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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has assured his country’s support to Afghanistan and announced €350 million fund for Afghanistan’s reconstruction in 2016. The announcement taken after Steinmeier attended meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Brussels on Tuesday. While taking into account the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Italian troops to stay in Afghanistan through 2016 to combat increasing terrorism along with the coalition and Afghan forces, said the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi during at a press conference on Tuesday. The Prime Minister said that the Italian troops which serving a combat mission in …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said that its operatives have apprehended 11 members of the Jundullah terrorist group which is affiliated to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). In addition one militant was killed in a gunfight with the NDS. A statement issued by the NDS here on …

US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Tuesday expressed concern over terrorist safe havens in Pakistan, while a top Pentagon general told lawmakers the level of counter-terrorism co-operation from Islamabad has been unsatisfactory. “We are concerned about it,” Carter told members of the House Armed Services Committee when Congresswoman Susan Davis …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Questioning Pakistan’s sincerity in the peace process of Afghanistan, Meshrano Jirga stressed that there must be an international guarantee that Pakistan will remain committed to Afghanistan. Fazel Hadi Muslimyar, Speaker of the Meshrano Jirga, said that peace talks with Pakistan have turned into an enigma. “We want …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday said the alliance has committed to provide $4 billion USD annually for the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) until 2020 year. While speaking at the NATO foreign ministerial meeting held in Brussels, he said that current commitment was until 2017 …

NEW YORK: Hitting out at Pakistan for using terrorists as “violent proxies”, Afghanistan has blamed Islamabad’s “unnecessary anxiety” over its ties with India for a sharp spike in civilian and military casualties that made 2015 the bloodiest year since 2001. “External support to the Taliban and other terrorist groups is …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Commenting on the current meeting held between President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the sidelines of the UN-sponsored climate change summit in Paris, Indian ambassador to Kabul said that if both countries want to see peace process, successful reduction in violence is …

Afghanistan’s role is below 0.5pc in climate change and pollution, yet it is the worst victim, says NEPA. As a victim of climate change, Afghanistan seeks $17 billion assistance from international community to protect climate.” By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) on Tuesday said that Afghanistan …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has said that its operatives have arrested four kidnappers, who killed a hostage in northern Balkh province. A statement issued by the NDS here on Tuesday stated that its operatives arrested four kidnapers in Mazar-e-Sharif capital of Balkh province. The kidnappers …