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AT News KABUL: The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hopes that the ongoing peace talks between the United States and Taliban end with positive result to help reduction in violence in Afghanistan. Guterres said Monday in the Pakistani capital city of Islamabad that he was following the Afghan peace process …

AT News KABUL: The Human Rights Watch accuses the government of Afghanistan of not doing enough in fighting sexual harassments, saying it had failed to probe cases in this regard. The New York-based international human rights watchdog mentioned to the two recent sexual abuse cases (school children abuse in Logar …

AT News KABUL: NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg, speaking to mediamen on Wednesday at the start of the NATO defense ministerial in Brussels, said that NATO would welcome any steps that can lead to reduction in violence. “I look forward to welcoming all the Defence Ministers and will address a wide …

AT News KABUL: As a substantial development has transpired in Afghanistan’s marathon peace negotiations, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a phone conversation with President Ghani Tuesday confirmed that the Taliban had caved to a long-sought demand to reduce violence. It seems painstaking talks between Washington and the …

AT News KABUL: Negotiations between the United States and the Taliban resumed late Sunday in Qatar – after days of discussions on next steps for peace – with Kabul pinning hopes on Qatari government to use mediation to broker peace in Afghanistan. Deputy Spokesperson for the Presidential Palace, Dawa Khan …

AT News KABUL: Pakistani government in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will host an “international conference” to mark “40 years of Afghan Refugees Presence in Pakistan: A New Partnership for Solidarity”, on 17-18 February, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement on Sunday. The two-day conference …

AT News KABUL: Chinese Ambassador to Kabul, Wang Yu, said on Sunday that the country had adopted all precautionary procedures and measures to fight and stop spread of the novel coronavirus that has sickened nearly 37,600 people and killed 815 in China and worldwide. Addressing a press briefing in Kabul, …

AT News KABUL: A firefight broke out in Sherzad district of eastern Nangarhar province after a small US Special Operations forces were leaving a compound, in which two U.S. service members and one Afghan National Army soldiers were killed and nine others – six foreign and three Afghan soldiers were …

AT News KABUL: A top U.S. diplomat Saturday called for more robust and effective action against Afghanistan government officials who indulge in corruption and fraud. Following the arrest of six senior Afghan police officials for drug smuggling charges, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Poppy cultivation declined but potential opium production increased in Afghanistan last year, says the United States. The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy said this in the US government’s annual estimate of drug production on Friday. The report said Afghanistan’s poppy cultivation had decreased …