AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia’s top security chief is raising alarm about extremist militants massing on Afghanistan’s northern border. Alexander Bortnikov, chief of the main Russian intelligence agency FSB, said on a visit to Tajikistan on Tuesday that some 5,000 fighters of an ISIS extremist group affiliate have gathered in …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: China Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that the Afghan people have never been so close to peace as today despite that uncertainties still exist in the war-torn country. Moreover, he called for an inclusive dialogue among the Afghans, according to ECNS report. “After years of war …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A riot at a prison in Tajikistan has left 32 people dead, including 24 members of the Islamic State, also known as Deash militant group and three guards, authorities said. Five of the inmates and the three guards were killed by IS (Daesh) prisoners during the …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Department of Defense, Pentagon, has awarded a new contract to provide logistics support to Afghan Air Force’s fleet of MD-530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters. According to a statement released by Department of Defense, the Arizona-based MD Helicopters has received a new contract to provide logistics support …
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AT News Report KABUL: Germany’s special representative for Afghanistan has once against held talks with Taliban’s co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Qatar, where they discussed issues related to Afghan war and ongoing talks with the US peace envoy. Mohammad Suhail Shaheen, spokesman for Taliban’s Qatar office, said Markus Potzel and Baradar …
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AT News Report KABUL: Peace negotiation between US and Taliban members have entered to its sixth round in Doha of Qatar with four conservative days of talks ended Sunday; the talks did not hold on Monday on the account of the first day of Ramadan. The talks will resume today …
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AT News Report KABUL: US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has welcomed Sunday’s telephonic conversations that made between President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. “Pleased to see PM Imran Khan and President Ashraf Ghani spoke today,” Khalilzad said in a tweet. “Both leaders say they …
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AT News Report KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad will make his second visit to India for consultations on Afghan peace, starting from Monday, Indian media reported Monday. Khalilzad is expected to brief Indian authorities about the progress made in the peace efforts in the past …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Turkmen-US political consultations were held in Ashgabat, Trend reports referring to the Turkmen Foreign Ministry on Friday. The US delegation was led by Mark Moody, representative of the Office of Central Asian Affairs at the US Department of State. The regional issues, including the efforts …
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AT News Report KABUL: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has resumed peace talks with Taliban negotiation members in Qatar, where he in his opening session has underscored to the Taliban that the “Afghan people, who are their brothers and sisters, want this war to end.” Khalilzad who …
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