AT News KABUL: Afghanistan and Iran have agreed to step up efforts to strengthen security along mutual borders, amid an avalanche of public fury and expressions of concerns over atrocities of Iran police against Afghan migrants, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. The agreement was made during the …
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AT News KABUL: Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has met with US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, the embassy tweeted on Tuesday. They stressed the importance of “coordination of our approaches on Afghanistan,” the statement said on Monday. Special attention was given to countering international terrorism, it added. …
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AT News KABUL: Iran has agreed to grant legal documents to the Afghan immigrants living, a move which would legalize their stay and reduce their grievances. The agreement was part of a joint statement signed by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and his Afghan counterpart Hanif Atmar in Tehran. According …
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AT News KABUL: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad in a series of tweets has condemned the attack against the Attorney General Office’s lawyers, and said domestic and foreign spoilers are trying to disrupt the peace process. They were killed on Monday in an armed attack by …
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AT News KABUL: The UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), met Taliban’s second man and head of the group’s political office in Qatar. The UNAMA said on Monday that Deborah Lyons in meeting with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, emphasized on a …
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AT News KABUL: The Islamic Republic of Iran is to provide Afghan migrants living in the country with more facilities, an agreement made during the visit of Afghan acting foreign minister Hanif Atmar to Tehran, where he met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian interior minister Abdol Reza Rahmani …
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AT News KABUL: The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has expressed his deep frustration over intensification of violence that inflicted casualties on civilians since March of 2020 in Afghanistan. He called on the warring parties to halt violence and agree on a ceasefire. In a report formed by the UN over …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres believes that the second political agreement between President Ashraf Ghani and his frequent electoral rival Abdullah Abdullah was needed to break a political impasse Afghanistan was facing. Ghani agreed to include Abdullah in his government after the latter threatened to form …
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AT News KABUL: Hekmatullah, a Faryab native, risked his life and embarked on an outlawed voyage to Iran, only to die an excruciating death in the trunk of the smuggling car after in a terrible blaze. His mourning father, Amir Mohammad, has been unable to see his son’s dead body …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is seeing a rebound in Taliban violence and an exacerbation of fighting as the country is nearing a crucial peace dialogue with the militant Taliban. Following a short lull in the war and Eid-al Fitr ceasefire, the Afghan government floated speculations that the ceasefire would continue …
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