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AT News KABUL: Mike Pompeo, the U.S. Secretary of State, will be attending the opening ceremony of the first-ever peace talks between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban in Qatar, signalling the importance Washington pins to the talks. The peace talks is scheduled to be held today (Saturday) in …

By Wang Yu Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Afghanistan In recent months, Chinese President Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed the need for China to form a “new development pattern centering on internal circulation with the domestic and international markets promoting each other.” To be more specific, China …

In the run-up to long-anticipated intra-Afghan talks, the violence continues to victimize Afghans. The fierce and desperate calls for a ceasefire or even a reduction in violence are going unanswered. In a recent bout of violence, the convoy of Afghanistan’s First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh, was targeted in the heart …

AT News KABUL: More than seven million children do not have access to education in Afghanistan, according to the ministry of education, who calls war and security situation as the main reasons. “7.3 million children in Afghanistan are deprived from education that unfortunately 60 per cent of them are girls,” …

AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan rejects Taliban’s allegations over prisoner release, saying only six of 5,000 insurgents have not be freed. It says that Taliban should stop making excuses to postpone the peace negotiations. 5,000 Taliban prisoners held by the government should be released under the February peace …

AT News KABUL: Police have saved three children in the northern province of Kunduz who were said to be smuggled to Pakistan. Hejratullah Akbari, provincial police spokesman, said Wednesday that the kidnapped children were about nine and 10 years old. “These children were planned to be taken to Pakistan but …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 24 new coronavirus positive cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 38,544 across the country. Two patients have lost their lives battling the virus during this period, the Public Health Ministry said on Wednesday. 332 other patients have recovered during …

AT News KABUL: Acting Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar has met with the French Ambassador to Kabul, Mr. David Martinon on Wednesday, where they discussed latest developments in the peace process. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement said that the Foreign Minister thanked the “people and the Government of …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s first vice president survived an assassination attempt with only light wounds after a bomb detonated near his traveling convoy in Kabul city on Wednesday morning. Taliban didn’t claim responsibility for the attack on Amrullah Saleh, which killed at least ten people and wounded a dozen others. …

“Now that there’s regional and international consensus on Afghanistan peace, there are attempts to sabotage the process by targeting Afghan leadership” AT News KABUL: A top government official said that the government has released 6,300 Taliban prisoners as a measure to leave no room for the Taliban to make any …