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AT News KABUL: The United States believes that the al-Qaeda terrorist network would try to return to Afghanistan once the American and other soldiers leave the war-hit country after 20 years of invasion under the name of ‘war on terror’. “Our intelligence evaluations say that al-Qaeda will likely announce its …

AT News KABUL: Pakistani government announced that it would support a responsible US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Zahid Chaudhri, spokesman for the country’s foreign ministry told a press conference in Islamabad that a hasty exit of international forces from Afghanistan would give opportunity to those who seek to sabotage the peace process. …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Afghanistan warns that poverty would likely jump up to 70 percent in 2021 in Afghanistan and the number of needy people would reach to 18 million. In a new report on Afghan situation, the UN body said Wednesday that if …

AT News KABUL: Asad Qaiser, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan is due to pay an official visit to Kabul along with a group of the Pakistani politicians and members of parliament, according to media report. Qaiser will meet President Ghani and other Afghan officials to discuss the ongoing …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkey is the best option to host the upcoming Afghan peace talks since it is an independent and impartial country, said the leader of Hezb-e-Islami political party on Wednesday. Speaking to the Anadolu Agency (AA), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar underlined that there are deep-rooted amicable ties between the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov during his visit to Pakistan met with Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and discussed issues related to the Afghan peace process and other mutual interests. Mr. Lavrov acknowledged Pakistan’s efforts in the Afghan peace process, Pakistan …

AT News KABUL: The Russian Federation is ready to provide Afghans with more weapons and arms with no charge, the country’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday. In an interview with an Indian newspaper, Lavrov also said that the arm donation would be provided to Afghan army. “Under a state …

Formation of inclusive govt. key agenda AT News KABUL: The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad has purportedly shared the agenda of the Istanbul meeting with the Afghan government negotiating team and the Taliban delegation in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Sources privy to the issue in Doha, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia´s foreign minister arrived Tuesday in Pakistan for a two-day visit expected to focus on efforts to bring peace to neighboring Afghanistan, AP reported. Sergey Lavrov’s visit comes as a May 1 deadline for U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan in line with a deal Washington signed …

By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: As time edging for a senior-meeting on the Afghan peace process in Istanbul, Turkey is making indefatigable efforts to bring the Afghan politicians under a single umbrella to attend the meeting with a single point of view amid to end an unabated relentless war that rocked …