AT News KABUL: Taliban’s last week on Lashkargah city, the provincial capital of Helmand province proved the insurgent group has broken promises not to target big cities, ministry of interior said. Taliban launched massive attacks on the provincial capital from different directions on the weekend and took parts of Lashkar …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban have become the inveterate supporters of the U.S. President Donald Trump, pinning all their hope on his reelection bid next month so much that his ailing health is worrying them. Extent of Taliban’s interests in American politics is a subject of much suspicion. The militants …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani called on the Taliban not to be afraid of a ceasefire, a prerequisite to what the Kabul administration deem it important for trust building measures that gives confidence to the success of the peace talks. “Don’t be afraid of a ceasefire, nobody is going …
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AT News KABUL: The US Chargé d’Affaires in Kabul, Ross Wilson urged a peace settlement that “brings about security and protects the rights of all Afghans.” He cited the remarks in a meeting with head of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Shaharzad Akbar. “I discussed our shared concern about …
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A prelude to Afghan peace talks is facing drawbacks. Negotiations continue to fall short of a deal as delegates wrangle over how to conduct the talks. All spurious excuses proffered by militants and attempts to impose conditions to subvert our objective for peace are incompatible with ground realities. More delays …
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AT News KABUL: US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said that he was concerned of the spike in violence in Afghanistan, calling on warring parties to cease hostilities. He told the Liberty Radio of Tajikistan that the related parties should reach out a resolving to end the violence …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan and Pakistan discussed new visa facilities on Monday, envisaging easing restrictions for Afghan travelers in what is seen as a step toward resuming travels between the two countries after months of restrictions. In a meeting with Pakistani general consular in Jalalabad, Nangarhar governor discussed easing visa …
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AT News KABUL: The government of Qatar, a Persian Gulf Arab state where delegations from the government of Afghanistan and Taliban are holding negotiations for peace, claims it would keep impartiality and would not back any sides. Taliban set up a political bureau in Qatar after being toppled from power …
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The era of animosity is over, a peaceful future is on the horizon Afghanistan is on the cusp of normalizing perennially volatile ties with Pakistan after decades of animus. ‘Imagine where we would have been if we had crafted win-win solutions to our problems anchored on de-escalation, moderation, trade, transit …
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AT News KABUL: A day after clashes between the Armenian and Azerbaijanis forces, the Afghan government called for an immediate ceasefire and announced its support to Azerbaijan. The Foreign Ministry of Afghanistan in a statement expressed frustration on the clashes erupted between the Armenian and Azerbaijanis forces in Nagorno-Karabakh. “Nagorno-Karabakh …
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