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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: India-Chabahar-Afghanistan corridor became officially operational with the shipment of two containers through Mumbai, Chabahar and the Dogharoon border, according to the Director-General of Customs Transit of Iran, MNA reported on Friday. Mostafa Ayati, Director General of Customs Transit of Iran said that the cargo was shipped …

AT News KABUL: Amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak around the world, it’s important to remember most who become infected recover from the illness. There are officially seven positive cases in Afghanistan, where the first patient in western Herat province has recovered and sent home. New data had showed that …

The peace deal signed at the end of last month between the US and the Taliban provided a glimmer of hope that the long and brutal war in Afghanistan is coming to an end at last, but developments since then have proved that it might be another false dawn. In …

AT News KABUL: Canadian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dave Metcalfe has said the Afghan women should be given chance to contribute to the ongoing peace efforts. The U.S. top peace envoy and the Taliban’s Doha-based top negotiator had signed a peace deal on 29th February. Based on the agreement the US …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkey has expressed readiness to mediate intra-Afghan peace talks in case of a request, the country’s Kabul envoy said Tuesday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), Oğuzhan Ertuğrul said that the peace deal that was signed between the Taliban and the United States on Feb. 29 is …

AT News KABUL: The ‘tug of war’ between the feuding leaders Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah to take over control of the government has intensified after the president elect dismantled the Office of Chief Executive (OCE) and Abdullah faulting the credibility and legitimacy of his government on Wednesday. As political polarization is …

AT News KABUL: “Beyond a shameful deal,” said former NDS Chief, Rahmatullah Nabil, following the President Ashraf Ghani’s decree over the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners. He vowed that release of the Taliban prisoners is a desecration of the Afghan security forces, who suffered nearly 50,000 deaths during Ghani’s first …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan government has expressed concern over the increase of corronavirus cases in Afghanistan, saying that people should stay vigilant and pay serious attention in regards. Speaking to a news conference on Wednesday, President Ashraf Ghani’s Spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi said the government is working to adopt preventive …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has jumped by 168 to 631, an increase of 36 percent; the Civil Protection Agency said on Tuesday, the largest rise in absolute numbers since the contagion came to light on Feb. 21. The total number …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi on Wednesday voiced Tehran’s determination to restore sustainable stability to Afghanistan. The remarks by the Foreign Ministry official comes as Ashraf Ghani and his chief rival, Abdullah Abdullah, took the oath of office as the president of Afghanistan on Monday, …