Afghanistan and the U.S. are not darling to each other, but the U.S. will not withdraw from Afghanistan, once a top official had said. But Afghanistan, with its enormous tensions, needs to set its own house in order or at least to refrain from provocative remarks that bedevil the most …
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AT News KABUL: The NATO has said they will consult on the future of their mission in Afghanistan and will decided together on when to leave Afghanistan as US President Donald Trump said to bring home all the remaining troops by Charismas NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg repeated the alliance’s …
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AT News KABUL: The United States and Pakistan urge on reduction of violence in Afghanistan amid the ongoing peace negotiations between Afghanistan and Taliban in Qatar. The US Envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and the US Forces’ Commander in Afghanistan Scott Miller, met with Pakistani army chief Qamar Javid Bajwa …
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AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the reconciliation council in a visit to India, met with Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi. Indian top diplomat announced his country’s support to the ongoing peace efforts in Afghanistan, Abdullah’s spokesman Mojib Rahimi said Friday. Jaishankar called peace in Afghanistan …
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AT News KABUL: Salahuddin Rabbani, leade of Jamiat, a former jihadi party accused a circle inside the presidential palace of consciously spreading and intensifying hatreds and conflicts in Afghanistan to divide ethnic groups. Speaking among his supporters Friday in his birthplace Badakhshan province, Rabbani warned against tough consequences of ethnic …
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AT News KABUL: At least six government were killed when Taliban fighters attacked their checkpoints in Kunduz, a northeastern province bordering Tajikistan. The attacks took place in the Ali Abad district, sources in the local government said Friday, without introducing themselves. The sources said that another six government forces were …
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AT News KABUL: Peace talks with the Taliban in Qatar are a very positive step and we Afghans can reap its benefits if we come to our senses and grab the opportunity, according to Abdul Karim Khurram, who was Chief of Staff during former President Hamid Karzai. Under President Karzai, …
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AT News KABUL: Many have succumbed to fears that their criticism of the Taliban-US behavior in the Doha peace talks could lead to their alignment with the current Afghan government, according to Dr. Rangeen Dadfar Spanta, national security advisor to former President Hamid Karzai, who was referring to the conduct …
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We expect China to play a more positive and constructive role in consolidating peace and economic development in the region and in Afghanistan; VP Danesh AT News KABUL: China has donated medical supplies worth $1 million to Afghanistan government to reinforce its fight against COVID-19. The consignment which includes nearly …
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Amid a nascent peace parley, a dwindling US military pressure will cede valuable leverage over the militants, which could give them a good reason to refrain from staying at the negotiating table AT News KABUL: President Donald Trump of the United States in a surprising announcement said that all US troops …
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