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Pakistan suggests Taliban to agree on unannounced ceasefire: Report

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan has suggested the Taliban to agree on an unannounced ceasefire, days after a high-level delegation of the militant group met the country’s foreign minister as part of a push to revive the Afghan peace process, according to a media report on Monday. The US too …

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Taliban leaders have no control on their fighters: MoI

AT News Report KABUL: Addressing a ceremony organized to commemorate the first death anniversary of General Abdul Razeq, the Interior Minister, Massoud Andarabi on Monday has said the Taliban leaders have no control on their fighters as the group’s leadership have been scattered in Qatar and Quetta. “Their provincial leaders …

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Nation awaits election results: Abdullah tells US Speaker Pelosi

AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive of the National Unity Government, and one of presidential election, Abdullah Abdullah has held a meeting with US visiting Congressional team to Kabul, headed by the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, where he said that the Afghan people are …

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33 militants killed in fresh raids

AT News Report KABUL: At least 33 militants were killed and one other wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Monday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …

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Abdullah demands suspension of IEC commissioner after NTC attack

AT News Report KABUL: The Stability and Partnership electoral team, led by Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, has demanded for the suspension of head of the secretariat of Independent Election Commission and its security advisor after some reports over conducting of a raid by security forces on National Tally Center of …

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Government Should Shield Afghan Defense & Security Institutions Against Political Interference

By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA Afghan defense and security institutions and their affiliate organizations are the main pillars of the State of Afghanistan and are guardians of the people, constitution, national riches and national interest of the country. At this turbulent time, Afghan defense and security organizations are positioned in the …

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Herat a hopeful place to help bring peace in Afghanistan

8th Herat Security Dialogue (HSD-VIII) By Mansoor Faizy KABUL: The question today is not why peace is missing in Afghanistan? The question is from which window we, the Afghan masses can get peace back to our motherland. It should be us, the Afghans, to raise the question that why war …

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Reviving stalled peace talks dominated US Defense Chief’s Kabul visit

AT News Report KABUL: The US Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper paid an unannounced visit to Kabul on Sunday to hold talks with the top Afghan and US officials regarding the stalled peace talks and others issues related to Afghanistan. “The goal is to reach a political solution in a …

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Kandahar residents condemn attack on Nangarhar mosque

AT News Report KABUL: Hundreds of people in the southern province of Kandahar, took to the streets on Sunday in protest of a terrorist attack on a mosque in Nangarhar province that killed and injured more than 100 civilians. The attack took place during the Friday prayers, in which more …

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Hekmatyar seeks interim govt. to organize “Runoff Voting”

AT News Report KABUL: The presidential hopeful and leader of a political party, (Hezb-e-Islami), Gulbadin Hekmatyar on Sunday called for the formation of an interim government to manage the probable next round of presidential election. He said the election would go for the second round if the number of the …

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