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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: One S-300 anti-aircraft missile system has been deployed to Tajikistan for the first time, reports RBC news agency, citing its source close to the Russian Defense Ministry. A second source close to the Ministry confirmed the deployment of the missile system to the border with Afghanistan. …

AT News Report KABUL: A US convoy struck with an IED in southern Kandahar province on Saturday night, in which one solider suffered a minor injury, US Forces in Afghanistan said Sunday.  The blast targeted patrolling US troops in Dand district, provincial governor’s office said in a statement. He said …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The talks between US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad and diplomats from Russia, China and Pakistan held in Moscow on Friday were “positive and constructive,” the US Embassy in Russia said on its website on Sunday. “U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group was reportedly killed in an operation by U.S. forces in Syria, U.S., Western Media Reported on Sunday. A U.S. official told The Associated Press late Saturday that al-Baghdadi was targeted in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. …

AT News Report KABUL: Washington and its NATO partners are on the same boat that best way to ensure terrorist will never again be able to attack them is an enduring political settlement in Afghanistan.  US Defense Secretary Mark Esper in a statement on Saturday said, “the Resolute Support mission …

By Shamim Shahid PESHAWAR: Paying glowing tributes to the great Pushtoon leader, ruler of Indo-Pak Sub Continent and founder independent state Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Abdali, the intelligentsia and Civil Society Organisation networks, demanded of the government to place his portraits in all government installations, especially in fortresses and museums throughout …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The U.S. Air Force has deployed F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on Oct. 25, Defense Blog, Online Military Magazine reported. U.S. Airmen and equipment assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and other supporting units out of Shaw Air …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan was ranked 173 in the World Bank’s “Doing Business Report for 2019: Training for Reform” and received a score of 44.1. Last year the score was 47.7, and Afghanistan ranked 167 in the index. According to the report, Afghanistan’s position has dropped by six points …

AT News Report KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg has said that Afghanistan is part of their global fight against ISIS, also known as Daesh, and that the allies wanted to be sure the Caliphate, which the group has lost in Iraq and Syria, would not be reestablished in the …

AT News Report KABUL: The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement said that all efforts must be adopted to protect civilians in Afghanistan and condemned the October 18 terrorist attack took place during prayers at a local mosque in the Nangarhar province with over 70 people killed and many …