AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised on Tuesday to share Washington’s initial thinking on a looming deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. This as he meets with EU officials for a two-day summit in Brussels. He made the pledge ahead of meetings with European defense …
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AT News KABUL: Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Haneet Atmar, who is on a three-day visit to India, met with Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and discussed enhanced bilateral and regional cooperation and achieving lasting peace in Afghanistan. Taking to twitter after the meeting, Mr. Atmar said that both …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Special representative of the Iranian Foreign Ministry for Afghanistan Affairs Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian in a phone conversation with UN Personal Envoy on Afghanistan and Regional Issues Jean Arnault underlined the need for establishment of stability and peace in Afghanistan. During the conversation, both sides urged adopting …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US President Joe Biden administration officials will meet with allies this week on teetering plans to end the war in Afghanistan, turning to another top foreign policy challenge after a week that saw confrontations with Washington’s chief geopolitical rivals. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel …
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AT News KABUL: Afghan Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Monday. During his three day visit, Mr. Atmar will meet with Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and other senior Indian government officials on the Afghan peace process, upcoming regional forums …
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AT News KABUL: The Sri Lankan Muslim union condemned “terrorist attacks” in Afghanistan, saying “such violence for political aims have no Islamic justifications”. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the South Asian country’s Muslim union asked all the war parties in Afghanistan to put an end to violence and step …
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AT News KABUL: An air quality technology company considered Kabul as one of the most polluted city of the world in 2020. IQAir, the Swiss-based that specializes in protection against airborne pollutions, said Wednesday in a report that Kabul was the fourth polluted among 92 capital cities in 2020. It …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The U.S. President Joe Biden says that it will be “tough” for the U.S. to meet a May 1 deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan but that the complete drawdown won’t take much longer. The deadline to end America’s longest war six weeks from now was …
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Afghanistan Seeks Continued Regional Support to Durable Peace AT News KABUL: The government has formed a delegation consisting of 16 people to participate in the Moscow meeting planned to be held on the peace process in Afghanistan. The meeting is slated for Thursday (March 18). The Afghan government’s delegation is …
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AT News KABUL: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) is warning of bad consequences if the U.S. and the international donors cut aid to Afghanistan. “Eighty percent of Afghanistan’s budget is funded by the U.S. and the (other international) donors,” said John F. Sopko, the Special Inspector to …
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