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KABUL, Afghanistan Afghanistan thanked Turkey on Friday for medical treatment provided to Foreign Minister Haneef Atmar who tested positive for the coronavirus upon arriving in Istanbul earlier this week. Atmar returned home on Friday after attending an Afghanistan, Turkey, Pakistan trilateral meeting and recovering from the virus. "Ministry of Foreign Affairs ...

MOSCOW Recent developments in the Afghan peace process, provoked by a possible refusal of the new US administration to withdraw its troops in violation of the 2020 agreement with the Taliban, pushed countries to try and avert a resulting escalation in hostilities.Last week Moscow summoned a meeting on Afghanistan ...

MOSCOW Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), which is steering peace talks on behalf of the Afghan government, hopes a "tangible progress" towards settlement at the Istanbul meeting scheduled in April.Speaking to Anadolu Agency in an exclusive interview, Abdullah said the presence of decision-makers ...

KABUL, AfghanistanThe Afghan government on Friday welcomed the call at a conference in Moscow for ending hostilities and moving towards a peaceful settlement in Afghanistan.Pressing the warring factions in Afghanistan to reach a negotiated political settlement, the Moscow conference Thursday endorsed last year’s UN Security Council Resolution 2513 that ...

KABUL, AfghanistanAfghanistan’s president on Saturday categorically rejected rumors of plans to set up an extraconstitutional interim or transitional government in the country.Addressing a joint parliament session, Ashraf Ghani said the constitutional transfer of power through elections remains an “uncompromisable principle.” “We are ready to talk about free and transparent ...

KABUL, AfghanistanOn Wednesday a local chapter of terrorist group Daesh/ISIS known as IS-K claimed responsibility for the assassination of three women journalists in Afghanistan.IS-K, the so-called Khorasan branch of Daesh/ISIS, claimed on their website that they were behind the Tuesday slaying of Mursal Waheedi, Saadia Sadat, and Shahnaz Raufi ...

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday sought the support of visiting Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to reduce surging violence in the war-torn country.Khan's visit to Kabul, his first since he came into power two years ago, came as Taliban resist calls for a cease-fire, there has been little headway in the ongoing peace ...

KABUL, Afghanistan Afghanistan and Pakistan inked an agreement to boost bilateral and transit trade ties, officials said.Two days ahead of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to Kabul, the two South Asian neighbors signed the agreement on "Electronic Data Interchange of Transit Trade" to streamline bilateral trade, said an official ...

KABUL, AfghanistanAmid stalled peace talks with the Taliban, Afghanistan on Sunday issued a list of at least 1,100 insurgents killed in ongoing clashes during the past 25 days.According to the Interior Ministry, scores of key Taliban commanders and foreign militants have been killed by Afghan forces in this period ...

KABUL, AfghanistanAmid stalled peace talks with the Taliban, Afghanistan on Sunday issued a list of at least 1,100 insurgents killed in ongoing clashes during the past 25 days.According to the Interior Ministry, scores of key Taliban commanders and foreign militants have been killed by Afghan forces in this period ...