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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The U.S. Forces are to hand over their main Bagram Air Base to Afghan forces in next 20-day an official said Tuesday, as Washington speed up to complete the withdrawal ahead of September 11. The vast base, built by the Soviets in the 1980s, is the …

AT Monitoring Desk Kabul: The Afghan government and the Taliban are set to soon resume peace negotiations in Qatar, which have remained stuck for over five months, to try and end nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan, officials told EFE on Monday.“It’s planned that the intra-Afghan talks will begin …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan eyes strengthening friendly relations with Turkey, the country’s national security adviser said during a meeting with the Turkish ambassador in the capital Kabul.In a little over a week since taking charge, Turkey’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Cihad Erginay met with a number of top Afghan officials, assuring …

AT News KABUL: A member of the Afghan peace negotiating team has announced the restart of intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha, the capital city of Qatar for today (Tuesday). Nader Naderi, the Afghan negotiating team member, said that peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban are scheduled to …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai called on the Afghan government and Taliban to bring the peace negotiations out of “foreigners’ project” and change it to a national process. He also called on both sides to choose the venue of peace negotiations in one of the Afghan provinces. Former …

AT News KABUL: The Pakistani government suspended 80 percent flights from Afghanistan in a bid to prevent the spread of the pandemic Covid-19. But the Afghan Aviation Authority accused Islamabad of violating bilateral agreement signed between the two countries. Mohammad Naeem Salehi, a spokesman for the Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan is to be a business hub between Pakistan and Uzbekistan, a move hailed as a milestone for regional economy development. Islamabad and Tashkent have so far exchanged some goods through Afghanistan. A Pakistani cargo truck transported medicine from the port city of Karachi on April …

AT News KABUL: The UK is speeding up granting asylums to the thousands of Afghans who worked for the British military-mostly interpreters as fears grow of possible dangerous outcomes of post-international force exit.   UK Secretary of Defense, Ben Wallace said that it was “only right” to accelerate such plans …

AT News KABUL: The Pakistani government invited Afghan foreign minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar to visit Islamabad amid cold relation between the two neighboring countries. The foreign ministry said in a statement that the invitation offered in a telephonic conversation by the Pakistani ambassador to Kabul, Mansoor Ahmad Khan to Minister …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan pins eyes on the Russian Federation for purchasing weapons as U.S. and NATO forces are exiting after a 20-year presence in the country. According to Itlat-e-Roz, Afghan Ambassador to Russia, Said Tayeb Jawad told TASS news agency that Kabul is ready to purchase arms and military equipment …