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Cooperation seen as vital for global health

China will do its utmost to strengthen cooperation with the World Health Organization and offer assistance to meet the urgent needs of countries severely hit by the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, a senior official of the Foreign Ministry said recently. Given the trend of the epidemic’s global spread, China has, …

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Islamic Emirate of Taliban ‘Unacceptable’; U.S. and Russia

AT News KABUL: The United States and Russia on Saturday jointly announced that the Islamic Emirate of Taliban is not acceptable and the international community and the United Nations will not support reinstatement of such regime. The statement welcomed the agreement signed between US and Taliban and called it a …

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Russia Seeks to Heighten Role in Afghanistan As U.S. Withdraws

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The U.S. counterinsurgency campaign against the Taliban militant group in Afghanistan is at its end, with the U.S. military’s plans toward a total withdrawal as Russia has called on Kabul to help fill the gap. Russia’s special envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, in an interview with …

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U.S. strike against Taliban violates peace treaty: Kremlin

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US Air Force airstrike on the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Helmand province is a gross violation of the Doha peace treaty, which the US and the Taliban signed on February 29 in Qatar’s Doha, says Russian Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan, Director of the Second Asian Department at …

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Trump touts his ‘good conversation’ with Taliban leader

AT News KABUL: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday spoke on phone with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s chief negotiator, saying they “had a good conversation.”  “They’re looking to get this ended and we’re looking to get this ended,” Trump said.  “The relationship is very good that I have …

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‘No Covert Deal with Taliban’

AT News KABUL: Russian President’s envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, has said that he has been reassured by the U.S. side that there had been no covert deal between the United States and the Taliban. He said he had met with the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, …

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China pledges support for US-Taliban peace agreement

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: China on Monday pledged its support for the U.S.-Taliban peace agreement in Afghanistan and called for the “orderly and responsible” withdrawal of foreign troops to avoid a power vacuum and possible terrorist resurgence. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the reconciliation process should be “Afghan-led and …

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Afghan women must be at negotiating table: Pelosi

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The US Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has reacted over the signing of a peace deal between the United States and Taliban group in Doha, the capital city of Qatar gulf state, where she insisted over an important role of the Afghan women …

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THE GENDER POWER GAP; It is time to stop trying to change women

By António Guterres Gender inequality is the overwhelming injustice of our age and the biggest human rights challenge we face. But gender equality offers solutions to some of the most intractable problems of our age. Everywhere, women are worse off than men – simply because they are women. The reality …

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Pakistan closes crossing point with Afghanistan amid coronavirus outbreak

AT News KABUL: The Pakistan government said Sunday that it has closed the crossing point in southern Afghanistan for a one-week period of time to avoid the outbreak of coronavirus.   The Pakistani media quoted the country’s ministry of interior that the crossing ban term would begin from today (Monday). …

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