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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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AT News Report KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) says that the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo’s recent statements on the Afghan peace process caused hopes. Pompeo met President Ashraf Ghani in an unannounced visit to Kabul on Tuesday, where he hoped to reach a peace deal with the …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health said Wednesday that traffic-related accidents have taken more lives than suicide bombings in the country. Addressing International Day for Road Safety, Dr. Mamusa Zeewar, Deputy of Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), said the ministry recorded 3,846 traffic incidents, in which 322 …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Reporters Without Borders or RSF on Wednesday condemned Taliban’s latest and serious threat against Afghan media outlets, urged the unity government and US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to do whatever was necessary to protect journalists. All media staffers in Kabul, the capital city, and elsewhere across the …
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AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani will leave Kabul (Thursday) for a two-day visit to Islamabad where he discusses peace talks and other mutual issues with the country’s Prime Minister Imran Khan—however, critics continued attacking President for his planned trip to neighboring countries. “President Ghani will discuss four issues; …
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AT News Report MUMBAI: Exporters of Afghanistan’s finest fruits, nuts, spices, honey, and juices left a Mumbai trade event this week with contracts worth more than $123 million from buyers in India, one of the most lucrative trade events for Afghan agriculture exporters in recent years. More than 55 exporters …
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