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KABUL: Afghanistan’s negotiators on second day of the Moscow meeting on Wednesday express hope the talks with the rebel Taliban will yield positive outcome, calling it as ‘constructive’ towards restoring peace in Afghanistan. The conference that kicked off a day earlier in Moscow and resumed on Wednesday is aimed at …

KABUL: Unknown gunmen killed two employees of a local radio station in Taliqan city of Takhar province on Tuesday night, according to authorities. Spokesman for Takhar Police Abdul Khalil Asir said unknown gunmen entered the Radio Hamsada office in Taliqan on Tuesday night and opened fire on staff, killing two. …

KABUL: The World Bank signed on Wednesday a $325 million grant deal with the Finance Ministry to fund economic development, social services and institutional reforms in Afghanistan. Acting Minister of Finance and Chief Advisor on Infrastructure and Technology to the President of Afghanistan Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi and World Bank Country …

AT News Report KABUL: Spearheading the crucial talks on Afghanistan peace in Moscow on Tuesday, former President Hamid Karzai pushed for reconciliation with Taliban and stressed on ‘national unity’ to restore peace, with the rebels labeling the Afghan Constitution “illegitimate” and calling it an ‘obstacle’ to peace. At his opening …

AT-KABUL: In the wake of current peace talks in Moscow, the government of Uzbekistan has reiterated its readiness to host talks between Afghan government officials and Taliban negotiators. Uzbekistan’s Foreign Ministry says Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov expressed the offer in Tashkent on Tuesday to the United Nations’ Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan …

KABUL: Afghan Intelligence forces have busted a kidnapping band of seven members in Kabul, the National Directorate of Security said in a statement on Tuesday. The statement said that the group has been involved in kidnappings, armed robberies, and extortion in the capital. According to the statement, the group was …

KABUL: Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology said on Tuesday that it will deliver safer and faster internet services for women and children. The pledge was given during a ceremony on the occasion of ‘safer internet day’. Children and women are highly likely to be misused, threatened and harassed through …

AT-KABUL: Top leadership within the National Unity Government and Russia’s key envoy to Afghanistan discussed several issues including prospective over peace efforts, and bilateral relations. Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday met with Russian Ambassador to Kabul Alexander Mantytskiy, where both sides discussed bilateral relations, security cooperation and peace efforts …

KABUL: Thousands of displaced families due to conflict in northern Afghanistan are struggling for their lives amid extremely harsh weather conditions in Sheberghan city. A few of the families were allocated in schools by a commission in Sheberghan city but the rest of them are living in the tents struggling …

KABUL: At least 40 Afghan forces including army and local policemen were killed on Monday in an overnight Taliban attack on security outposts in northern Kunduz and Baghlan provinces despite the beginning of peace talks between Taliban and Afghan politicians in Moscow. The attacks come as the Taliban started negotiations …