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AT Times KABUL: The Japanese government pledged to donate 122 million US dollars to humanitarian and development projects in Afghanistan, the country’s embassy in Kabul said Monday in a statement. The statement said the donation was a part of new commitment by Tokyo to the reconstruction and development programs in …

AT News KABUL: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Deputy Taliban’s Leader and head of the group’s political office, met Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during his visit to Tehran. Mohammad Naeem, Taliban’s Political Spokesman, said on twitter that the meeting took place on Sunday and the two sides discussed the …

International troops plan to stay in Afghanistan beyond the May deadline envisaged by the insurgent Taliban’s deal with the United States, four senior NATO officials said, a move that could escalate tensions with the Taliban demanding full withdrawal. AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: International troops plan to stay in Afghanistan beyond …

The EU and diplomatic missions said that Taliban are responsible for surge in targeted-killings and asked the group to must understand that their violent, destructive actions outrage the world and must cease if peace is to come to Afghanistan AT News KABUL: The European Union delegation and the diplomatic missions …

AT News KABUL: Three negotiators of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in a press conference on Sunday said that the Taliban are deliberately escaping from the peace talks without any logical reason. The Afghanistan Peace Negotiation Team believes that the group has no logical pretext and they are on the …

U.S. National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan assured his country’s support to the ongoing peace process, but said the Taliban should participate in “real … not fake” negotiations with the Afghan government AT News KABUL: The Joe Biden administration has once again hinted to the review of the Taliban deal that …

Those responsible for the killing of Afghan journalists and trying to gag the press need to face justice: UN AT News KABUL: Diplomats based in Kabul expressed their concerns on growing violence against the media professionals and rights defenders in Afghanistan. The embassies of the United Kingdom and Canada in …

AT News KABUL: The United States plans to review the troop withdrawal program from Afghanistan. Washington agreed last year in a peace deal with Taliban to pull its last soldier from Afghanistan by May this year. Now the US media quote the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd James Austin as …

AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh called on the UN and Human Rights Watch to thicken the Taliban’s files of crimes and face them with the findings met by Afghan National Police members. Mr. Saleh said that perpetrators of the attacks on media workers and civil society …

AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg held talks with the U.S. President, Joe Biden to discuss the global challenges, including countering the terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. “They discussed the range of challenges that NATO Allies face, such as countering international terrorism, including in Afghanistan and Iraq, dealing …