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By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: China Foundation for Peace and Development (CFPD) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) to help Afghan vulnerable refugees and Internal Displace Person (IDPs) based in Kabul. “Today we have signed the agreement to donate materials to needy refugees,” …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is appearing before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday for a closed hearing on the Afghan reconciliation process, said US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.   It is expected that Khalilzad will brief the committee on his talks with Abdul …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: India on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to a process that can help Afghanistan emerge as a united, peaceful, inclusive and economically vibrant nation. Any peace agreement in Afghanistan must guarantee gender equality and respect for human rights. The Indian minister of external affairs said Sushma Swaraj, …

AT Mentoring Desk KABUL: European Union Special Envoy for Afghanistan Roland Kobia has met Taliban’s political office head Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Qatar. Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, spokesman for Taliban’s Qatar office, said Roland Kobia and Baradar discussed the current situation in Afghanistan, talks with the US, prevention of civilian …

 AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Convicted of killing an Afghan citizen, a US soldier has been freed from a military correctional facility on Fort Leavenworth in northeastern Kansas As he was released after eight years in prison, US Army National Guard Sgt. Derrick Miller’s mother Renee Myers cried: “Ah, my baby.” …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The US military needs a new strategy in Afghanistan, where peace cannot be won through bomb and bullets, says a soldier who claims killing Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Ladin. “That’s a difficult question,” Robert J. O’Neill, former Navy SEAL who claims to have killed bin Laden …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia’s top security chief is raising alarm about extremist militants massing on Afghanistan’s northern border. Alexander Bortnikov, chief of the main Russian intelligence agency FSB, said on a visit to Tajikistan on Tuesday that some 5,000 fighters of an ISIS extremist group affiliate have gathered in …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: China Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the Afghan people have never been so close to peace as today despite that uncertainties still exist in the war-torn country. Moreover, he called for an inclusive dialogue among the Afghans, according to ECNS report. “After years of war …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A riot at a prison in Tajikistan has left 32 people dead, including 24 members of the Islamic State, also known as Deash militant group and three guards, authorities said. Five of the inmates and the three guards were killed by IS (Daesh) prisoners during the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Department of Defense, Pentagon, has awarded a new contract to provide logistics support to Afghan Air Force’s fleet of MD-530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters. According to a statement released by Department of Defense, the Arizona-based MD Helicopters has received a new contract to provide logistics support …