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AT News Report KABUL: Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad and an interagency team, whose talks with Taliban halted despite nine round of discussions, is traveling to Belgium, France, and Russia and meet with the its leaderships on ending Afghanistan’s war. In Brussels and Paris, ambassador Khalilzad will …

AT News Report KABUL: Political analysts and members of parliament say that the United States is concerned over political situation in Afghanistan, saying that two senior American officials came to Kabul with the aim of managing a probable crisis after the result announcement of the presidential election. The Kabul News …

AT News Report KABUL: The Chinese government is to host representatives from Afghan government and political leaders to sit in front of Taliban negotiators in the third round of the intra-Afghan dialogues, according to reports. Taliban representatives held talks with Afghan politicians including former president Hamid Karzai twice in Russia …

AT News Report KABUL: The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said that his country was committed in peace and stability in Afghanistan and would continue fighting against terrorism. “The United States will continue fight against terrorism. We stand by those Afghans who want their country free of violence,” Pompeo …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: India will be sending a consignment of 75000 MT (metric tonnes) of wheat to Afghanistan in November 2019 as part of its humanitarian gesture. The consignment will be sent via the Chabahar port and the supply will commence from Kandala port next month. India first sent …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: More Afghans than Syrians have migrated to the European Union so far this year, according to the latest data from the EU border agency Frontex. While the EU fears a new wave of asylum-seekers from Syria following Turkey’s attack this week on the northeastern region of …

AT News Report KABUL: NATO’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg has underlined the need for firm and credible guarantees for any future peace deal in Afghanistan after escalation of violence by Taliban group.   He said this while delivering speech at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Plenary Session in London, where assured …

AT News Report KABUL: The U.S. State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, Alice Wells on Tuesday held a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani, where they discussed election, peace and regional issues. The presidential palace in a statement said that US diplomat has praised the successful conduct …

AT News Report KABUL: The United States supports a decision made by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to validate and count only the biometric votes. John Bass, the United States Ambassador to Kabul, said Monday that his country considers transparency important in the announcing of election results, emphasizing that it …

AT News Report KABUL: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday has called on the Taliban to show willingness to make a real compromise at the negotiating table, and expect resumption of peace talks between US and Taliban. “We would welcome the resumption of the talks, but then Taliban must …