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AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg held talks with the U.S. President, Joe Biden to discuss the global challenges, including countering the terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. “They discussed the range of challenges that NATO Allies face, such as countering international terrorism, including in Afghanistan and Iraq, dealing …

AT News KABUL: Taliban has denied the US Treasury Department Report regarding its ties and enduring partnership with the al-Qaeda Terrorist Network. A Taliban Spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement said that al-Qaeda was not present in Afghanistan. Mujahid said that the purpose of these reports is to weaken the …

“The Islamic Republic of Iran will never recognize a stream that wants to come to power through war in Afghanistan,” Shamkhani said in a meeting with the head of Taliban’s political bureau, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, and his accompanying delegation in Tehran. He stressed the need for participation of all …

AT News KABUL: The government says it would do its best to prevent the youth and juveniles from going to Pakistan for learning religious subjects in the madrassas (seminaries). Ministry of Education claims that most of seminaries in Pakistan encourage students to extremism and even make them ready for suicide …

AT News KABUL: A high-level delegation of Taliban led by the militants’ second in command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived Tuesday in Tehran, the capital city of Iran. Mohammad Naeem, Taliban’s Political Spokesman, said the visit was at an official invitation by Iranian government. According to Naeem, the delegation would …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations expresses concerns over the “high level” of violence in Afghanistan, calling it the reflection of the current crisis in the war-hit country. However, it believes that the peace talks being held between Afghanistan and Taliban is an opportunity to end the “decades of war”. …

AT News KABUL: No meeting has been held between the Afghan and Taliban negotiating members for more than one week, a member of Afghan negotiating team said Tuesday. Nader Nadery said in a tweet that the Taliban was “not willing” to engage in negotiations with the Afghan negotiating team. “Peace …

AT News KABUL: Afghan and Pakistan Foreign Ministers have held a telephonic conversation and discussed issues related to the Afghan peace process and stressed for joint efforts for peace in Afghanistan. Afghan Foreign Minister, Haneef Attmar said he held “good discussion” with Pakistan FM, Shah Mahmoiod Qureshi on strengthening bilateral …

AT News KABUL: The EU-Delegation in Kabul on Tuesday announced an additional support of 35 million Euros to tackle the ongoing pandemic and mitigate its socioeconomic impacts in Afghanistan. Since the start of the pandemic, the EU has mobilised almost 147 million Euros to address the immediate health crisis and …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has called on the Afghan officials to evaluate and strengthen the control systems at air and land ports to prevent smuggling of cash, artifacts, gold and precious stones out of the country. SIGAR, in its January 14 report, …