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By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: In the wake of ongoing peace push where Afghan politicians will fly to Qatar on Thursday for second intra-Afghan talks with Taliban negotiation members, U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has reiterated call for ceasefire where it is only quickest way to prevent casualties …

AT News Report KABUL: Minister of Foreign Affairs Salahuddin Rabbani on Monday met with Ambassador of India to Kabul, Mr. Vinay Kumar, where they discussed mutual issues. Hinting at the dynamics of the elections in the world’s biggest democracy, Mr. Rabbani wished success for the Indian people, a statement from …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said that his country will no longer allow armed militias to operate in his country, saying there is no use for these groups anymore. “We have decided, for the future of our country — forget the outside pressure — we will …

AT News Report KABUL: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Afghan government would be in center of any peace talks. Testifying before United States Senate Appropriations Committee on issue related to Afghanistan, Pompeo in response to a question regarding meaningful particapnt of Afghan government in any peace deal, …

AT News Report KABUL: Parliamentarians and political analysts express concerns over the fresh escalation of Iran-US tensions as a new threat for Afghanistan. In a latest move, the United States on Monday announced that it designates Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, a …

“Such cowardly act will not impede US efforts to achieve peace” By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has strongly condemned Taliban’s attack on US forces, in which at least three US forces and a contractor were killed near Bagram base in northern Parwan province. However, the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives in a letter has called for a briefing by the Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, who left Kabul on Sunday after a series of talks with Afghan leaders, politicians and civil society members. “Representative Eliot L. …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Pakistani cement is facing difficulties in finding market access to Afghanistan, because total exports share of Afghan market has dropped to 24 percent in 8MFY19 from over 54 percent in FY2007, Pakistani media reported Monday. The reason is that Afghanistan has opened doors to other …

AT News Report KABUL: Pakistan on Monday said that its economic coordination committee has approved million rupees for the construction of additional carriageway on Torkham-Jalalabad Road under its PM’s Program for Reconstruction of Afghanistan. The meeting of the ECC was held here today under Pakistan’s Finance Minister, Asad Umar, in …

AT News Report KABUL: The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who addressed the NATO’s Foreign Ministers meeting in Washington D.C., said that in the Afghan peace talks they will make sure that the United States will never be threatened from Afghanistan’s soil and the sacrifices of the past 18 …