AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Iranian foreign ministry announced on Monday that the country continues the policy of paving the ground for talks among different Afghan groups to attain sustainable peace and security in Afghanistan. “Fully secure and stable Afghanistan is a high priority to us. Peace talks should be …
Read More »Kabul, Islamabad pin hope on Istanbul conference
AT News KABUL: The Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan held a phone call on Sunday, where they pinned high hop on the upcoming Istanbul Conference that can help make the ongoing Afghan peace process “result-oriented.” During a phone conversation, Afghan FM Haneef Atmar and Pakistani FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi …
Read More »Germany to offer refuge to Afghans who helped military
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The German defense minister says she wants to help bring some Afghan employees of her country’s military to Germany as it prepares to leave Afghanistan after nearly 20 years. NATO allies including Germany are set to join the United States in pulling their remaining troops out …
Read More »US may raise number of troops in Afghanistan to assist withdrawal
There remains concern that the Taliban or other militant groups will launch attacks on departing forces AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The US will likely increase its troop presence in Afghanistan temporarily over the coming weeks and months in order to fulfill President Joe Biden’s order to safely withdraw all forces …
Read More »Moscow says allegations of Russian bounties for killing US soldiers ‘Fiction’
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Washington’s accusation regarding alleged Russian bounties for assassination of US servicemen in Afghanistan are fiction and phobias of US intelligence community, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. “We noted the once again voice White House accusations towards Russia about the alleged bounties to Taliban militants …
Read More »Iran, India reject Islamic Emirate’s return to Afghanistan as ‘impossible’
AT News KABUL: Iran and India believe that the return of the Islamic Emirate used by Taliban in their five-year long rule on Afghanistan would be impossible, saying that Afghanistan would not go backwards. “We need to put our differences aside and focus on our commons including the reality that …
Read More »U.S. Troops to Leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11
The US will not meet the May 1 deadline agreed upon by the Trump administration and the Taliban Afghan govt. says it will respect any decision taken by the US govt. with regards to their troops AT News KABUL: The United States President Joe Biden will leave US troops in …
Read More »Delay in US troop withdrawal complex Afghan peace: Russia
AT News KABUL: Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov on Wednesday said that delay in withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan would further complicate the ongoing Afghan peace process. Kabulov termed the postponement of foreign troops withdrawal as a clear violation of the Doha agreement inked between the US …
Read More »NATO forces to leave Afghanistan together with US
AT News KABUL: The NATO-member countries having troops in Afghanistan would withdraw simultaneously when the United States leaves, the German defense minister said Tuesday. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, said that all the NATO troops would withdraw from the war-stricken country before September 11 when Washington pulls its last soldier back. “The NATO …
Read More »Britain to withdraw nearly all its troops from Afghanistan: Report
AT News KABUL: Britain will withdraw nearly all its troops from Afghanistan following the U.S. plan to withdraw its troops by Sept. 11, 2021, The Times reported on Wednesday. The United Kingdom has drawn up plans to hand over control of the academy in Kabul where troops help to train …
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