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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The U.S. Air Force has deployed F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on Oct. 25, Defense Blog, Online Military Magazine reported. U.S. Airmen and equipment assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron, 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and other supporting units out of Shaw Air …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan was ranked 173 in the World Bank’s “Doing Business Report for 2019: Training for Reform” and received a score of 44.1. Last year the score was 47.7, and Afghanistan ranked 167 in the index. According to the report, Afghanistan’s position has dropped by six points …

AT News Report KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg has said that Afghanistan is part of their global fight against ISIS, also known as Daesh, and that the allies wanted to be sure the Caliphate, which the group has lost in Iraq and Syria, would not be reestablished in the …

AT News Report KABUL: The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement said that all efforts must be adopted to protect civilians in Afghanistan and condemned the October 18 terrorist attack took place during prayers at a local mosque in the Nangarhar province with over 70 people killed and many …

AT News Report KABUL: Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador, Zalmay Khalilzad and an interagency team, whose talks with Taliban halted despite nine round of discussions, is traveling to Belgium, France, and Russia and meet with the its leaderships on ending Afghanistan’s war. In Brussels and Paris, ambassador Khalilzad will …

AT News Report KABUL: Political analysts and members of parliament say that the United States is concerned over political situation in Afghanistan, saying that two senior American officials came to Kabul with the aim of managing a probable crisis after the result announcement of the presidential election. The Kabul News …

AT News Report KABUL: The Chinese government is to host representatives from Afghan government and political leaders to sit in front of Taliban negotiators in the third round of the intra-Afghan dialogues, according to reports. Taliban representatives held talks with Afghan politicians including former president Hamid Karzai twice in Russia …

AT News Report KABUL: The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said that his country was committed in peace and stability in Afghanistan and would continue fighting against terrorism. “The United States will continue fight against terrorism. We stand by those Afghans who want their country free of violence,” Pompeo …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: India will be sending a consignment of 75000 MT (metric tonnes) of wheat to Afghanistan in November 2019 as part of its humanitarian gesture. The consignment will be sent via the Chabahar port and the supply will commence from Kandala port next month. India first sent …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: More Afghans than Syrians have migrated to the European Union so far this year, according to the latest data from the EU border agency Frontex. While the EU fears a new wave of asylum-seekers from Syria following Turkey’s attack this week on the northeastern region of …