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AT News KABUL: The NATO warns Taliban insurgents that there was no way back to two decades ago when the militants ruled Afghanistan, calling on them to join the government of Afghanistan. Stefano Pontecorvo, the NATO’s senior civil representative in Afghanistan, on Sunday emphasized that the achievements gained by Afghans …

AT News KABUL: In an online event celebrating the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, the Ambassador of China in Afghanistan, Mr. Wang Yu said on Sunday that in the past 71 years, China has experienced profound integration and moved forward together with the rest …

AT News KABUL: More than 81,000 Afghan refugees returned home from Iran within one last month, authorities said. Mohammad Reza Bahir, a spokesman for the ministry of refugees and repatriation said that the refugees came in via border gates in Herat. “Almost half of these refugees were forcibly deported from …

AT News KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad says that his country would not let Afghanistan to go back to the 1990s, when the country was burning in the flames of the civil war after the collapse of the Soviet-backed government. Khalilzad who was summoned to …

AT News KABUL: The US peace envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said over the last few days, there has been a clear rise in violence in Afghanistan. “This escalation is regrettable as Afghans, including many civilians, are losing their lives,” he said in a series of tweets on Monday. …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has signed a contract worth a whopping $2.2 billion with China to maintain original status of pine nuts and develops its markets globally. “Although the pine nuts were exported globally, but they never got known as Afghan-product since it was smuggled to neighboring countries through illegal …

AT News KABUL: The government of Iran has insisted for the preservation of the “Republic System” in Afghanistan in the wake of peace talks with the Taliban. Following an Iranian delegation’s visit to Kabul, the country’s Foreign Ministry in a statement said they stressed for a lasting “Republic System” and …

AT News KABUL: Acting Foreign Minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar, spoke with the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Yves Le Drian, where they discussed key issues related to the Afghan peace process. Mr. Atmar thanked the French people and government for their continuous support and cooperation with Afghanistan over the past …

AT News KABUL: The British embassy in Kabul said that specialist detectives investigating the abduction of three children from their foster home in south London. Bilal Safi, Mohammed Ebrar Safi, and Mohammed Yaseen Safi – aged six, five and three – were taken from their home in Coulsdon Road, Coulsdon …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan and Uzbekistan extended a contract over electricity import from the power rich Central Asian state for another 10 years, officials at the ministry of foreign affairs said. Acting Foreign Minister, Hanif Atmar met his Uzbek Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov in a visit to Tashkent where the …