World

AT News KABUL: As the United States is leaving Afghanistan troubled by war, Pentagon is calling for international pressure to reach a negotiated political resolution with the Taliban to end the long-lasting conflict in the country. “The security situation in Afghanistan calls for international pressure to reach a political agreement …

AT News KABUL: In a scorching rebuke, US special envoy for Afghan peace Zalmai Khalilzad has lashed out at the Taliban for “intensifying their violence in pursuit of leverage at the negotiating table” with Afghan government. Khalilzad said the Taliban had intensified the fighting to gain control in the negotiations, …

AT News KABUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that an agreement had been reached with the United States on how to secure Kabul airport under Turkish administration. Erdogan said the US and Turkish defense ministers discussed the issue on Friday. “During the discussions with the US and NATO, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The United Arab Emirates is set to suspend civil flights from Afghanistan as of July 11, fearing the corronavirus outbreak. However, transit flights would be active, said the official news agency WAM on Saturday. The UAE will also disallow its citizens from traveling to Afghanistan, with …

AT News KABUL: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has extolled the recent meeting between Afghan government and Taliban delegations in Tehran as “an effective step towards peace in the country”. He welcomed a joint statement by both the parties, who met in Tehran, which called the continuation of war a …

AT News KABUL: More than 1.4 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine arrived today in Afghanistan. Donated by the United States to COVAX, the 1,484,900 doses were delivered through the COVAX Facility’s dose-sharing scheme to the Government of Afghanistan. This is the first of two vaccine consignments …

AT News KABUL: A Taliban delegation is visiting Moscow, in a bid to allay fears that the group’s territorial expansion won’t threaten Russia’s allies in Central Asia – the latest in a constellation of the Taliban’s trips across the region as part of peace process. Representatives of the Taliban flew …

AT News KABUL: India, seen as a key player in peace-making in Afghanistan, is ramping up diplomatic efforts with Russia, with its External Affairs Minister heading to Moscow to discuss the current situation in the war-torn country. Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is, however, taking a detour in Iran where …

AT News KABUL: In the midst of a security vacuum being left by the United States in Afghanistan, Iran is hosting senior Taliban negotiators and Afghan officials, a Taliban spokesman said on Wednesday – the latest in a string of Tehran’s attempts to facilitate peace negotiations between the feuding factions …

AT News KABUL: As the United States withdraws from Afghanistan, Russia is becoming exponentially troubled by worsening security situation in the country and is trying to step in to shore up sagging defences of its allies bordering Afghanistan. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday expressed Kremlin’s extreme worries about …