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AT News KABUL: As the Afghan peace process faces ambiguity, there is a possibility that the U.S. would extend the remaining of service members in Afghanistan. The Biden administration is still considering whether to withdraw the American soldiers by May 1, agreed on a peace deal signed between the U.S. …

AT News KABUL: The Human Rights Watch claims that Taliban torture the people they keep in their prisons. Patricia Gossman, head of the body’s Asia office, said Monday that the militants are running secret prisons for a long time in the areas under their control. “We provided details about the …

AT News KABUL: The U.S special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation held talks with Mullah Abdul Ghani Bradar, head of the Taliban political office in Qatar. The meeting took place on Sunday evening with the presence of Mohammad-bin- Abdulrahman Al-Thani, the Qatari Foreign Minister. The Taliban spokesman in Qatar, Mohammad Naeem …

AT News KABUL: Two Afghan neighboring states (Iran and Pakistan) express concerns over an active presence of Daesh terrorist group in the war-hit country. Senior Iranian and Pakistani diplomats who are experts in Afghan affairs, expressed concerns in meeting on Monday in Tehran, saying that the Daesh presence in Afghanistan …

AT News KABUL: The Russian Foreign Ministry has displaced a wrong map showing Pamir and Wakhan areas, located in the northern province of Badakhshan, out of Afghanistan’s territory. Two days ago, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a map which indicated a path from Pakistan to Tajikistan via Badakhshan’s areas of …

AT News KABUL: The First Vice President Amrullah Saleh says that Quetta Shur (Council) was “nothing else” but a title for the Pakistani military to implement their plans. Saleh in a statement on Sunday said that since he found that the Taliban lack “charismatic” figures. “Pakistan does not allow it,” …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations Security Council in a statement unanimously condemned in the strongest terms the alarming number of attacks deliberately targeting civilians in Afghanistan.  “These heinous attacks have targeted civil servants, the judiciary, the media, health-care and humanitarian workers, including women in prominent positions, those who protect …

AT News KABUL: Some officials at the Pentagon’s leadership warned of dangerous consequences if troops withdrew by May 1st as agreed on a peace deal signed between US and Taliban on February 29th, 2020. According to the Washington Post, officials at the US department of states believe that early US …

Hopes High on Turkey Meeting to End War By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: In the wake of the U.S.’s new proposal for the Afghan peace process and formation of the next government system, some top anonymous sources in the government talked about a senior meeting similar to the Bonn-Conference to …

Such attacks have had a devastating impact on Afghanistan’s vulnerable civic space, press freedom, and related democratic rights AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) and 40 other civil society organizations from around the globe, in a letter to the UNSC and UNAMA, highlight the wave of journalists’ killings …