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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan is to be a business hub between Pakistan and Uzbekistan, a move hailed as a milestone for regional economy development. Islamabad and Tashkent have so far exchanged some goods through Afghanistan. A Pakistani cargo truck transported medicine from the port city of Karachi on April …

AT News KABUL: The UK is speeding up granting asylums to the thousands of Afghans who worked for the British military-mostly interpreters as fears grow of possible dangerous outcomes of post-international force exit.   UK Secretary of Defense, Ben Wallace said that it was “only right” to accelerate such plans …

AT News KABUL: The Pakistani government invited Afghan foreign minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar to visit Islamabad amid cold relation between the two neighboring countries. The foreign ministry said in a statement that the invitation offered in a telephonic conversation by the Pakistani ambassador to Kabul, Mansoor Ahmad Khan to Minister …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan pins eyes on the Russian Federation for purchasing weapons as U.S. and NATO forces are exiting after a 20-year presence in the country. According to Itlat-e-Roz, Afghan Ambassador to Russia, Said Tayeb Jawad told TASS news agency that Kabul is ready to purchase arms and military equipment …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A roadside bombing claimed the lives of six Afghan security forces nearby a railway project under construction to connect Afghanistan with neighboring Iran in the western province of Herat. Provincial Governor, Wahid Qatali said those who were killed had been guarding the site of the railway …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan negotiating team is to visit Doha within next two days to breach the deadlock in the stalled peace negotiations amid international forces withdrawal. A member of the Afghan negotiating team, Nader Nadery said that the negotiations between the two sides will be resumed. Nadery put …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani’s security advisor said that the Taliban sans intention for peace and that the group has been prolonging the Pakistan’s “unannounced proxy war” in Afghanistan. He also said that the Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada has not held any meeting with the group’s officials. “It has …

AT News KABUL: Speaker of the lower house of the parliament, Mir Rahman Rahmani-leading a high level delegation- visited Islamabad on Saturday to hold talks with Pakistani officials on bilateral issues and common interests. Rahamni will attend the second general conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of Economic Cooperation Organization. He will discuss parliamentary cooperation …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The United States envoy Angela Aggeler met with Pakistani Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa to continue bilateral discussions on post-withdrawal Afghanistan and the peace process. “During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, overall regional security situation, including recent developments in Afghan peace process, and bilateral …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Australian government says it is “urgently” processing the visa applications of several Afghan interpreters who worked for the Australian Defense Force (ADF), amid growing concerns for their safety following the closure of Australia’s embassy in the Afghan capital and the ongoing drawdown of international troops. …