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AT News KABUL: The United States plans to transfer soldiers to Kazakhstan after exiting from Afghanistan in September to keep a potential for protecting their national security, the US representative for Afghan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad says. Kazakhstan government has also confirmed that Washington has demanded them to allow their soldiers …

AT News KABUL: A high-level trilateral meeting between Afghanistan, Turkey and Iran foreign ministers has stressed an end to conflict in Afghanistan and the need for a political solution and a stellar role for the countries to advance the long-running Kabul-Taliban peace talks. Addressing the trilateral meeting in Turkey on …

The long-running saga of floundering peace talks with Taliban is risking giving militants momentum as they continue to sweep through Afghanistan, gaining new swaths of contested territory, which sows dread as foreign troops are withdrawing AT News KABUL: As foreign troops are hastily withdrawing from Afghanistan, Qatar is now pessimistic …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan once again hit out at Afghanistan’s National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib for what it called his “repeated impertinent and unwarranted remarks” and accused him of trying to “disregard and nullify” the progress made in the Afghan peace process. In a rejoinder to a tweet by …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan has made it clear that Pakistan will not give its bases to US troops in Afghanistan, a statement that came as a teaser to his interview with HBO Axios. “Absolutely not,” the PM said to HBO Axios’ National Political Correspondent Jonathan …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan Center for Journalists is criticizing the government and security officials for what they call a systemic attempt to withhold information surrounding the ongoing war in the country. The watchdog called on the Interior Ministry officials to refrain from restricting access to information and to respect the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: U.S. President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed in a meeting this week that Turkey would take responsible role in securing Kabul’s airport after the U.S. and NATO allied forces leave Afghanistan, a top U.S. official said. The U.S. national security adviser Jake …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s point man for peace Dr. Abdullah Abdullah held separate meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, discussing the Afghan peace process. The meetings took place on the sidelines of the Antalya Diplomatic Assembly. Abdullah and Zarif agreed that there …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: As the U.S. is on verge ending its 20-year presence in Afghanistan, top Pentagon official says that international militant groups like al-Qaeda could pose threats from the country to Washington and alliances in two years. President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops completely from Afghanistan by …

Turkey’s deal with Biden’s administration for key security roles in Afghanistan smacks of Ankara’s plan to expand its footprint after the U.S. withdrawal, amid speculations about which regional powers are trying to supplant the U.S. influence in the war-torn country after two decades of military intervention AT News KABUL: Afghan …