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AT News KABUL: The European Union said on Friday it strongly supports Afghanistan peace process that leads to the end of war through a political settlement. Addressing a conference in Tashkent on Friday, Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell reiterated EU’s support for Afghan peace quest which leads to the end …

AT News KABUL: As the Taliban are pushing deep into Afghanistan, U.S. Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said that Washington and its allies will never recognize or assist a Taliban government that takes power by force. US envoy said there was no ultimate military solution for Afghanistan conflict and that there …

AT News KABUL: Russia has warned that internal situation rapidly deteriorates in Afghanistan amid the hasty withdrawal of US and Nato troops from the war- buttered country. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said in a conference on Central, and South Asia, opportunities and challenges that the situation rapidly deteriorates in …

AT News KABUL: United Nations in Afghanistan said on Wednesday it was alarmed by recent acts of violence in the country which is marking a sharp deterioration in the human rights environment there. “We are increasingly concerned about the increasing number of reported severe human rights abuses alleged in communities …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan government called regional countries, particularly to cooperate in “closing shelters and ceasing funding sources” to the Taliban. The ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement that Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar in a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, discussed the regional cooperation …

AT News KABUL: Amnesty International has condemned the Taliban for killing a group of Afghan commandos after they surrendered in Faryab province last month. Following the release of a video by CNN of Taliban firing at a group of 22 army commandos in Faryab in June, Amnesty International called it …

AT News KABUL: The European Union says that the current war in Afghanistan costs civilians’ lives. Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said Wednesday that the war has a great impact on civilians. “The civilian casualties had 23 per cent increase in …

AT News KABUL: Russia’s senior envoy for Afghanistan on Wednesday accused the Afghan government of hypocrisy as it has resumed long-stalled talked with the Taliban, calling on Kabul to start proper negotiations before it was too late. Zamir Kabulov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special representative on Afghanistan, said that Afghan …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s negotiating team have discussed the mechanics and nuts and bolts of peace talks with U.S. special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar, with both the sides reflecting on progress and challenges ahead of the long-stalled negotiations. In a tweet, the Afghan government’s peace team in Doha said …

We will witness resumption of serious peace talks soon I call on both sides to cease their fighting, especially the Taliban Both sides should stand firm and forge ahead for a lasting peace By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai is projecting optimism that serious negotiations will start between …