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International community supports Afghan peace process: Khalilzad tells Afghan leaders

AT News KABUL: The U.S. point man on the peace process Zalmay Khalilzad arrived in Kabul on Wednesday and held a meeting with President Ghani, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah, and former president Hamid Karzai. Khalilzad briefed the Afghan leaders on the progression of his …

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Trump won’t pull troops from Afghanistan; US congressman

AT News KABUL: The U.S. Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger said he believes Trump administration will not pull American troops from the war in Afghanistan unless intra-Afghan negotiations culminate into lasting peace in the war-weary country. If the US leaves Afghanistan, Kinzinger said, the Taliban will use Afghanistan against the United …

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Washington, Moscow, Kabul to discuss roadmap of peace talks

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan, Russia and the United States are set to hold a trilateral video conference in July-mid to discuss facilitating intra-Afghan negotiations, said Russian envoy for Afghanistan. Zamir Kabulov, Moscow’s point man on the matter, said the meeting would be held on 15th of June. “The negotiations will …

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Karzai expressed grief over military sting in Kabul

AT News KABUL: A recent military operation on the outskirts of Kabul city has unnerved former President Hamid Karzai, who strongly condemned the raid as an aberration. Mr. Karzai said the military raids are themselves a dilemma and that they do not present a solution to the Afghan dilemma and …

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Karzai salutes departed veteran poet

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed condolences for the death of a veteran poet Haidari Wojudi. In a message, Karzai called Wojudi a famous and mystic poet, who starting composing of poems in his teen ages and wrote a number of articles about the classic literature of Farsi …

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Editorial: Resolving issues with neighbors

The Afghan peace process is on an upward trajectory in terms of progress and is inching the country closer to peace and stability. Invalidated speculations are floating that say the long-awaited intra-Afghan talks between the government and the Taliban would be held by the end of this month at the …

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NDS captures Taliban weapon cache, drone in Nangarhar

AT News KABUL: National Directorate of Security said on Wednesday that a large weapon cache belonging to the Taliban has been seized along with a drone used by the insurgent group. The intelligence agency said in a statement on Wednesday that the cache was discovered in the Batikot district and …

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Covid-19 cases surpass 22k

AT News KABUL: With 684 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially recorded 22,143 coronavirus cases across the country. 21 deaths and 324 recoveries were reported during this period, counting the total dead as 405 since the spread of the virus in the society around three …

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Deadly mine collapse in Samangan draws condolences

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai offered condolences over the collapse of a coal mine in the northern province of Samangan in which a number of workers died, injured, while some others were trapped inside the mine. The incident took place Tuesday in the Shabashak area of Dara-e-Soof Bala …

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Conservative Friends of Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN’S WAY FORWARD The Conservative Friends of Afghanistan (CFA) is an influential British lobby group, based in London, and supported by a wide range of Conservative MP’s. CFA’s mission is to provide independent analysis and engage in campaigning, advocacy, policy-work and lobbying to improve understanding of Afghanistan’s complex context and …

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