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Tehran has been cultivating ties with the Taliban as it tries to hedge its bets in case militants regain power in Afghanistan AT News KABUL: Iran’s foreign ministry says Taliban are part of Afghanistan as the group is rampaging across Afghanistan with violent attacks and peace talks are showing no …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: There is no direct threat to Russia from the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) activities in Afghanistan, Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov said. “There is no immediate direct threat [to Russia] from the Taliban,” he said in an interview with the Rossiya-24 television channel when asked …

Taliban and Afghan government duke it out diplomatic brinkmanship as war is throwing Afghanistan out of gear and peace negotiations are faltering. It strains credulity to believe that reconciliation with Taliban will be a possibility, given their belligerence and belief that they could rise to power by force. We have …

KABUL: As the nation of Afghanistan has been going through medieval times in the past few decades one man did everything he could to help its struggling people with healthcare. Mr. Habibullah Mayar, passed away recently from natural causes and the nation of Afghanistan mourns one of its founding Fathers. …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Affairs Ross Wilson reacted to the Taliban’s acts of destroying public institutions, saying that destruction of infrastructure reflects the group’s extremism. “Seeing shocking reports from Andkhoy District of Faryab,” Wilson said on Twitter. “The Taliban’s burning of shops and government buildings, detaining of …

AT News KABUL: Afghan foreign ministry warns that the neighboring Pakistan should not use Afghan migrants as pressure tool. More than two million Afghan migrants are living in Pakistan since the Soviet invasion of the country in 1980s. More Afghans fled to Pakistan when Afghanistan was burning in the civil …

AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has praised Pakistani interior minister for what Kabul calls “revelation” on Islamabad’s relation with the Taliban and supporting the group’s fighters. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Pakistan interior minister, in a recent interview with Pakistan’s Geo News broadcaster, admitted that the families of most of …

AT News KABUL: In a litany of financial and military aid to Afghanistan, the U.S. plans to provide up to 37 military helicopters and two attack aircrafts to bolster Afghan Air Force and its aging fleet, according to Afghan officials. Afghanistan has more than 160 helicopters and aircraft currently. The …

AT News KABUL: Around 600 American soldiers are planned to stay in Afghanistan after the US pulls troops in the near future, a US diplomat said, adding that the remainder troops would provide security for American diplomats and for Kabul airport. Speaking on condition of anonymity, said Monday that everyone …

AT News KABUL: With the U.S.-led forces withdrawing and the Taliban expanding foothold, fears are mounting that the militants are shipping out what they steal from Afghan security forces to Pakistan including armored tanks and huge caches of arsenal. A senior Afghan security official has claimed that the country’s military …