guilty of drug trafficking. In a statement, the Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) has said that seven drug traffickers were sentenced to three-16 years’ …

The Taliban assured safety for the local Afghan workers, who supported the foreign diplomatic and military mission in Afghanistan, after the U.S. and NATO Forces pullout. Many of them worked as interpreters, cleaners and other entitles. But, how trusty could be the militant’ stance regarding their conducts towards the Afghan …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan and Iran discussed ways for expansion of bilateral relations and exchanged views on the latest developments in the Afghan peace process. Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah in a phone call with Iran’s foreign ministry’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Affairs, Mohammad-Ebrahim …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan’s foreign minister confirmed that his country refused to give any military base to the U.S. for monitoring Afghanistan after foreign forces’ withdrawal from Kabul, local media reported on Tuesday. Speaking to Geo News, a Pakistani broadcaster, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said his government, led by Prime …

AT News KABUL: Head of the Afghan government’s negotiation team, Masoom Stanekzai, has called for international support to revive peace talks with the Taliban, amid growing uncertainty and the looming withdrawal of U.S. troops. As part of peace efforts, chief and members of the government’s negotiating team in a meeting …

54 deaths and 1,724 new cases recorded AT News KABUL: Schools and Universities will remain closed for another two weeks in 16 provinces in the view of a surge in positive cases of COVID-19 with the health authorities scrambling to tame the third wave of the virus that is rapidly …

AT News KABUL: Nearly 100 security forces have been captured by the Taliban as severe clashes linger across the province of northern Faryab. There is no information whether these forces are alive or killed by the insurgents.   After the militants staged attacks on Qaisar district compound from various directions, …

Taliban capture key district in Faryab AT News KABUL: In a string of terrorist attacks on strategic regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban have captured a key district in northern Faryab province on Monday evening, an official said. Taliban insurgents have overrun Dawlat Abad district in Faryab after all security forces …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL:  The U.S. has completed over 50 percent of Afghan withdrawal as the American officials said that the exit would be completed by July 4 while they also work on plans for securing the U.S. embassy in Kabul. The Associated Press says that as early as this …