AT News KABUL: Three negotiators of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in a press conference on Sunday said that the Taliban are deliberately escaping from the peace talks without any logical reason. The Afghanistan Peace Negotiation Team believes that the group has no logical pretext and they are on the …
Read More »U.S. ‘Taking Hard Look’ at Taliban Deal
U.S. National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan assured his country’s support to the ongoing peace process, but said the Taliban should participate in “real … not fake” negotiations with the Afghan government AT News KABUL: The Joe Biden administration has once again hinted to the review of the Taliban deal that …
Read More »Afghan Journalists Face Rising Levels of Violence, Foreign Diplomats
Those responsible for the killing of Afghan journalists and trying to gag the press need to face justice: UN AT News KABUL: Diplomats based in Kabul expressed their concerns on growing violence against the media professionals and rights defenders in Afghanistan. The embassies of the United Kingdom and Canada in …
Read More »Pentagon to Review Afghan Withdrawal
AT News KABUL: The United States plans to review the troop withdrawal program from Afghanistan. Washington agreed last year in a peace deal with Taliban to pull its last soldier from Afghanistan by May this year. Now the US media quote the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin as …
Read More »Saleh Urges UN to Thicken Taliban Criminal Cases
AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh called on the UN and Human Rights Watch to thicken the Taliban’s files of crimes and face them with the findings met by Afghan National Police members. Mr. Saleh said that perpetrators of the attacks on media workers and civil society …
Read More »Biden, Stoltenberg discuss Afghan issues
AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg held talks with the U.S. President, Joe Biden to discuss the global challenges, including countering the terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. “They discussed the range of challenges that NATO Allies face, such as countering international terrorism, including in Afghanistan and Iraq, dealing …
Read More »Taliban Deny Links with al-Qaeda
AT News KABUL: Taliban has denied the US Treasury Department Report regarding its ties and enduring partnership with the al-Qaeda Terrorist Network. A Taliban Spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement said that al-Qaeda was not present in Afghanistan. Mujahid said that the purpose of these reports is to weaken the …
Read More »Iran Not to Recognize Movements Empowered with War in Afghanistan
“The Islamic Republic of Iran will never recognize a stream that wants to come to power through war in Afghanistan,” Shamkhani said in a meeting with the head of Taliban’s political bureau, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, and his accompanying delegation in Tehran. He stressed the need for participation of all …
Read More »Afghan Youth Outlawed to Join Pakistani Seminaries
AT News KABUL: The government says it would do its best to prevent the youth and juveniles from going to Pakistan for learning religious subjects in the madrassas (seminaries). Ministry of Education claims that most of seminaries in Pakistan encourage students to extremism and even make them ready for suicide …
Read More »Senior Taliban Officials in Tehran amid Fragile Peace Talks
AT News KABUL: A high-level delegation of Taliban led by the militants’ second in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived Tuesday in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Mohammad Naeem, Taliban’s Political Spokesman, said the visit was at an official invitation by Iranian government. According to Naeem, the delegation would …
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