AT News Report KABUL: Germany’s special representative for Afghanistan has once against held talks with Taliban’s co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Qatar, where they discussed issues related to Afghan war and ongoing talks with the US peace envoy. Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, spokesman for Taliban’s Qatar office, said Markus Potzel and Baradar …
Read More »US-Taliban talks to resume Monday
AT News Report KABUL: Peace negotiation between US and Taliban members have entered to its sixth round in Doha of Qatar with four conservative days of talks ended Sunday; the talks did not hold on Monday on the account of the first day of Ramadan. The talks will resume today …
Read More »Khalilzad hails Ghani-Imran telephonic conversation
AT News Report KABUL: US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has welcomed Sunday’s telephonic conversations that made between President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. “Pleased to see PM Imran Khan and President Ashraf Ghani spoke today,” Khalilzad said in a tweet. “Both leaders say they …
Read More »Khalilzad due in India to brief authorities on peace progress
AT News Report KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad will make his second visit to India for consultations on Afghan peace, starting from Monday, Indian media reported Monday. Khalilzad is expected to brief Indian authorities about the progress made in the peace efforts in the past …
Read More »Turkmenistan, US mull joint efforts to resolve situation in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Turkmen-US political consultations were held in Ashgabat, Trend reports referring to the Turkmen Foreign Ministry on Friday. The US delegation was led by Mark Moody, representative of the Office of Central Asian Affairs at the US Department of State. The regional issues, including the efforts …
Read More »Khalilzad to Taliban: Time to embrace peace
AT News Report KABUL: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has resumed peace talks with Taliban negotiation members in Qatar, where he in his opening session has underscored to the Taliban that the “Afghan people, who are their brothers and sisters, want this war to end.” Khalilzad who …
Read More »76 Afghan civilians killed in 2018 US strikes: Report
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The US military operations killed 120 civilians in 2018, including 76 civilians in operations against the Taliban and other militants in Afghanistan, the US Department of Defense said in an annual report to the US congress. Quoted by Washington Post, the department said that 42 civilians …
Read More »UNSC declares Masood Azhar “global terrorist”
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Masood Azhar was finally declared a global terrorist by the UN Security Council on Wednesday The UN Security Council Committee statement: On 1 May 2019, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and associated …
Read More »Indonesia hopes for speedy logical resolution to Afghan conflict
AT News Report KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation who just wrapped up meeting in Pakistan, said he held talks with Indonesia Foreign Minister Retno Marsuid, discussing Afghan peace process. Taliban group in a statement too said their political leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, along with his team, …
Read More »Tayeb Jawad bags best diplomat award
AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan’s Ambassador to the UK, Said Tayeb Jawad has been awarded with the 2019 Diplomat of the year award from Asia and Oceania by his diplomat peers, said Afghanistan Embassy in UK on Tuesday. Shamim Jawad, Jawad’s wife received the award on his behalf. “My husband was …
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