AT News KABUL: Russian Federation welcomes the beginning of peace negotiations between the government of Afghanistan and Taliban, hoping this to be the beginning of peace in the war-hit country. “We hope this meeting be the beginning of a peace across Afghanistan,” said Zamir Kabulov, President Putin’s special envoy for …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai welcomed the beginning of peace negotiations between the government of Afghanistan and Taliban movement, calling it “good news and hopeful”. “This is a real opportunity for the people of Afghanistan for bringing peace and stability and putting an end to the people’s pains …
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AT News KABUL: A number of peace activists urge the people of Afghanistan and the negotiating sides to properly use the current chance to gain the lasting peace in the country. Taliban for the first time sat on Saturday to hold face to face negotiations with a delegation from President …
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AT News KABUL: At least 13 public uprising forces were killed by the Taliban insurgents in Pul-e-Alam, capital of southeastern Logar province, source said on Saturday. A security source, who was talking on condition of anonymity, said that the militants attacked the security checkpoints on Friday night in Pul-Matani area …
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AT News KABUL: The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said that Afghan peace negotiation might be difficult but is the only way to reach peace and end the decades-long war in Afghanistan. Pompeo made this remark ahead of a trip to Qatar to participate in the inauguration ceremony of …
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US Peace envoy Khalilzad says there would be no mediator or facilitator during intra-Afghan negotiations and that the Afghan themselves should find a political roadmap to end war in Afghanistan. AT News KABUL: After the starts of intra-Afghan talks between the Kabul peace forces and the Taliban negotiating members, the …
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AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke via video link at the opening ceremony of intra-Afghan negotiations held in Doha on Saturday, under the chairmanship of the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “With the start of intra-Afghan negotiations, we are entering a new phase of the Afghan-led and …
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AT News KABUL: Military officials said that at least four people were killed and 12 others wounded in a motorbike bombing in a wedding ceremony of an Afghan soldier in southeastern Khost province. The ministry of defense said in a statement that the killed included two civilians and two security …
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AT News KABUL: Taliban’s last six prisoners arrived in Qatar just a day before the start of intra-Afghan talks in Doha, with French officials objecting to their release. Taliban’s Qatar office spokesman Mohammad Naeem confirmed the controversial prisoners arrived in Doha last night. Intizar Khadim, member of the National Security …
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NATO calls on Afghans to capitalize on peace opportunity AT News KABUL: NATO SecretaryGeneral Jens Stoltenberg has called on all Afghan stakeholders in the Afghan peace negotiations to seize the opportunity in the Afghan peace talks/ Stoltenberg stated the remarks ahead of long-awaited intra-Afghan negotiations expected to be held Saturday …
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