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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad expressed that the “Afghan people deserve peace”. “We are in hurry to end the Afghan tragedy,” Khalilzad said in an interview with US’s PBS news agency. Khalilzad commented that it would be good if there is some kind …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United States officials have displayed the weapons and military equipment supplied by Iran to Taliban in Afghanistan and other militant groups in the Middle East. A Fadjr missile was also put on display which was seized by the Afghan National Army in southern Helmand province of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: UN secretary general Antonio Guterres on Wednesday asked the international community to come together to enable the success of an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process. In a video message to the international conference in Geneva, the UN chief said: “Our hearts go out to all Afghans who …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The NATO Chief has expressed his concern over come back of the Taliban terrorist group if the foreign troops leave the country. “If we leave, Taliban will come back,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said speaking at Mediterranean Dialogues Conference in Rome. “The cost of leaving is higher …

AT Monitoring Desk-Son of Sami ul-Haq, a Pakistani cleric who was assassinated earlier this month, has said that his father was killed at a time when he was preparing to mediate for Afghan peace process. Sami, known as the “Father of the Taliban” for having taught some of their leaders, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Hopes for peace in Afghanistan are better than they have been in many years, despite a grave humanitarian crisis and persistent violence, a senior United Nations official said Friday. The UN’s humanitarian chief in the country, Toby Lanzer, told reporters that even though some 3.6 million people …

AT-KABUL: Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secretary-Gerneral’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and UNAMA chief, has strongly condemned Tuesday night’s attack on a religious gathering, in which over 50 people have been killed and over 90 wounded, and said it “was nothing short of an atrocity”. In a statement from UNAMA Yamamoto said, “On …

AT Monitoring Desk-WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump slammed Pakistan for what he said ‘doing nothing for the US’ and said that the country sheltered al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden for years. Trump told Fox news in an interview that people in Pakistan knew the top terrorist leader was living there. …

AT-KABUL:  The Council of the European Union has adopted conclusions on Afghanistan, reaffirming its long-term commitment to supporting the Afghans in their path towards peace, security and prosperity. The EU Council welcomed ‘the growing consensus among key Afghan, regional and international stakeholders on the parameters of a potential peace process, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: US Secretary of Defense James Mattis has thanked Qatar for its efforts in support of peace in Afghanistan and for being a “long-time friend and military partner” to the US and NATO. Speaking ahead of a meeting in Washington, Mattis welcomed the Qatari Minister of Defense Khalid …