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 BEIJING: China will uphold the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind and provide assistance within its capacity to countries in need to fight COVID-19, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. In his phone conversation with Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok, Wang said that …

AT News KABUL: After a longtime dispute between government and Taliban over the prisoner release and beginning of intra-Afghan talks, the government’s communication team of peace negotiation has held a video conference with the Taliban’s political officials. The meeting occurred on Sunday night with the presence of US and Qatar …

Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Positive results have been achieved in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak in China under the leadership of President Xi Jinping. Meanwhile, the global pandemic situation brooks no optimism as confirmed cases continue increasing in many countries. Afghanistan has also seen some confirmed cases. …

AT News KABUL: Doubts over Taliban’s honestly and commitments to peace raised among Afghans and in foreign diplomatic circles after tens of soldiers and police were killed Thursday in a group of armed men’s attack on their joint checkpoint in the southern province of Zabul. Taliban have not claimed responsibility …

AT News KABUL: The Chinese experts have geared up efforts to help and share experiences with 15 regional countries, including Afghanistan, where 24 positives cases of pandemic coronavirus has so far recorded. In a video conference, the experts talked and shared their experiences how to contain the spread of the …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has called on the in charges of the jails across the country to provide tremendous measures to avoid the outbreak of coronavirus inside the prison that jeopardize the prisoner’s health condition. The commission in a statement urged the ministry of …

Iran has expelled two Afghan diplomats in retaliation to Kabul’s ousting several Iranian diplomats AT News KABUL: With the new risk of a domestic political fallout in Afghanistan, new dispute is brewing between Kabul and Tehran, with both sacking diplomats of one another. Sources who insisted on anonymity said that …

AT News KABUL: As coronavirus outbreak is spiraling out of control, the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has urged the Afghan government to expedite the release of Taliban prisoners. In a statement, Khalilzad said that prisoner releases have become urgent in the face of coronavirus outbreak. He reiterated …

AT News KABUL: Washington is intervening between the feuding Afghan leaders to broker a political settlement and end a bickering that is risking falling into nascent peace talks. A close aide to Dr. Abdullah is saying that the United States has been trying to mediate between Ghani and Abdullah. This …

AT News KABUL: The Presidential Palace has praised the European Union’s offer to the Taliban to observe ceasefire for humanitarian aid amid a pandemic coronavirus outbreak. The European Union’s envoy for Afghanistan, Rolan Kobia in a tweet has called on the Taliban to accept a full ceasefire and stop taxing …