AT NewsKABUL: As the war is intensifying across the country with Taliban fighters taking control of scores of districts, government officials express concerns over looting and damaging of historical relics and monuments. Mohammad Taher Zohair, acting information and culture minister, called on people to protect historical relics in their own …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has demanded the Taliban to take practical measures in protection of civilian lives. The UNAMA said that they had meeting with Taliban leaders this week in Doha where the UN concerns over “the great pains inflected on Afghan civilians” …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said his country had mistakenly backed one of the warring factions in the conflict in Afghanistan in 1990s – a thinly-veiled reference to Pakistan’s siding with the Taliban and recognition of their de facto government. “In the past, Pakistan made a …
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AT News KABUL: Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs has said that Pakistan fears a developed and self-sufficient Afghanistan, accusing Islamabad of fueling proxy war in the country. Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs of Afghanistan has said that Pakistan has always interfered in the internal affairs of Afghanistan and …
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US-led forces are withdrawing with great glee after almost 20 years of counter-productive war against insurgency, with a ruling rationale that Afghanistan won’t become a safe haven for terrorists afterwards. But their departure – either whirlwind or snail-paced – will only spell disaster, casting Afghanistan back to the grip of …
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An unbridled crescendo of territorial losses to the Taliban and a fractured peace is a brutal reality check of how frail our country is after decades of American military engagement – all hinting at peril of a full-blown civil war looming over Afghanistan. It is a folly to ignore the …
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AT News KABUL: Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, says his country was ready to take responsibility for the Kabul international airport’s security, a mission demanded by the United States after their military withdrawal. Cavusoglu has stated this in a meeting with Afghan foreign minister Hanif Atmar, in which the Turkish …
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Terrorist groups are still ‘deeply embedded’ with Taliban – involved in drug and arms trade and raking in millions of dollars – fomenting fears that Afghanistan could become a terrorist sanctuary after U.S. departs AT News KABUL: Al-Qaeda is still active in a third of Afghanistan, in spite of a …
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AT News KABUL: As U.S. troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan have agreed to enhance cooperation on bringing stability to the war-torn country, amid a rivalry of regional powers to expand their footprint with the vacuum left by the US withdrawal. Media reports said Pakistani foreign minister Shah …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistan has finished 80 percent of the Durand Line fencing despite facing backlash from the people on the both side of the line. The Pakistani interior ministry said that the fencing would be completed within ten days. The Pakistani military began fencing the imposed Durand Line in …
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