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KABUL – Nominated US envoy to Islamabad William Todd told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday that Pakistan has a growing role to play in making Afghan peace possible. He also said that cooperation between the two countries was essential for bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan. He said, …

KABUL – Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad testified before the US House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security about the Trump administration’s Afghanistan policy on Tuesday and said that the US will protect its interests in all circumstances in Afghanistan and that the Afghan people will suffer …

KABUL – Afghan government representatives flew out for Doha on Friday afternoon ahead of long-awaited peace negotiations with the Taliban scheduled to begin on Saturday, Afghan officials said. Meanwhile, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo welcomed the impending “historic” peace talks while himself on his way to Doha for …

KABUL – The Afghan government on Wednesday rejected the Taliban claim that nearly 100 members of the group’s detainees–who were on the list of 5,000–had not been released by the government. The Afghan government has said that all Taliban prisoners on the list have been released. Nevertheless, the Taliban have …

KABUL – The United States and the United Kingdom have called for intra-Afghan peace talks to begin ‘without delay’. US National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien has said that he had a phone call with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Monday to discuss the need for intra-Afghan talks to start without …

KABUL – US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad called on the Afghan government and the Taliban to immediately start intra-Afghan negotiations. In a series of tweets, Khalilzad said: “there is no legitimate reason for delay.” Condemning the Wednesday’s attacks in Kabul that claimed the lives of two civilians, …

KABUL – President Ashraf Ghani in a message to security forces broadcast on government TV on Thursday morning said that “all barriers and excuses have been removed” ahead of the intra-Afghan talks. He also urged the Taliban to reduce violence and to be a part of the peace process, saying: …

NEW YORK – China and Russia are likely to veto a US effort to extend a United Nations arms embargo against Iran, before it expires in October, according to the United States Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft. Although the United States circulated a resolution to Security Council members last …

KABUL – The Afghan-born US citizen who was arrested by the Los Angeles police last Wednesday in connection to scamming an Afghan-based bank was not eligible for taking a loan, bank’s US branch head said. Hekmat Foushanji, the head of the Afghan-American trading company based in the US told in …

KABUL – The US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad tweeted on Thursday morning that the last 24 hours have been “very violent” with “many losing their lives.” Khalilzad condemned the Afghan airstrike in Herat, saying photos and eyewitness accounts suggest “many civilians including children” were killed. “The Afghan people want an …