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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The German foreign minister put his weight behind Afghan-owned peace process, saying peace could be brought to Afghanistan only by the Afghan people. Heiko Maas and his visiting Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani met in Berlin on the ongoing peace process in the war-ravaged country. “Germany stands …

AT Monitoring Desk KAB UL: Local officials in northern Balkh province said the Taliban militants have been wiped out from Balk and Dawlat Abad districts of the province after the Afghan security forces conducted comprehensive raids against the insurgent. Provincial Police Chief, Gen. Mohammad Ajmal Faiz, said the security forces …

AT News Report KABUL: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said it would keep working in Afghanistan despite increasing “security challenges”. The ICRC President, Peter Maurer in a meeting with chief executive Abdullah Abdullah that working in Afghanistan was a priority of the committee, promising that their …

AT News Report KABUL: Taliban fighters attacked a checkpoint in the mountainous province of Daikundi, killing at least eight police officers, local officials confirmed. The incident took place in Padgag area of the Kejran district early Friday, in which another 16 officers injured. Provincial Governor, Sayed Anwar Rahmati, said that …

AT News Report KABUL: A large number of religious scholars in a Friday gathering in the southern province of Kandahar, called for the building of a “trust space” to reach a peace deal in Afghanistan. They warned against the repetition of the “past experiences” if the available chance for peace …

Rapid progress on peace expects AT News Report KABUL: The United States and the Taliban Qatar-based members sit to open seventh round of negotiations in Doha (Saturday 29th June), in a bid to find a peaceful solution to 18-year conflict in Afghanistan. In a Twitter post on 22th June, the …

AT Morning Desk BRUSSELS: US Acting Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to NATO Resolute Support (RS) mission in Afghanistan, according to a statement on Friday. “On Afghanistan, the United States remains fully committed to the NATO-led Resolute Support mission alongside our allies and partners,” Esper told …

AT News Report KABUL: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have launched their annual joint report on returns to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran for 2018. Each year, registered Afghan refugees and undocumented Afghans make the decision to return home from …

AT News Report KABUL: US Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto in a statement said that freedom of the press is critical, and said media workers are civilians and their right must be protected. Tadamichi, who is also Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said that …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai met Wednesday with the representatives of elders and youth from the northeastern province of Badakhshan as well as the southern province of Zabul separately in his office, where they asked for Karzai Foundation’s cooperation for scholarships in higher education facilities. Karzai addressed …