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AT News Report-KABUL: Addressing a gathering marking the 26th victory Day of Mujahidin,President Ghani on Saturday reiterated call on the Taliban to join peace talks. The president emphasized that most of the Taliban, except a fraction of them, were against fighting. Ghani called on the Taliban to accept his unconditional …

AT News Report-KABUL: Top defense officials have announced that Afghan forces used drones to detect and subdue Taliban’s spring fighting tactics in four zones of the country. The defense ministry spokesperson said drones provide a great counter-balance measure against the Taliban and give defense forces necessary information about its tactics. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The recent peace offer to the Taliban has been fully backed by the NATO member countries, terming it unprecedented opportunity to end the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan—taking huge toll on civilians. President Ashraf Ghani has offered unparalleled peace offer to the Taliban in order to bring a …

Welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to travel to China for a summit with President Xi Jinping, Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai called for India to discuss terror issues with China, as well as Russia, if the U.S. is unable to stem terror attacks from Pakistan. “Once [India-China] ties are …

TEHRAN: Shamkhani, the Secretary of Iran’s SNSC, and Guo Shengkun, the Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China, agreed that US is after inflicting damage on Iran, China, and Russia and the three should adopt joint strategies in response. “We take the …

AT-KABUL: The High Peace Council has hailed Turkmenistan and China for their cooperation offers in the Afghan-led peace process. The two neighboring countries have said they would prepare facilities of talks between the government of Afghanistan and Taliban militants, though remaining impartial in the process. China and Turkmenistan are feeling …

AT-KABUL: Chief of National Directorate of Security,Masom Stanikzai,underwent a questioning of lawmakers in the Lower Houseof the Parliament on Wednesday over an increasing surge in insecurity in Afghanistan. The lawmakers accused the security chief of failing to foil terrorist activities and shenanigans of terrorist groups in Afghanistan. National security chief …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: An Afghan journalist was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday morning, said provincial officials. “Two unknown gunmen rolling a motor cycle opened fire on 30-year-old Abdul Manan Arghand in the morning and killed him in Kandahar city,” said Kandahar Police Spokesman Ziad …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Indian Defense Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reaffirmed commitment to improve the capacity of Afghan security forces, a media report said on Wednesday. Nirmala expressed the view during her address at minister-level meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in China. “We must also work towards the …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan is anticipating a substantial growth in the mining sector as the country has joined the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining (IGF), as the only policymaking organization for natural resources. The Afghan minister of mines and petroleum on Wednesday expressed hope that IGF membership was considered to a golden chance …