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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: German authorities say they have detained a 50-year old Afghan-German dual national suspected of passing data to an Iranian intelligence agency. The suspect, identified only as 50-year-old Abdul Hamid S., worked as a “language expert and cultural adviser” for the German military, the federal prosecutor’s office said …

AT-KABUL: The United States, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and India condemned Kabul bombing “in the strongest terms’ that killed 4 people, including an Indian national, and wounded 113 others almost all of them civilians. The blast as a result of truck-bombing jolted Kabul PD9 on Monday night, targeting …

AT-Monitoring Desk-The US’ demand for maintaining long-term military bases in Afghanistan has emerged as a sticking point in talks with the Taliban to end the 17-year-long war in the country, according to a media report. The report came as the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, stepped up efforts to bring the Taliban …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  The first meeting of “India – Central Asia” Dialogue with participation of Afghanistan at the Ministerial level took place on Sunday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan participated in the meeting, where they reaffirmed the willingness for cooperation, mutual support, joint …

India on Sunday said it was committed to the economic reconstruction of Afghanistan and to promote an inclusive “Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled” peace and reconciliation process in the war-torn country. India’s position was enunciated by external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj at the historic India-Central Asia Dialogue here, with the participation …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission could make a decision to postpone the presidential election scheduled for April 20 until June 20 under pressure from the United States, which needs time to get ready for the voting in accordance with its scenario, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: India has briefed the visiting United States Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad about its policy in the South Asian neighbour and Pakistan’s role in the region.  Khalilzad met Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday and foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale on Friday.  Ministry of External …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban are seeking peace with the Afghan government and Iran is helping the process to promote stability and peace in the country, the secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran told (IRNA) on Monday. ‘Iran is peace-seeking and has no domineering intentions,’ said Ali Shamkhani …

Donald Trump had taken a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for funding a library in Afghanistan, saying it was of no use in the war-torn country. NEW DELHI: Amid global discussion on India-Afghanistan ties after US President Donald Trump’s recent remark, former vice president Hamid Ansari has said that Indian …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Amid reports on a possible withdrawal of a “significant” number of US forces from Afghanistan, the US Vice President Mike Pence said Trump “is in the process of evaluating” whether to remove troops from Afghanistan. He made the remarks in an exclusive interview with Fox News. The …