AT News KABUL: A recent escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran in the Middle East following the US killing of a top Iranian general has shaken American allies, prompting the NATO alliance to seek restraint and de-escalation. Secretary-General of the trans-Atlantic alliance Jens Stoltenberg in a meeting with NATO …
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TEHRAN, IRAN – The leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened on Tuesday to “set ablaze” places supported by the United States over the killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. airstrike last week, sparking cries from the crowd of supporters of “Death to Israel!’’ Hossein Salami made the …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran’s lawmakers unanimously voted for a motion to designate the US Army and the Pentagon as terrorist organizations in response to a recent move by Washington to assassinate Iran’s revered commander, Lt. General Qassem Soleimani, Tasnim news agency reported Tuesday. The generalities and details of the …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Three men have been arrested in Spain over the alleged sexual assault of three sisters from the United States on New Year’s Eve, authorities said. The alleged victims, aged 23, 20, and 18, who are from Ohio, were reportedly attacked on New Year’s Eve in the southeastern …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran declared that it will no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal. Following a grand meeting of the Iranian cabinet in Tehran, the government of Iran declared that it would no longer observe limitations on its capacity for enrichment, …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US President Donald Trump said the action against Iran’s top military commander Qassem Soleimani was “to stop a war, not to start one.” He said Soleimani’s “reign of terror” was “over” following a strike at Iraq’s Baghdad airport on Friday. “What the United States did yesterday …
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“You deepened the friendly relationship between Japan and Afghanistan and made remarkable contributions to expanding humanitarian assistance and international cooperation,” Japanese PM AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Doctor Tetsu Nakamura, who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this month, was posthumously awarded on Friday a decoration for his contribution to the development …
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AT News KABUL: A delegation of Taliban officials is in Pakistan for a week where they are meeting their seniors including leader Mullah Haibatullah in the Afghan border city of Quetta, sources close to the militants said Wednesday. The meetings are said to focus on a ceasefire offered by the …
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AT News KABUL: The United States has called on the Afghan electoral body to adjudicate electoral complaints professionally and transparently. “We urge @ECCAfghanistan to adjudicate any complaints in a professional and transparent manner,” the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Alice Wells tweeted on Monday. …
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AT News KABUL: China says it would remain committed in cooperating with the peace process of Afghanistan. Chinese deputy foreign minister, said Monday in a meeting with American experts over Afghan affairs, said that Beijing is ready for any types of cooperation with the peace efforts in Afghanistan. He urged …
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