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AT News KABUL: The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has departed for Turkey and the region, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday, in a push to encourage Afghan parties to accelerate negotiations to end conflict in the country. The State Department said in a statement that Khalilzad …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: According to a news report, US intelligence agencies have told the Biden administration that the Taliban could overrun most of Afghanistan within two to three years if US troops leave before a power-sharing deal is reached between the warring sides. Such a takeover potentially would allow …

Though the people of Afghanistan are not much optimism to meetings, sessions and conferences that have been and are held in different countries where participants talk on peace in the war-hit country, but this time the views look to be different and that is about the upcoming conference that is …

AT News                KABUL: Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah has said that Afghanistan should reach a significant progress in the upcoming Turkey meeting. The meeting in Turkey, in which the representatives of some other countries would also participate, and is set …

AT News KABUL: Russia has warned of a deteriorated situation in Afghanistan if the U.S. troops remained beyond May 1, a deadline for the American soldiers withdrawal agreed on a peace deal signed between the U.S. and Taliban in February 2020. The Russian Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov cited …

AT News KABUL: A kidnapped child has been rescued by the security forces in the northwestern Faryab province, local officials said on Friday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Abdul Karim Yurash said that a seven year old, Bilal was abducted in Arabahah-e-Bala village of Khan Charbagh district. Yurash said that the kidnappers …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have taken 14 civilians hostage from Jalriz and Bihsod districts of central Wardak province. A member of the parliament, Mihdi Rasikh said that 12 residents of Jalriz district were abducted by the Taliban about two weeks ago. According to him, the militants took another …

AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health on Friday reported 36 new cases of coronavirus and two deaths in the past 24 hours across the country. During this period of time, 57 patients have been recovered. The new cases were recorded in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Takhar, Baghlan, Kunduz, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Ahmad Massoud, the son of Ahmad Shah Massoud, national hero who was assassinated by al-Qaeda two days before the 9/11 attacks, in an interview with FRANCE 24 in Paris, expressed concern at the prospect of US troops leaving the country in May, warning that a rushed …

By Javier Delgado Rivera New York City — This year’s first UN Secretary General report on Afghanistan came out on March 18th, just as the Biden administration is reassessing its May 1st troop withdrawal and pushes to reinvigorate the sluggish peace talks. Washington’s frustration by the lack of progress in …