
Top Democrat Warns over Hasty Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Senator Jack Reed said he favored seeking an extension of the May 1 deadline for withdrawing troops that President Donald Trump and the Taliban negotiated last year, The New York Times reported. Reed said the United States should seek an extension of the deadline to give diplomats more time to negotiate an agreement between the Taliban and the Afghan government. ...
2 MPs Referred to AGO for Giving False Info About Assets

2 MPs Referred to AGO for Giving False Info About Assets
The Attorney General's Office on Wednesday reported that two members of Afghanistan’s Wolesi Jirga— (the lower house of ...
German Cabinet to Extend Afghanistan Mission Into 2022

German Cabinet to Extend Afghanistan Mission Into 2022
The cabinet in Berlin will give the green light on Wednesday for an extension of Germany’s military mission ...
Atmar Travels to Moscow to Discuss Afghan Peace: MoFA

Atmar Travels to Moscow to Discuss Afghan Peace: MoFA
Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar on Wednesday left Kabul for Moscow at the invitation of Russian counterpart ...

Afghanistan Begins Coronavirus Vaccination
Afghanistan officially launched its coronavirus vaccination program on Tuesday at an event held at the Presidential Palace. President Ashraf Ghani participated, along with officials from the Health Ministry and elsewhere. ...

Dostum Calls for Political Settlement to Conflict
Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum emphasized the importance of a political settlement to the conflict in the country, saying that there is no military solution and that all sides should engage ...

Russian Envoy Visits Pakistan as Part of Effort to Jumpstart Stalled Afghan Peace Process
Russia’s special envoy for Afghanistan visited Islamabad Friday to encourage Pakistan’s support for a meeting in Moscow to help facilitate the stalled Afghan peace process. Zamir Kabulov told earlier this ...

Five Policemen Killed in Zabul, Uruzgan Attacks
Five policemen were killed and three more were wounded in separate incidents in Zabul and Uruzgan provinces on Sunday night, local officials said. Four policemen were killed and two more ...

NATO Not Leaving Afghanistan Before ‘Time Is Right’
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in a pre-ministerial press conference on Monday reiterated that the presence of the alliance’s troops in Afghanistan is "conditions-based," saying “we will not leave before ...

Hekmatyar warns of surrounding Afghan presidential palace
Hizb-i-Islami leader Gulbduddin Hekmatyar on Sunday warned that his followers will surround the presidential palace and force end of existing rule if the government doesn’t implement their deal. Speaking in ...

Afghan expert: Increased terrorist attacks negatively affects the peace process
Terrorist attacks have increased within Afghanistan, despite peace talks between Afghan government officials and the Taliban in Doha. For example, a hand grenade exploded near the Russian embassy and near ...

Prospect of peace in Afghanistan
Afghan and Taliban negotiators in Qatar finally reached an agreement on intra-Afghan peace talks' procedure a few days ago. The agreement was reached after almost three months of very lenghty ...
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