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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Friday said India and Iran need to work together to expedite rail connectivity to Afghanistan and procurement of equipment for development of Chabahar Port. The minister who was in the city said that India has good relations with Iran …

Closing one’s eyes to the past few decades and current miseries Afghanistan is going through and recounting the country’s glorious history, one can see how successful the country was in terms of trade and commerce. For thousands of years, Afghanistan didn’t only serve as the heart of Asia but as …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has flayed the Daesh or so-called Islamic State (IS) group presence in Afghanistan, sarcastically noting that the terrorist group was transported here through the sky. Addressing the Raisina Dialogue participants in India, Karzai ironically said Daesh descended from the sky into Afghanistan, adding …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan and China has inaugurated the Gwadar Seaport which is located in Karachi state of Pakistan and has been considered as the first transit trade between the two countries. The inauguration was welcomed with the arrival of first transit trade ship from China. Based on Pakistan embassy …

By Sayed Niyam Alami KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has launched an unprecedented academic discussion around the topics of Afghanistan’s culture, history and national identity aimed at making them public knowledge and essentially turned to a national debate.   Lecturers, students, researchers and experts from three universities – including the Kabul …

US-Taliban talks resume, rising prospects of an end to violence AT News KABUL: Talks between the United States and the Taliban have been resumed aimed at finding a political settlement to the Afghan conflict and also ending the American’s longest war. After a month-long break, the peace talks has resumed …

AT News KABUL: After a watchdog blamed foreign forces for spike in civilian deaths in Afghanistan, the US forces has said the best way to reduce civilian casualties is to reduce violence. A US forces spokesman said, “We are committed to reducing violence in accordance with the will of the …

There is ray of hope to finally peace be restored following painstaking negotiations, in which the Taliban group has purportedly agreed to temporarily reduce violence in Afghanistan as part of a pending peace deal with the United States to end the longest running war. Source privy to the development spoke …

AT News KABUL: The members of parliament on Wednesday approved a 65 million Euro loan from Italy for the Herat-Khwaf railway project. It would be a long-term loan. An agreement on this regard was signed between parliament’s commission of financial affairs on Wednesday. Azim Mohseni, head of the commission, called …

AT News KABUL: The lawmakers warned that no budget would be allocated for government entities until it receives a parliament approval. They are to make decision on the next Afghan year’s national budget on Monday. The members of parliament said on Wednesday that the government should be responsible for the …