AT News KABUL: General Boris Vsevolodovich Gromov crossed the Oxus River as the last Soviet troop to leave Afghanistan on February 14, 1989 and to end a nine-year of military invasion of Afghanistan. 13,000 of 100,000 Soviet soldiers serving in the Afghan war were killed and 35,000 others wounded and …
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AT News KABUL: Defense Ministers of the NATO member countries are planned to meet this weeks to discuss the next part of their mission in Afghanistan, amid escalations in the country. NATO has presently 10,000 soldiers in Afghanistan who are busy in training and advising mission to the Afghan army …
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AT News KABUL: A former jihadi leader says that the United States plans to retreat from a peace deal it signed last year with the Taliban militants, under which Washington is committed to withdraw all its forces from Afghanistan by May and end its longest war. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who leads …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says that the Soviet Union withdrawal from Afghanistan was conducted in an irresponsible manner and that “no measure (scheme) was considered about the future”. Marking the 32 anniversary of Soviet Union withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Ghani cited the remarks in a video on Sunday. …
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AT News KABUL: The State Ministry for Peace (SMP) convened a farewell meeting in honor of the valuable work of Huseyin Avni Botsali, ambassador of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Afghanistan. The meeting was attended by foreign diplomats, peace activists, representatives of the High Council for National Reconciliation …
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AT News KABUL: The first shipment of the Covid-19 vaccines donated by India arrived in Kabul Sunday morning. The Corona virus vaccine made by Indian scientists was handed over by the country’s Charge d’ Affairs in Kabul to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), said a statement issued by the …
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AT News KABUL: The United States reassures support for a lasting peace in Afghanistan. The US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a phone conversation of President Ashraf Ghani, said that Washington supports of the peace that be in the benefit of Afghans as well as a permanent cease fire, …
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AT News KABUL: The European Union (EU) office in Afghanistan expressed concerns over the increased killings of journalists, following the report of the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC) that says of 26 percent increase in violence against journalists in 2020 compare to the previous year. The EU has said on …
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Afghanistan and China have long been partners with shared destiny. Our friendship dates back to the ancient Silk Road period. In the over 2,000 years of exchanges, there has never been any conflict between the two countries, which is a miracle in the history of international relations. Bilateral ties continue …
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AT News KABUL: Germany says that the withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan should be done on condition of the success of the peace negotiations between the government of Afghanistan and Taliban. Heiko Maas, German Foreign Minister, said Wednesday in an interview with reporters that the ongoing Afghan peace talks …
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