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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chinese President Xi Jinping has pledged to provide Afghanistan with security equipment. “Increasing security cooperation suits both countries’ interests. China will continue to supply Afghanistan with security supplies, technology, equipment and training assistance,” Xi told President Ashraf Ghani during a meeting in Russia. Xi is in the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Minister of Interior, Noor-ul-Haq Ulomi, terrorist groups, in Afghanistan, receive support from neighboring countries. He said that drug traffickers in cooperation with some foreign hands are involved in mounting insecurity in Afghanistan’s northern. Ulomi during his trip to Afghanistan’s north said terrorist attacks’ of the Taliban …

AT-KABUL: Ninety eight insurgents have been killed in ground and airstrikes in Nangarhar. A press statement released by the Nangarhar governor office police chief Fazl Ahmad Shirzad quoted him as saying that 98 insurgents from two different groups have been killed in a ground offensives and airstrikes in a number …

Representative from Taliban High Council including Haqqani network and Quetta Shura attend the Peace Talks: Din Mohammad By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan peace delegation vented its optimism on Thursday regarding the recently held peace negotiations with the representatives from the Taliban High Council including Haqqani network and Quetta Shura, held in …

AT-KABUL: The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) distributed food items among 1,000 deserving families in the capital on Thursday. Each and every family received 25 kilograms of rice, 50 kilograms of flour and a 5-littre can of cooking oil, C.E.O of the ACCI Mr. Atiq Ullah Nasrat told …

KABUL: On the head of a high-level delegation, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Thursday arrived in Russia to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the BRICS summits. A statement from the Presidential Palace said that the president during his two-day visit would participate in the SCO and BRICS summits. …

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai welcomed direct peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Islamabad. Hamid Karzai termed the negotiations as a step towards bringing lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan. A press statement issued by Hamid Karzai’s office said that informal talks in China, Qatar, Norway, and …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  A local police commander along with 14 policemen joined the Taliban militants in Faryab province, said an official source. Abdul Qadir Qaderi, Pashtunkot district chief, said that a commander of Afghan Local Police (ALP) along with 14 other members of the ALP joined the Taliban militants in …

“Islamabad is not sincere with Afghanistan. Under the pretext of next round of peace talks, Pakistan wants to provide an opportunity to the Taliban to capture more areas and have good position in the reconciliation process,” says a member of the Wolei Jirga. By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign …

AT-KABUL: The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) has appointed Letifullah Azizi as governor of Jowzjan province. Azizi was introduced as new governor by the advisor of First Vice President, Mohammad Nabi and Adviser to the IDLG, Abu Muslim Sidiqi, on Wednesday. The two advisors asked the residents of Jowzjan …