AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Mirwais Nab met with Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulaziz Kamilov as part of the working visit to Berlin. The relevant aspects of bilateral cooperation and the situation in the region were discussed at the meeting, the Foreign Ministry of Uzbekistan said. …
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AT News KABUL: U.S. Forces recovered the remains of two personnel from the site where a U.S. Bombardier E-11A aircraft crashed in Ghazni province on January 27, said U.S. Forces – Afghanistan in a statement. According to the statement, the force also recovered what is assessed to be the aircraft flight …
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AT News KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has arrived in Brussels to brief the NATO allies over the ongoing painstaking peace talks with the Taliban to find a political settlement in the Afghan conflict. Top stakeholders on Afghan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad, NATO senior civilian representative …
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Afghans protesters demand Pahsteen’s release, erecting tens outside Pakistan embassy in Kabul AT News KABUL: Hundreds of people on Tuesday gathered in front of Pakistan embassy in Kabul to protest arrest of Manzoor Pashteen, leader of Pashtoon Tahafuz Movement (PTM) by Pakistani police. Pashteen was arrested Sunday on charges of …
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AT News KABUL: The European Union has warned to stop donations to Afghanistan if Ghani’s administration was not serious in battling with corruption. The EU representative in Afghanistan wrote Monday on Twitter that Kabul was not doing enough in counter-corruption as the country was listed as the most corrupt states. …
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AT News KABUL: A Pashtun young politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) Manzoor Pashteen – the man leading protests accusing Pakistan’s army of human rights abase, has been arrested for alleged criminal conspiracy and sedition. Pashteen was taken into custody along with nine others from his Pashtun …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistan has stopped ground shipments of export cargos from Afghanistan into its port of Waga – a ratcheting up of Pakistan’s transit pressure to have hit Afghan exporters for several times, a government spokesman said Monday. “Several cargo trucks carrying fruits headed to India have been sent …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: At least 22 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey, BBC News reported. The magnitude-6.8 quake, centred on the town of Sivrice in Elazig province, caused buildings to collapse and sent residents rushing into the street. Forty-two …
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AT News KABUL: Although there is seemingly a fledgling agreement between the Taliban and the United States for a reduction in violence, the Taliban group believes that Americans’ new ‘gratuitous’ demands are a ‘waste of time’ and could compound negotiations ahead of a long-awaited peace deal. The Taliban in its …
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AT News KABUL: Against the backdrop of the Parliament’s passing of the national budget bill for the next year, the World Bank is warning Afghanistan will face tough times in 2020 in terms of economic resilience amid existential threats including the exponential political uncertainty and the dwindling foreign aid. Political …
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