U.S. Secretary of State Blinken says U.S. supports progress toward a just and durable political settlement, permanent and comprehensive ceasefire in Afghanistan AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the high council for national reconciliation once again called on the Taliban militants to rejoin the peace negotiation process they had …
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AT News KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, Mirwais Nab has met with Ambassador of Pakistan to Kabul, Mr. Mansour Ahmad Khan, where they discussed issues related to the Afghan peace process and mutual ties. Mr. Nab has stressed the importance of Afghanistan-Pakistan cooperation in various fields and Islamabad’s …
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AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan announced Wednesday that it supports a “conditional” military withdrawal decided by NATO. Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar said that Kabul supports NATO’s stance over the peace process in a meeting with the NATO Civilian Representative for Afghanistan Stefano Pontecorvo. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said …
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AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg said that NATO would continue supporting the Afghan security forces until a sustainable peace is ensured in the country. He cited the remarks in the sideline of the NATO summit set to be held from 17th to 18th of February in Brussels …
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AT News KABUL: Russia says it wants Afghanistan to have a coalition transitional government. “When Taliban proclaim themselves the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, they claim to represent Afghanistan. Therefore, no other government is discussed. We recognize today’s Taliban as a military-political movement that is an inseparable part of Afghanistan,” said …
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By Shamim Shahid KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai has held an important meeting with the NATO Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo, the NATO’s most senior civilian representative to Afghanistan in Kabul whereas they exchanged views on current situation, especially the peace process. Though details of such a meeting couldn’t made public but …
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Kabul says targeting, killing civilians against human, Islamic values AT News KABUUL: Afghanistan has strongly condemned the killing of 13 innocent Turkish civilians by the terrorist PKK in northern Iraq. The Afghan Foreign Ministry in a statement said the targeting and killing of civilians are against humanity, as well as …
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AT News KABUL: Sources in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have revealed that the military organization would continue military presence in Afghanistan after May when the United States is expected to withdraw its soldiers under a peace deal Washington signed last year with the Taliban. The sources who were …
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32 human rights defenders and 33 media professionals were killed in three years, but 11 of them were just killed within four months as Afghanistan reels under daily violence, including targeted-killings, a UN report says AT News KABUL: The United Nations said at least 65 journalists and human rights activists …
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AT News KABUL: General Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov crossed the Oxus River as the last Soviet troop to leave Afghanistan on February 14, 1989 and to end a nine-year of military invasion of Afghanistan. 13,000 of 100,000 Soviet soldiers serving in the Afghan war were killed and 35,000 others wounded and …
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