The US will not meet the May 1 deadline agreed upon by the Trump administration and the Taliban Afghan govt. says it will respect any decision taken by the US govt. with regards to their troops AT News KABUL: The United States President Joe Biden will leave US troops in …
Read More »UN reports 29pc increase in Afghan civilian casualties
“Every possible opportunity for peace must be seized. If levels of violence are not immediately reduced, thousands of Afghan civilians will continue to be killed and injured by fellow Afghans in 2021,” said Deborah Lyons, head of UNAMA. AT News KABUL: The United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on …
Read More »Taliban shun ‘any peace conference’ till complete foreign pull out
Abdullah says Taliban shouldn’t miscalculate U.S. Sept. 11 withdrawal deadline and avoid wasting time for negotiation AT News KABUL: The Taliban on late Tuesday announced that they would not attend any peace conference until all foreign troops leave Afghanistan. They also refused to attend a summit on Afghanistan’s future to …
Read More »Delay in US troop withdrawal complex Afghan peace: Russia
AT News KABUL: Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov on Wednesday said that delay in withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan would further complicate the ongoing Afghan peace process. Kabulov termed the postponement of foreign troops withdrawal as a clear violation of the Doha agreement inked between the US …
Read More »Armed robbers kill man in Kabul
AT News KABUL: A number of armed robbers stormed into a house in PD 5th of Kabul city, killing a man and wounded three other members of a family, security officials said on Wednesday. Kabul Police Spokesman, Firdaws Faramarz said that the incident occurred on Monday night in the Afshar …
Read More »NATO forces to leave Afghanistan together with US
AT News KABUL: The NATO-member countries having troops in Afghanistan would withdraw simultaneously when the United States leaves, the German defense minister said Tuesday. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, said that all the NATO troops would withdraw from the war-stricken country before September 11 when Washington pulls its last soldier back. “The NATO …
Read More »Rahmani warns of civil war if U.S. troops exit rashly
AT News KABUL: Speaker of the lower house of the parliament (Wolesi Jirga), Mir Rahman Rahmani on Wednesday has given a pessimistic view saying the U.S. troop withdrawal would pose a possible civil war in Afghanistan. “The withdrawal of troops was one of the wishes of Afghans for a longtime …
Read More »Khalilzad to push Taliban for participating in Turkey Conference
Turkey hosting conference on the Afghan peace between representatives of Afghanistan and Taliban from 24 April till 4 May amid intensive diplomatic efforts to find a negotiated political settlement to Afghan war AT News KABUL: The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad is purportedly persuading the Taliban top …
Read More »Girl mountaineers on Peak of Baba Mountain in Bamyan
AT News KABUL: Tamanna Jahan and Nazima Khairzad are two girl mountaineers who conquered the Shah Fooladi, the highest point of Baba mountain in Bamyan province for the first time. Provincial governor office said Wednesday that Tamanna Jahan and Nazima Khairzad are the first mountaineers who managed to climb the …
Read More »Eight police officers join Taliban in Farah
AT News KABUL: Officials in the western province of Farah say that eight police officers have deserted and joined the Taliban. The officers have joined the militant in Farah city, provincial capital of the same name, according to local officials. Allah Dad Qaneh, head of provincial council, said Wednesday that …
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