AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai in meeting with the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad and Lisa Curtis, Deputy Assistant to the US President and Senior Director for South and Central Asia at the National Security Council, expressed concerns over the postponement of the intra-Afghan …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The talks between US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and diplomats from Russia, China and Pakistan held in Moscow on Friday were “positive and constructive,” the US Embassy in Russia said on its website on Sunday. “U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador …
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AT News Report KABUL: Some influential political elites have accused President Ashraf Ghani of making obstacle against the Afghan peace process. “Ghani wants to forcedly engage in peace talks, he should not oppose the resumption of these negotiations,” said Saleh Mohammad Regestani a member of a political party “Hezb-e-Jamiat”. But …
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AT News Report KABUL: Afghan security forces have pushed back the Taliban attack in Pashtoon Kot district of northern Faryab province, killing dozens of its fighters. Taliban fighters carried a massive attack on Afghan National Army (ANA) forces checkpoints in Khwaja Namosi area of Pashtoon Kot district at around …
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AT News Report KABUL: US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has landed in Kabul on Sunday to hold talks with top Afghan officials. Khalilzad, who lead talks with Taliban until negotiations collapsed last month, is in Afghanistan amid speculation the US is attempting to restart the effort for …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group was reportedly killed in an operation by U.S. forces in Syria, U.S., Western Media Reported on Sunday. A U.S. official told The Associated Press late Saturday that al-Baghdadi was targeted in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. …
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AT News Report KABUL: Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Sunday says it will announce the preliminary result of presidential election on 14th November that was set to be announced on 19 October but delayed due to further transparency. “We will never sacrifice transparency for speed,” Chairwoman of IEC, Hawa Alam …
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AT News Report KABUL: At least five children have been killed and one other received injures after a planted bomb went off in northern Faryab province on Sunday morning, an official said. 209 Shaheen Army Crops in a statement said that the bomb had been planted by Taliban insurgents in …
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AT News Report KABUL: The World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a new humanitarian contribution of €898,200 from the European Union to help Afghan families hit-hard by last year’s drought rebuild their lives. The contribution will allow WFP to assist 2,000 families in Afghanistan’s western province of Badghis – the …
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AT News Report KABUL: Washington and its NATO partners are on the same boat that best way to ensure terrorist will never again be able to attack them is an enduring political settlement in Afghanistan. US Defense Secretary Mark Esper in a statement on Saturday said, “the Resolute Support mission …
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