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AT News KABUL: The US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad would remain for some time in Doha, where the Afghan government and Taliban negotiating teams have been conducting the fragile intra-Afghan talks. A spokesman for the US Department of State, Ned Price told the reporters that Washington had …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The United States’ Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad visited Islamabad to accelerate efforts on the Afghan peace process. The ambassador’s many official visits included a meeting with the Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa, among numerous other senior civilian officials, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A U.S.-drafted peace plan for Afghanistan, reviewed by Reuters, calls for the current government to be replaced with an interim administration until a new constitution is agreed and elections held, while a joint commission monitors a ceasefire. The warring parties have long harbored deep objections to …

AT News KABUL: The government has banned riding of unlicensed motorbikes to prevent the subversive and criminal activities across the country, authorities said on Tuesday. The interior ministry said in a statement that the decision was made by the National Security Council. According to the statement the governmental organizations and …

AT News KABUL: At least 49 drug runners, including three women were found guilty to drug trafficking and were sentenced to years of jail terms in the past one week. The Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) in a statement said that five drug traffickers were sentenced to two-16 …

AT News KABUL: Kabul Police arrested 10 people on charges of different crimes during the latest crackdown in Kabul city. The Police have succeeded in capturing 10 people accused of armed robbery, disruption of public order, plundering and stealing mobiles of the citizens in 1st, 2nd, 5th, 10th and 15th PDs …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 26 new COVID-19 cases across the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached to 55,894 around the country. The new cases come positive out of …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Tajikistan resumes regular flights to Afghanistan, which were halted due to coronavirus pandemic, starting from 10th March. The decision to restart flights was made following improvement of epidemiological situation in the country, the country’s Civil Aviation Agency said. The first flight from Dushanbe to Kabul will …

AT News KABUL: The United States envoy for Afghan peace, has shared his plan over a transitional government to Taliban while on his visit to Qatar where the militant group maintains a political office since 2013. Mohammad Naeem, Taliban’s political spokesman, said Monday that Khalilzad shared the plan with the …

AT News KABUL: Habiba Sarabi, one of women members of the Afghan peace negotiation team was honored by the Simone Veil, a French prize usually conferred on hardworking women around the world. Sarabi received the prize on Monday from the French Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian on the occasion …