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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Istanbul has agreed with NATO to take responsibility for Hamid Karzai-Kabul International Airport in a $130 million deal, an Afghan government official told The National. The deal is likely to be widely welcomed after weeks of uncertainty over the Turkish government’s continued commitment to defending Hamid Karzai International …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL:  The US Central Command has said that an estimated 30 to 44 percent of American troops have been withdrawn from Afghanistan until last month, inching closer to achieve President Joe Biden’s ambitious target of 100 percent removal of its military from the war-torn country by September 11 this …

AT News KABUL: The government forces have launched an operation to retake control of the Dohla dam in southern province of Kandahar from Taliban, but it has caused water shortage in seven districts as Taliban cut the water supply system from the dam to the residential areas before leaving the …

AT News KABUL: At least 100 Taliban insurgents were killed and 50 others were wounded in a series of latest crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said Wednesday. The Afghan security forces backed by the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The U.S. Forces are to hand over their main Bagram Air Base to Afghan forces in next 20-day an official said Tuesday, as Washington speed up to complete the withdrawal ahead of September 11. The vast base, built by the Soviets in the 1980s, is the …

AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg called the Afghanistan security situation “very difficult and challenging”. Talking to a new conference in Brussels, Stoltenberg said that the decision to exit NATO forces cause risks, but the organization remaining “would have implemented risks for our Alliance with more fighting, potentially …

AT News KABUL: A magnetic bomb blast killed at least three members of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and wounded three others in the central province of Parwan. Provincial Police, Abdul Rauf Urozgani said that the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Hofian avenue of Charikar, the capital of …

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AT News KABUL: The Taliban have set 700 attacks from several directions on Lashkarga, the capital city of southern Helmand province, military officials said. Commander of 215 Maiwand corps, Sami Sadat said that the al-Qaeda fighters also jointed the Taliban rebel in fighting against the Afghan security forces in Helmand. …

As the U.S. and NATO forces are exiting Afghanistan, the Afghans expect the peace negotiations to reach an early conclusion that will end the bloodshed and relentless violence. But, the expectations remained cold as the Afghan security forces and Taliban have been trying to step up pressure on each other, …