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Trump says Taliban are ‘Tough,’ ‘Smart’

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The US President Donald Trump has said that Taliban are “Tough,” and “Smart”, but the US is dealing well with the group. “They’re very tough, they’re very smart, they’re very sharp, but you know it’s been 19 years and even they are tired of fighting, in …

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Editorial: Focus on connecting points in talks!

As expected, the intra-Afghan talks in Doha are making slow progress as unraveling the decades-long conflict is indeed no easy task. The Afghan government and the Taliban negotiating teams have agreed on only one of two contradictory items so far, predominantly related to the internal code of conduct and the …

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Peace negotiations aimed at reducing violence; Khalilzad

AT News KABUL: After nearly 20 years of conflict in Afghanistan, the warring parties meet face-to-face at the negotiating table in the Qatari capital, Doha. One of the key players in the Afghan peace process has been Afghan-born American diplomat Zalmay Khalilzad, who has led the efforts to achieve peace in …

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Thousands of domestic violence cases registered since March

AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health says that government hospitals received 14,000 violence affected women including 100 rape victims in the first six months of the ongoing Persian Year. The ministry said Friday that 4,333 women were the victims of physical violence, 100 victims of rape, 1,021 victims …

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Afghanistan COVID-19 cases see a slight drop

AT News KABUL: Public health officials say that 25 new cases of Coronavirus were identified and registered across the country, taking the total number of patients to 39,000. The ministry of public health said Friday in a statement that the new patients of the coronavirus were found in the provinces …

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We want to ‘end animosity’ with Taliban; Abdullah

9th death anniversary of jihadi leader Burhanuddin Rabbani marked AT News KABUL: Afghanistan Peace Grand Council Chief, Abdullah Abdullah, has said the Afghan government’s peace negotiators are in Doha to end animosity with the Taliban. At the 9th death anniversary of former president and jihadi leader Burhanuddin Rabbani in Kabul, …

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Government-Taliban clashes intensifying amid ongoing peace talks

AT News KABUL: The clashes between government forces and Taliban fighters is intensifying in several provinces while the both sides negotiating teams in Qatar to talk about peace ways. The number of casualties from two sides has been reported very high. 216 Taliban fighters have been killed in 12 provinces …

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Afghan peace negotiators optimistic in ceasefire agreement

AT News KABUL: The Afghan government’s negotiating delegation says they are optimistic in a ceasefire agreement with their Taliban interlocutors. The two negotiating teams have not yet held official meetings. Taliban side has only focused on the technical issues. Nader Naderi, a member of the government team told Al-Jazeera broadcaster …

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Security official derides Taliban’s victory in war

AT News KABUL: Acting Defense Minister, Assadullah Khaled ridiculed the Taliban’s allegation to win the war, rejecting the claim as “a dream and madness”. Taliban had earlier claimed to use their ‘Plan B’ if meetings with the government of Afghanistan failed. The Plan B was explained as continue fighting and …

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The Anarchy in Afghanistan

There is a joke in Afghanistan that is called the government. The big player made the joke after Usama played a game with the big player, the dangerous game. This game brought the American, the European, and many other players to Afghanistan. They empowered the killers, the alcoholics, the womanizers, …

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