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AT News KABUL: The United States urges President Ashraf Ghani’s government to form a team for holding peace negotiations with Taliban, while Afghan politicians accuse the government of being the main obstacle before appointing the team. The US Embassy to Kabul, said Monday in a statement that Washington’s special envoy …

AT News KABUL: President Ghani’s sharp escalation in rhetoric and statement that peace talks would be held with rebel groups only if they cease fighting has evoked reactions, with pro-talk chief executive Dr. Abdullah terming the precondition as deterrence to peace. This is amid Ghani administration’s tussle to secure a …

AT News KABUL: A former official of the Taliban militant group has cast doubt on US administration’s seriousness about peace prospects in the wake of an escalation of tensions in the Middle East – as the attention of American statesmen could have been riveted to Iraq. “In the light of …

AT News KABUL: Taliban insurgents, who are opposed to female education during its regime, set fire to a girls’ school in Takhar province, local officials said Monday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Jawad Hejri said, the school located in Bodla area of Taloan city, the provincial capital city, and it has been …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan’s Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has announced to launch a freight train service for the Afghan trade. “By transporting Afghan trading goods on a freight train running from Azakhel and Chaman, we will also be countering smuggling this way. Booking the train for transportation of …

AT News KABUL: Local officials in western Herat province said that the Taliban fighters have assassinated Abdul Salam, a religious scholar in Kuhsan district of the province. “The incident took place on Sunday night in Zindajan village, where the Taliban have approached Salam’s home and opened fire on him in …

AT News KABUL: As the U.S. and the Taliban inch closer toward signing a peace deal, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan has called on Afghanistan to form an inclusive national negotiating delegation for direct talks with the militant group – all to the mirage of an ultimate reconciliation of …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has demanded “demonstrable evidence” from the Taliban that it will lower the violence level in Afghanistan before signing a deal that would lead to peace talks and a withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. Pompeo told a news conference …

AT News KABUL: At least six Taliban’s “Red Unit” fighters were killed during Afghan forces ambush in northern Jawzjan province, officials said Monday. Two others were wounded in the ambush conducted in Khanaqa district of the province, the 209 Shaheen Corps said in a statement. According to the statement, the …

AT News KABUL: Ex-chief of the election commission Fazl Ahmad Manawi – and a staunch supporter of Dr. Abdullah, a front-runner in run-up for presidency – has begun acknowledging the notion of a runoff in the 2019 presidential election. Manawi in his Facebook account voiced confidence that Afghanistan’s fourth presidential …