KABUL: The ministry of mines and petroleum said on Monday that it has drafted a mutual strategy with the ministry of commerce and industries to form the process of marble producing and exporting. Abdul Qadir Motfi, spokesman of the ministry of mines and petroleum said that the strategy would pave …
Read More »MAIL reports 8,470 acres of irrigated farmland in Laghman
KABUL: The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock following its efforts to irrigate lands in Laghman province, has irrigated 4,235 acres of lands during the next Afghan year in the province. Jamil Khoshhal, head of provincial agriculture department of Laghman province, said that one of the projects implemented is the …
Read More »US committed to pulling foreign forces out of Afghanistan: Official
KABUL: A senior U.S. government official, speaking after six days of U.S. peace talks with Afghan Taliban militants, said on Monday that Washington was committed to withdrawing foreign forces from Afghanistan to end more than 17 years of war. The official, who declined to be identified, described “significant progress” in …
Read More »Tentative peace deal could end unfettered turmoil in Afghanistan
By Mansoor Faizy Afghanistan has been in a whirl of unending war and unfettered turmoil since long years—almost four decades, whereas peace – or at least a state of normalcy – is a distant dream with thousands of casualties taken from ordinary Afghans and the security personnel. This war has …
Read More »Kabul, Taliban talks should happen immediately: SCO
AT-KABUL: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on Sunday hoped for a hasty talks to be kicked off between the Afghan government and the Taliban group—a day after US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation held 6-day consecutive meetings with Taliban in Qatar, terming it productive. SCO Secretary General Vladimir Norov said …
Read More »Karzai asks US to intensify peace efforts; stop bombing Afghan homes
AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai “most vehemently” condemned a foreign airstrike that targeted civilians in the southern province of Helmand, calling on the United States to intensify peace efforts in Afghanistan rather than bombing homes and villages. At least 16 members were killed in the airstrike launched in the Sangin …
Read More »Political party denounces Mohaqiq’s dismissal as against ‘political agreement’
AT-KABUL: The Hezb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami Mardom-e-Afghanistan (Islamic Unity of Afghan People’s Party), a political party led by the second chief executive deputy rejected his dismissal by President Ashraf Ghani as violating the political agreement. President Ghani on Thursday, sacked Mohaqiq, a powerful politician from his post as deputy chief executive, without elaborating. …
Read More »Religious scholars to Taliban: Hold direct talks with Afghan govt.
AT-KABUL: A number of the Islamic scholars on Friday stressed on an intra-Afghan dialogue, calling on the Taliban group to hold talks with the government of Afghanistan. These clerics in a gathering in the northern province of Baghlan, demanded the war sides to observe an armistice with the aim of …
Read More »Senior IS member killed in US airstrike
AT-KABUL: A senior Islamic State (IS) also known as Daesh terrorist, has been killed in a US airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province. The news came at the end of a week in which two US service member were killed in Afghanistan in 2019. Provincial governor office said that the drone …
Read More »Qatar talks; US-Taliban negotiations make headway on staking points
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: With reaching its six conservative days of talks between US officials and the Taliban Qatar-based members, source familiar with Doha talks said that they busy negotiating withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan and assertion of ceasefire. It has been said that neogiation would entered its 6-day today …
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