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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says that he sees “no need for preconditions” to negotiations with Taliban. Ghani who was speaking at the 8th Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference in Turkey on Monday, said that his seven-article peace plan includes suggestions of Afghan people as well as international community. …

AT News KABUL: Taliban Spokesman, Sohail Shahin says that the insurgent group would hold talks with the government of Afghanistan and some Afghan political leaders some 10 after they reach a final deal with the United States. Shahin who is spokesman for the group’s political office in Qatar, where the …

AT New ISTANBUL: On the sideline of the 8th Heart of -Asia Istanbul Process Ministerial Conference on Monday, high- ranking delegates of Afghanistan, U.S. and Uzbekistan met to discuss issues of common interest and important areas of cooperation. Acting Foreign Minister Idrees Zaman met with the Special Representative of Uzbekistan’s …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkey’s Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) has said it has signed a cooperation deal on information sharing with Afghanistan’s National Procurement Authority. The agreement was signed as part of a business meeting organized by DEIK’s Turkey-Afghanistan Business Council, it said. Business representatives and officials discussed economic relations, …

AT News ISTANBUL: Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Idrees Zaman has met Mr. Markus Potzel, Special Representative of Germany for Afghanistan, where they talked important Afghan related issues. Both sides discussed issues of mutual interests, ministry of foreign affairs said on Sunday. “The focus was given to the peace talks …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The body of physician Tetsu Nakamura, a devoted aid worker who was killed in a shooting four days earlier in Afghanistan, was brought back to Japan on Sunday by members of his family. The 73-year-old Nakamura, an Afghan Japanese origin, and his five Afghan comrades were killed …

AT News KABUL: Sources close to the peace talks say that both Americans and Europeans are working hard to hold the third round of the intra-Afghan negotiations in Germany, an effort after the talks planned to be held in China was postponed for a long time. The sources said Saturday …

AT News KABUL: The optimism for ensuring peace in Afghanistan has once again grown up as US President Donald Trump in a surprised visit to Afghanistan has announced that “Taliban are ready for a peace deal.” After his remarks, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad visited Kabul …

AT News Report KABUL: Karzai called China a great country and a close friend to Afghans. He praised Beijing’s efforts to host the intra-Afghan dialogues with the aim of strengthening peace and stability in Afghanistan. He emphasized on the further strength of Kabul-Beijing’s friendly relationships and thanked the people and …

AT News LONDON: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in a press briefing following the NATO Leaders Meeting in London has welcomed efforts to restart the Afghan peace talks. “NATO supported the talks because we believe that we need a political negotiated solution in Afghanistan. The US has consulted closely with …