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AT News KABUL: Turkmenistan has begun ramping up of its military presence along its borders with Afghanistan, moving an arsenal of heavy weaponry and aircrafts and helicopters, Turkmen officials were cited as saying on Monday. A Turkmen security official has said that more troops are being sent from a military …

AT News KABUL: While Taliban are rapidly gaining ground across the country and are reportedly misbehaving women in the areas under their control, members of parliament ask the United Nations to protect them against the threats. “The inhumane and anti-Islamic discrimination against women in the Taliban-controlled areas is a matter …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Deputy Commander of Iran’s Law Enforcement Police Forces Brigadier General Qassem Rezayee took the US and other foreign forces deployed in Afghanistan responsible for the long-term insecurity in the war-torn country. “The US-led colonial powers, with their illegitimate presence in the region, have created a terrible …

AT News KABUL: India has pulled out majority of personnel from its Consulate General in Kandahar as fighting spikes between Afghan forces and Taliban, said India’s Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday. A government spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi, has said the evacuation was a temporary measure and that the consulate is …

AT News KABUL: Taliban say they are in pursuit of establishing an ‘Islamic all-inclusive Afghan state member of the Taliban delegation says the “Islamic Afghan government” will bring about fundamental changes in the lives of Afghan women, children and men. In his latest interview with Afghanistan’s Sputnik news agency, Sohail …

AT News KABUL: As the United States is leaving Afghanistan troubled by war, Pentagon is calling for international pressure to reach a negotiated political resolution with the Taliban to end the long-lasting conflict in the country. “The security situation in Afghanistan calls for international pressure to reach a political agreement …

AT News KABUL: In a scorching rebuke, US special envoy for Afghan peace Zalmai Khalilzad has lashed out at the Taliban for “intensifying their violence in pursuit of leverage at the negotiating table” with Afghan government. Khalilzad said the Taliban had intensified the fighting to gain control in the negotiations, …

AT News KABUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that an agreement had been reached with the United States on how to secure Kabul airport under Turkish administration. Erdogan said the US and Turkish defense ministers discussed the issue on Friday. “During the discussions with the US and NATO, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The United Arab Emirates is set to suspend civil flights from Afghanistan as of July 11, fearing the corronavirus outbreak. However, transit flights would be active, said the official news agency WAM on Saturday. The UAE will also disallow its citizens from traveling to Afghanistan, with …

AT News KABUL: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has extolled the recent meeting between Afghan government and Taliban delegations in Tehran as “an effective step towards peace in the country”. He welcomed a joint statement by both the parties, who met in Tehran, which called the continuation of war a …