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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will leave Tehran for Dushanbe to attend the 9th Ministerial Conference of the Heart of Asia, said the country’s foreign ministry spokesperson. “Zarif will travel to Dushanbe on March 29th to meet with Tajik officials and attend the Ministerial Conference …

AT News KABUL: A top Afghan official on Saturday called on the Taliban to come out of their hideouts and engage in meaningful talks in order to take full use of the current opportunity for peace. The National Security Advisor, Hamdullah Mohib called on the Taliban to not miss the …

AT News KABUL: China blames the U.S. for trying to destabilize the situation in Xinjiang state of the country.  The Chinese foreign ministry’s spokesman, Hua Chunying on Saturday afternoon in a press conference played a video of former chief of staff of former secretary of state, Colin Powell, who was …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad has departed for Turkey and the region, the U.S. State Department said on Saturday, in a push to encourage Afghan parties to accelerate negotiations to end conflict in the country. The State Department said in a statement that Khalilzad …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: According to a news report, US intelligence agencies have told the Biden administration that the Taliban could overrun most of Afghanistan within two to three years if US troops leave before a power-sharing deal is reached between the warring sides. Such a takeover potentially would allow …

AT News KABUL: The Russian Special Envoy for Afghanistan has said that the only way to reach reconciliation in Afghanistan is to form an interim government in the country. Talking about the results of the “Troika” conference on peace settlement in Afghanistan held on March 18th in Moscow, ambassador Zamir …

AT News KABUL: Afghan National Security Advisor says that Afghanistan still needs U.S. financial support to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) not physical presence to counter narcotics and insecurity in the country. Hamdullah Mohib cited the remarks in an interview with Hudson Institute of Washington, saying that …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A comprehensive and permanent ceasefire is critical for the success of the Afghan peace process, India’s foreign minister said in a meeting with his Afghan counterpart on Wednesday. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar stressed that enduring peace in Afghanistan is important for the security and prosperity of the region …

AT NewsKABUL: The Chinese research team says that evidence from surveys and studies have shown that corronavirus most highly related to SARS-CoV-2 were found in bats and pangolins. “These mammals may be the reservoir of the virus that causes COVID-19, due to the high similarity in genetic sequences between the …

Former President Hamid Karzai said that the “Troika” meeting laid out agreement among the World’s biggest country on peaceful settlement in Afghanistan   In the sideline of the “Troika” meeting held between the foreign ministers of Russia, U.S., China and Pakistan, Former President Hamid Karzai in an interview with Sputniknews …