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AT News Report  KABUL: UNAMA takes note of the recent decision by the Afghan Government to address reports of civilian casualties apparently caused by pro-Government forces in three separate incidents on 8 and 9 March in Maidan Wardak, Nangarhar and Paktika provinces, including the instruction of the President for a …

Former Afghan president hopes for an intra-Afghan dialogue in which the Afghan government is present. US officials and Taliban representatives have wrapped up their longest round of talks – lasting 16 days – in Qatar’s capital. While both sides hailed progress on key issues in Doha, there was no major breakthrough coming …

By Mansoor Faizy and Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: It took 16-day for the chief American peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to finally ink or at least come to a conclusion to some points with the Taliban group—while some officials casted doubt over the success of the meetings—although huge progress had been claimed—and …

KABUL: The Taliban is using peace talks with the United States for “propaganda purposes,” Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah told RFE/RL, urging Washington to keep troops in the country until a formal settlement that includes Kabul has been signed with the militants. Abdullah also said Afghans were “concerned” that the …

AT News Report KABUL: Two persons who had kidnapped and killed a child girl in Kabul city, were arrested by police. The six-year old Mahsa was kidnapped by two young men in the Police District 15, north part of the capital, who demanded 300,000 US dollars from her father for …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai says he welcomes the results in talks between US diplomats and Taliban representative in Qatari capital of Doha. “Considering the recent developments over the peace negotiations, I would like to call on all parties to abandon war and bloodshed and agree over …

AT News Report KABUL: The National Statistics Department announces 31.6 million as exact number of Afghanistan’s population, the first census carried out since the 1980s. Hassibullah Mowahed deputy of the statics department said Wednesday that the number of the population has been accurately clarified for the first time and the …

AT News Report KABUL: At least five members of the Afghan security forces have been killed and another 10 received injuries after the US forces had mistakenly bombed their security check post in Trinkot, capital city of the southern Uruzgan province, officials said Wednesday. The incident happened late Tuesday night …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Following recent claims of civilian casualties in pro-government forces military operations, and US airstrikes in different provinces, President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday said civilian casualties were “not acceptable” and has ordered the security officials to take preventive steps to bring the level of civilian casualties to …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The first shipment on TIR (Transports Internationaux Routiers) from Afghanistan to India through Iran Chabahar Port arrived at the port of Nhava Sheva, Mumbai and Mundra on Wednesday, Indian media reported. India joined the TIR Convention on 15th June 2017. The convention allows goods to be …