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 …
Read More »Iran criticizes US policy toward Afghanistan
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, …
Read More »US, China and Russia on same page on Afghan peace
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, …
Read More »Karzai confident of “imminent” intra-Afghan dialogue
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai says that the intra-Afghan dialogue on Afghan peace was imminent to be held in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. The meeting between Taliban representatives and politicians from Kabul scheduled to be held on April 19 in Doha, was canceled after President …
Read More »Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for terrorism related crimes
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded 37 Saudi citizens in a mass execution across the country over what it said was terrorism-related crimes, according to a media report on Wednesday The executions were carried out in Riyadh, Makkah, Madinah, the Eastern Province, Qassim and Asir, the Saudi …
Read More »Europe-US envoys support peace in Afghanistan
AT News Report KABUL: The United Kingdom has hosted a meeting of Special Envoys from Europe and the US in support of peace in Afghanistan, where Afghan acting finance minister Mohammad Qayoumi who briefed them on the Afghan government’s economic program. Gareth Bayley, the UK’s Prime Minister’s Special Representative for …
Read More »Kabul, Moscow relations growing
AT News Report KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Idrees Zaman met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Kabul, Mr. Alexander Mantetsky, where they discussed and exchanged views on the growing relations between the two countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. “Joint counter-narcotics efforts, Consultative Loya …
Read More »India hails ANDSF heroism
AT News Report KABUL: India has donated 100 wheelchairs, in a ceremony that took place at Ministry of Defense headquarter, to the disables personnel of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) who have sacrificed and lost their body parts defending their country against terrorism. In this ceremony acting Defense …
Read More »Pompeo pushes for Doha talks
He says a comprehensive peace agreement would end the suffering and destruction in Afghanistan AT News Report KABUL: US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo spoke on April 20 with President Ashraf Ghani, where he condemned the Taliban’s recent announcement of a spring offensive and underscored the United States’ solidarity …
Read More »Iran, Pakistan back political settlement in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Peace in Afghanistan is in the favor of Iran and Pakistan, said Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is in Iran for bilateral talks, in a joint press conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Moreover, he said that the two countries are ready to help efforts …
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