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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The United States and its NATO allies are seeking a possible international push to help securing the Hamid Karzai International Airport of Kabul after the coalition troops withdrawal, the top U.S. general said on Tuesday. The U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. appointed man for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad vows that the Taliban group’s military victory will face regional and international opposition as well as sanctions. Khalilzad argued that the Taliban have reason not to push for a military victory and instead pursue a negotiated political settlement …

AT News KABUL: The state ministry for peace affairs is expecting the Taliban to attend the Istanbul Conference but the due time is of holding the meeting is yet to be specified. An official of the peace ministry, Azizullah Fazli said that the government negotiating team met the Taliban delegation …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The effort to withdraw all United States forces from Afghanistan by September is up to 20 percent complete, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said. The command gave a completion range of between 13 percent to 20 percent, adding that five military facilities have been handed over to …

AT News KABUL: The Human Rights Watch expresses concerns over the conidtion of Afghan women, predicting their future as challenging. It says that Afghan women still don’t have access to their basic rights. Heather Barr, a senior human rights researcher and head of the Human Rights Watch in Asia, said …

Afghanistan believes all levers of influence should be used to induce Taliban to engage earnestly in peace and strengthening of Afghanistan-China strategic relations to fight against terrorism AT News KABUL: Top Chinese diplomat assured the Afghan authorities of all-out support and expressed readiness to facilitate internal negotiations among various parties …

AT News KABUL: Russia says it will continue assistance to Afghanistan for what the Russian president said “a peaceful life”. President Vladimir Putin, said Tuesday that development in Afghanistan would be important for security in the region. He said, “thus Russia would continue helping to facilitate a peaceful life” in …

AT News KABUL: The Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar held talks with his Turkmen counterpart over the next phases of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural-gas pipeline. The foreign minister said in a statement on Tuesday that the Atmar and Turkmen foreign minister, Rashid Meredow discussed the regional connectivity projects particularly the …

AT News KABUL: The lawmakers call on the United States and NATO-member countries to evaluate the security situation in Afghanistan prior to pull out their troops. “We respect the decision for unconditioned foreign withdrawal, but we demand they evaluate the situation in Afghanistan before their military withdrawal,” lawmaker Mir Haidar …

AT News KABUL: Sources in government say that President Ashraf Ghani plans to go to the United States in the near future, however, according to the sources, Ghani has not received any invitation from the US officials, but added that he might leave Kabul for Washington in the few coming …