AT Monitoring Desk-TEHRAN: Iranian Border Guards Commander Brigadier General Qassem Rezayee hailed his country’s safe and secure borderline with Afghanistan, saying prevalence of security in the region is indebted to his forces’ preparedness and cooperation of the Afghan border troops. Commander of the Iranian Border Guards Brigadier General Qassem Rezayee …
Read More »Tehran calls for expanded media cooperation with Kabul
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Iranian Deputy Culture Minister Mohammad Soltanifar,in a meeting with some members of Afghanistan’s Joint Committee of Governmentand Media, underlined that Tehran and Kabul should expand bilateral mediacooperation, and called for efforts to prevent the two countries’ ties fromfalling into political games. He stressed the need for promoting …
Read More »Pakistan PM expresses hope US-Taliban talks to end war in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday saidthat Pakistan has provided assistance for the dialogue between the US andTaliban in the UAE and expressed hope the talks would be successful. “Pakistan has helped in the dialogue between Taliban and the US in Abu Dhabi. Let us pray …
Read More »Possibility of peace in Afghanistan never more real than it is now: UN
AT-KABUL: The UN’s top envoy in Afghanistan said the possibility of a negotiated end to the conflict in Afghanistan has never been more real in the past 17 years than it is now. Tadamichi Yamamoto told the Security Council he is encouraged by several recent developments, including the appointment of …
Read More »India nods educational MoU with Afghanistan
AT-The Union cabinet of India has given its nod to signagreements with Afghanistan in the field of education which will allow studentsfrom that country to use courses devised here. The MoU would facilitate students and faculty of educational institutions in Afghanistan to register and use the SWAYAM courses. SWAYAM is …
Read More »Afghanistan ceasefire push in focus in U.S., Taliban talks
KABUL: Talks between U.S. and Taliban officials aimed at arranging peace negotiations in Afghanistan were set for a second day on Tuesday after discussions around the future of foreign forces and a possible six-month ceasefire, Taliban sources said. The three-day meeting in Abu Dhabi is at least the third time …
Read More »Trump says he will review case against U.S. soldier accused of murder in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: U.S. President Donald Trump says he will review thecase of a former U.S. Army officer charged with murder for the 2010 killing ofa man he suspected of being a Taliban bomb maker in Afghanistan. “At the request of many. I will be reviewing the case of a …
Read More »U.S., Taliban to ponder ceasefire, prisoner swap in fresh-talks
KABUL: Representatives of Taliban militants and the US diplomats are to discuss a temporary ceasefire and the release of insurgents’ inmates from US detention in the third round of talks organized to be hosted Monday by Pakistan, former Taliban officials say. Members of the militants’ political office based in Qatar …
Read More »Pakistan deploys hundreds of outposts along Durand Line
KABUL: The government of Pakistan has established 233 checkpoints along the so-called border line known in Afghanistan a just a line, Pakistani army said Sunday. The move comes after fencing by Pakistani government along the line with the length of 208 kilometers. Pakistani army said the fencing would complete by …
Read More »U.S. Army Green Beret charged with murder of Afghan man
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A U.S. Army Green Beret major has been charged withmurder in the death of an Afghan man during his 2010 deployment to the war-torncountry, the U.S. military says. A spokesman said on December 13 that Major Matthew Golsteyn’s commander had determined that “sufficient evidence exists” to warrant …
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