All warring factions have agreed to a weeklong reduction in violence, marking the second lull in fighting since 2001 AT News KABUL: Two days after the Taliban insurgency agreed to a week-long ‘reduction in violence’ on Friday midnight, reports suggested minor isolated insurgent attacks in a few provinces – a …
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AT News KABUL: Loyalists and allies of self-proclaimed president Abdullah on Saturday appointed a new governor for Jawzjan province as part of an unfolding campaign to form a parallel state in defiance to the president-elect’s government. The Independent Directorate of Local Governance says governors of the country’s 34 provinces will …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US President Donald Trump is all set to prod India into supporting the peace process in Afghanistan, an administration official says. Trump will arrive in India on Monday for a two-day visit for talks with host leaders, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on a variety …
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AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) with financial and technical support of its health partners will launch from today (Monday) the Sub-National Immunization Days (SNIDs) with the aim to vaccinate around 6.7 million children under the age of five against polio. This round of SNIDs will be implemented during …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan plans constituting a delegation next month to promote an intra-Afghan peace process, claiming it has helped the US and Taliban reach the agreement on reduction of violence. “We have decided when and how those talks will take place. Pakistan has played its role in the …
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AT News KABUL: In the midst of political convulsions among the Afghan elites over disputed election results, the US President’s aide Zalmay Khalilzad on Sunday held separate meetings with leaders of two major political parties to discuss peace, election and other issues related to Afghanistan. Khalilzad who spearheads the United …
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The realization of the reduction-in-violence plan in practice by the US, the Taliban and the Afghan government has been one of the cheerful moments for Afghans across the country. The violence reduction scheme has revived the war-ravaged people’s hopes about peace. The reduced violence is relieving Afghans’ agony as they …
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AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan on Sunday has temporarily blocked any travel to and from Iran to prevent the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The decision has taking during special meeting of the National Security Council in Kabul, in which Afghan officials decided to temporarily block any travel …
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AT News KABUL: Following the outbreak of corona virus in Iran, the Afghanistan embassy in Tehran has suspended consular services against the applicants. The embassy in a statement said as the numbers of applicants are in high rate, the embassy has suspended its consular section until Wednesday to prevent the …
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AT News KABUL: A Taliban spokesman says that there are some circles that endeavor to lead the peace process toward a failure. Suhail Shahin, the group’s political office spokesman based in Qatar, told Al Jazeera News on Sunday that some circles make efforts to make the ongoing talks between Taliban …
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