NEW DELHI: After the weekend terror attack in Kabul that killed at least 22 people, many of them civilians, the US White House today told Pakistan in no uncertain terms that it needs to immediately arrest or expel the Taliban’s leaders who operate from Pakistani territory. “We call on Pakistan …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Senior United Nations officials, including Secretary-General António Guterres, have strongly condemned the attack on a hotel in Kabul. In a statement, UN Secretary-General Guterres offered his deepest condolences to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to those injured. “He expresses his solidarity with …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Serbia government has announced that the country will accept the migrants including Afghans even though it is not an EU member. Serbian officials have said the country is ready to accept migrants as per eventual European Union (EU) quotas, even though it is not an EU …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has voiced deep shock over the death of his countrymen in Saturday’s terrorist attack on a landmark hotel in Kabul. “Shocked by tragic news from Afghanistan. Ukrainian citizens, employees of the Ukrainian airline, fell victims to the attack in Kabul,” he said. In …
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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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