AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Islamic State, which is also known as Daesh terrorist group is strengthening its positions in Afghanistan, using that country as a bridgehead for further expansion in the region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. “It is important to note that after the rout of the …
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AT News Report KABUL: Qatar has reportedly appointed Saeed Mubarak al Khayarin al Hajri as its new ambassador to Afghanistan by issuing a decree. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, in a decree, appointed Saeed Mubarak al Khayarin al Hajri as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Islamic Republic of …
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AT News Report KABUL: US officials who were in Afghan peace mission in Pakistan from 29 to 30 concluded their visit, where they held talks with Pakistani officials and both sides have agreed to continue their cooperation on bringing peace and reconciliation to Afghanistan. The aimed behind Special Representative for …
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AT News Report KABUL: US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells and Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in Islamabad on Monday, where they discussed issues related to the Afghan peace process with the Pakistani officials. Pakistani’s Foreign Office Additional Secretary …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Addressing a gathering of business leaders in Beijing, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that Afghanistan certainty needs peace after almost four decades of war. Khan said that peace in Afghanistan has a huge impact on Pakistan and Central Asian countries under China’s global Belt and …
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AT News Report KABUL: The United Nations Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, met Taliban’s co-founder and head of the group’s political office in Qatar. Taliban said Friday in a statement that the meeting focused on the peace efforts, civilian casualties prevention and humanitarian assistance to needy people …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Turkish state-run aid agency has provided food and shelter for approximately 1,000 families suffering from floods in northern Afghanistan, the agency announced. The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) said it distributed food packages and tents to the families who lost their homes due to …
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AT News Report KABUL: Iranian and Indian ambassadors to Afghanistan have reiterated their country’s support over Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process, the National Security Council (NSC) said on Friday in a statement. They said this in a separate meeting with Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib. During meeting …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif criticized the wrong policies of the US in war-torn Afghanistan, saying talking to the Taliban about Afghanistan’s future but excluding the Afghan government from it has achieved nothing. He said while speaking at the Asia Society, while also touched upon ISIS, …
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AT News Report KABUL: The trilateral meeting between special envoys of United States, Russia and China in Moscow concluded on Thursday where they reached consensus on the Afghan peace process. It was the second trilateral consultation on Afghanistan in Moscow, in which US Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad, Chinese Special Envoy Deng Xijun, …
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