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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Former President Donald Trump has praised President Joe Biden’s plan to withdraw all remaining US troops from Afghanistan as a “wonderful and positive thing to do,” drawing criticism from some Republicans. Biden on Wednesday formally announced that he planned to withdraw all troops stationed in Afghanistan by …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: No one can say with any certainty what will happen in Afghanistan once U.S. President Joe Biden withdraws the remaining 2,500 to 3,500 U.S. troops by September 11 to end the country’s longest war, a top White House official said Sunday. “I can’t make any guarantees …

AT News KABUL: At least 26 Taliban rebels were killed and 20 others wounded during latest military stings conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Monday. The Afghan Air Forces targeted Taliban gathering in Imam Sahib district of northern …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Iranian foreign ministry announced on Monday that the country continues the policy of paving the ground for talks among different Afghan groups to attain sustainable peace and security in Afghanistan. “Fully secure and stable Afghanistan is a high priority to us. Peace talks should be …

The Afghan leaders and the Afghan people have to realize and own the current uncertainty where even the US, its most reliable partner who supported the country for the last 20 years, is no more sure what awaits for Afghanistan in the future. Surely, no one can say with any …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani said that it would be up to the neighboring Pakistan to be either a friend of the people of Afghanistan or their enemy. Speaking at the presidential palace on Sunday Ghani said that this is the first time in the contemporary history that Afghanistan …

AT News KABUL: Many senior government officials including President Ashraf Ghani and his aides have been assuring after the US withdrawal announcement that they would defend the current governing system against Taliban’s probable attacks. This time, Mohammad Mohaqeq, President Ghani’s senior adviser on security and political affairs, assures that both …

AT News KABUL: The Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan held a phone call on Sunday, where they pinned high hop on the upcoming Istanbul Conference that can help make the ongoing Afghan peace process “result-oriented.” During a phone conversation, Afghan FM Haneef Atmar and Pakistani FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi …

AT News KABUL: A group of Afghan journalists who have established the “House for Freedom of Expression” call on the peace negotiating sides to support the freedom of speech in their talks. The aim of establishing of thee House for Freedom of Expression is called to gather journalists under an …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The German defense minister says she wants to help bring some Afghan employees of her country’s military to Germany as it prepares to leave Afghanistan after nearly 20 years. NATO allies including Germany are set to join the United States in pulling their remaining troops out …