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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Presenting his Annual Report on Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the Taliban has not been able to achieve their strategic objective and that Afghan security forces have increased military pressure on the group in the last year. “We have decided to increase the size of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: General Joseph Votel, the commander of US Central Command said that Pakistan still supporting the Taliban insurgents despite the ongoing pressure. He said this while speaking during a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing. Asked on the question of continued Pakistani support to the Taliban, he replied: “I …

AT News Report-KABUL: The recent statement for handing over some areas to the Taliban insurgent is signifying the disintegration of Afghanistan, a number of Afghan influential figures expressed their concern over the scheme purposed by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of Hezb-e-Islami political party. Previously, Hekmatyar suggested the handover of some …

AT News Report-KABUL: Afghan traders have inked $20.5 million contracts in high-value agriculture products with foreign traders at the Gulf Food Exhibition held in February in Dubai. At least 25 Afghan traders took part in the exhibition and signed various contracts with foreign traders in agricultural products. Domestic productions and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) has welcomed the Afghan government’s offer to the Taliban group to engage in peace talks and has called on the group to accept the process without any preconditions and threat of violence. In a statement issued by Security Council President Karel …

AT News Report-KABUL: Following an airstrike in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, seven Daesh terrorists were killed, officials said on Friday. Afghan air forces targeted a Daesh sanctuary in Pekhi Baghdara area of Achin district on Thursday night, said Hazrat Hussain Mashraqiwal, provincial police spokesman. He added that ادseven …

AT News Report-KABUL: Two cases of poliomyelitis—a crippling and potentially deadly infectious disease have been registered in eastern Kunar and southern Kandahar province, Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Friday. In a statement, the MoPH said the polio cases were reported from Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  The US is adopting a multi-pronged strategy to force the Taliban into reconciliation, CENTCOM Commander Gen. Joseph Votel said on Tuesday. Reforms promised by President Ashraf Ghani constitute a key part of the strategy, which includes military and political pressures, as well as force applied through regional …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: China and the European Union believe the Taliban should have seize President Ashraf Ghani’s offer to recognize the movement as a legitimate political group, the EU’s special envoy to Afghanistan said on Wednesday. Ghani announced peace plan late last month, but the Taliban has yet to give …

AT-KABUL: Minister of Women’s Affairs, Delbar Nazari has emphasized on the establishment and implementation of sound financial mechanisms to enforce the national action plan and women’s economic empowerment. Nazari made the remarks during her speech at the 62nd session of Commission on the Status of Women in New York. She …