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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The two nuclear—neighboring states, India and Pakistan say they have shot down each other’s warplanes in a dramatic escalation of their conflict over the disputed region of Kashmir. The Pakistani military initially said on Wednesday that the country’s air force had downed two India Air Force …

AT News Report KABUL: In the wake of fresh peace talks with US special envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, a Taliban spokesman said the group is close to reaching an agreement with the US on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. Spokesman Suhail Shaheen made the comment in Doha, Qatar, following …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: China on Wednesday endorsed India’s position on terrorism, adding that terrorist groups cannot be supported and used in political and geopolitical goals, Indian media reported. In a veiled reference to Pakistan, China in very strong terms said that those committing orchestrating, inciting or supporting terrorist acts …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif resigned without warning late Monday, offering an “apology” to the nation as the nuclear deal he negotiated with world powers is on the verge of collapse after the US withdrawal from the accord. Zarif’s resignation, if accepted by Iran’s relatively …

“Inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue essential to advance pace push” AT News Report KABUL: The US and Russian Special Envoy for Peace in Afghanistan have backed and agreed all-inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue which is essential to advance the current peace efforts, where the next round of talks between US official and Taliban representative …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: ISIS’ Afghanistan-based affiliate has emerged as a major threat capable of carrying out direct attacks on the US and is actively using its members’ social media to acquire contacts in the United States, a US intelligence official in Afghanistan tells CNN. “They are closest to having …

AT News Report KABUL: Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan Liu Jinsong has reaffirmed China’s consistent support for Afghanistan’s efforts in national reconciliation to help bring peace in the war-hit country. He also assured of deepening counter-terrorism cooperation with Kabul administration with hope Afghanistan could play more significant role in the Belt …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The government of Pakistan on Tuesday has sought the UN’s urgent intervention to defuse tensions with India after it threatens to use force against Pakistan and abandon a vital treaty following one of the worst terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in which over 40 Indian …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: KABUL: The Swedish student who livestreamed her efforts to stop an Afghan asylum-seeker from being deported has reportedly been fined, media reported Tuesday. Elin Ersson, 21, was indicted in October by Swedish prosecutors for breaking aviation laws but was fined 3,000 Swedish krona, which translates to roughly $324 in U.S. currency, …

AT News Report KABUL: Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, who is currently in a today days visit to Pakistan—a neighboring state that Kabul administration has so many issues with, said Monday that peace in Afghanistan is in the best interest of entire region that all would be …