AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The hasty withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan has negatively affected the intra-Afghan peace process and regional stability, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a phone call with his Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mahmood Qureshi. “Wang Yi noted that the US’s hasty withdrawal of troops …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Following the inauguration of Khaf-Herat Railway Project and announcement of Iran’s readiness to invest $2.2 billion in Afghanistan to complete the final phase of this railway and to connect it to Mazar-e-Sharif, Iran’s railway route will eventually reach China, ISNA reported on Sunday. Iranian President Hassan …
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By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan On April 22, at the invitation of US President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the Leaders Summit on Climate via video link and delivered an important speech entitled For Man and Nature: Building a Community of Life Together. Upon a profound …
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AT News KABUL: Afghan Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar has spoken with Palestinian FM Riyad al-Maliki and denounced the raging violence and aggression in Palestinian territory. FM Atmar conveyed President Ashraf Ghani’s condolences on the killing of several dozen people and expressed Afghanistan’s solidarity with Palestinian people. “We demand immediate cessation …
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AT News KABUL: Authorities in the Afghan Ministry of Defense confirmed that the US had handed the Kandahar Airfield over to the Afghan National Army. Deputy spokesperson of the Ministry of Defense Fawad Aman in a tweet said, “The Kandahar Airfield was handed over from US forces to the Afghan …
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AT News KABUL: The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with President Ashraf Ghani on phone, where they discussed the regional efforts to advance the Afghan peace process and the recent waves of violence including the attack on Sayed Al-Shuhada school that killed over 80 students and wounded 150 …
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This document was prepared for the U.S. Congress by the Afghanistan-U.S. Democratic Peace and Prosperity Council in consultation with senior leadership from the Parliament of Afghanistan including in the Human Rights Civil Society and Women’s Affairs Committee and the Defense Committee. The future of Afghanistan’s democracy, women, youth, and civil …
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AT News KABUL: A road build project presently underway will connect Afghanistan to China’s autonomous region of Xinjiang via Wakhan are in Badakhshan in the northeastern remote area, the ministry of public works said Tuesday. The project is announced just weeks after the United States said it would end presence …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Following Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa’s meeting with Afghan leadership in Kabul, the country’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi expressed optimism for long-term stability in Afghanistan. Qureshi in a press conference in Islamabad said that stability in Afghanistan is critical for regional peace and …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon held a working meeting with members of the Government, senior representatives of President’s Executive Office and other high-ranking officials, according to the Tajik president’s official website. Tajik leader reportedly ordered heads of power-wielding structures of the country to strengthen Tajikistan’s common border …
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