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KABUL – Taliban, on Wednesday, said that they were ready to declare a cease-fire in areas of Afghanistan under their control if the areas are hit by coronavirus outbreak. The announcement follows a UN Security Council statement Tuesday urging Afghanistan’s warring parties to heed the UN secretary-general’s call for an …

KABUL – To enter negotiations, the Afghan people will need an inclusive government that can both provide security and participate in the peace process, US envoy told the UN Security Council on Tuesday. Kelly Craft, Permanent Representative of US Mission to the UN, said that the US is disappointed that …

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, discussed the coronavirus epidemic with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, during a telephone conversation. During Tuesday’s call, the two sides discussed the current situation and the impact of the spread of the coronavirus in both countries and around the world. Zarif and …

MOSCOW – The Russian Defense Ministry said the United States was looting Syrian oil and destroying its economic nuclei. The United States is plundering Syria’s oil resources and trying to destroy its economy with sanctions, reports Sputnik. “The United States will ruthlessly plunder Syria’s national assets while banning energy imports …

BEIJING – CanSino Biologics Inc. said it has received Chinese regulatory approval to begin human trials of a vaccine against the new coronavirus, another example of a potential disease weapon undergoing procedure accelerated for testing as the death toll rises and nations impose foreclosure on their citizens. The vaccine, co-developed …

KABUL – The US envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad welcomed the statement by Afghan Taliban in which the group denounced the Daesh terrorist group and vowed to stop any attempts by the terror group to recruit, fundraise or train inside Afghanistan. “I welcome the Taliban’s statement denouncing Daesh & …

BAGHDAD – The United States has carried out strikes on the facilities of the pro-Iranian militia Kata’ib Hezbollah in Iraq, the Pentagon announced on Thursday. “These strikes targeted five weapons storage facilities to significantly degrade their ability to carry out future attacks against coalition forces of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR),” …

KABUL – US Special Envoy on Afghan peace process Zalmay Khalilzad says his country is still trying to find a solution to the disagreements between Abdullah and Ghani. He warns that if disagreements between Ghani and Abdullah continues, the peace process may fail. Zalmay Khalilzad in an interview with Tolonews …

NEW YORK – The UN Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously passed a resolution in support of the US-Taliban agreement, signed last month in Doha. “The resolution demonstrates that the international community supports our approach to security for the world from Afghanistan,” US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted. The resolution supported peace, unity and sovereignty …

KABUL – The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC), referring to the Afghan government’s planned release of Taliban prisoners as a “confidence-building measure” ahead of intra-Afghan talks, said those Taliban inmates who are accused of being involved in war crimes or crimes against humanity should not be released from the …