AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The White House Spokeswoman Sarah Sanders has said that US wants Pakistan to do more in the fight against terrorism and it will continue to increase pressure on Islamabad within days. She said this on Tuesday while talking to media persons at White House. She added that …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US President Donald Trump has slammed Pakistan for lies and deceit and said that the US had “foolishly” given Pakistan $33 billion in aid in the last 15 years. “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Moscow is ready to work with Washington in Afghanistan to purge insurgency as terrorist groups are getting stronger in northern part of Afghanistan, it has been reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is concerned over the strengthening of terrorist groups in northern Afghanistan. Speaking at …
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One opposition faction is a group championed by former President Hamid Karzai that is calling for a loya jirga, a grand council of tribal elders, to decide Mr. Ghani’s fate. A jirga, at its heart an unpredictable event, could not only upend the cycle of elections as the democratic transfer …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Ahead of the US Defense Secretary James Mattis visit to Pakistan, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo has warned that Washington will launch direct action, if Pakistan fails in shunning terror safe havens in its soil. While televising a new US strategy on Afghanistan and …
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The US media this week broadcast videos provided by the Pentagon purporting to show American airstrikes against Taliban-run “drug labs” in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. Parroting claims by the top US military commander Gen. John Nicholson, television news broadcasters reported that Washington is attempting to stop the Islamist insurgency from “profiting …
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Three Georgian soldiers have been wounded during a patrol around an Airfiled in Afghanistan, – reports Georgia’s Defense Ministry. The 31st battalion of the 3rd infantry brigade are in their second month of this tour, and are involved in the Resolute Support mission commanded by U.S. troops in Afghanistan. General …
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KABUL _ Regional countries should be vigilant against conspiracies of U.S. government which is seeking to spread sow of discord in the region. Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the above statement in an exclusive interview with our correspondent and requested neighboring countries to make their utmost efforts for thwarting …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis has said that NATO’s multidimensional support to Afghanistan is a clear indicator that the country is important for the alliance and they would continue its support to Kabul. Speaking in Brussels after attending the alliance defense ministerial meeting, Mattis said during …
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The commander of the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan, US Army Gen. John Nicholson, said Thursday that Pakistan had not changed its behavior since President Donald Trump announced his new policy for Afghanistan and the wider region, a policy that specifically called on Pakistan to do more. “No, I haven’t seen …
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