Press TV February 13, 2018 Afghan officials are conducting talks with the Taliban militant group following a recent wave of deadly bombings and terror attacks by the outfit that have left almost 200 people killed, a report says. “Afghanistan’s intelligence Chief Masoom Stanikzai and its National Security Chief Mohammed Hanif Atmar continue to each talk separately
Tolo News: A top member of Jamiat-e-Islami party, Ismail Khan, has called on the international community to stop funding the Afghan government saying it has failed to fix the deteriorating situation in the country and other issues of national interest. The statement comes just two days after acting foreign affairs minister Salahuddin Rabbani, who is
Tolo News: Afghanistan’s Jamiat-e-Islami Party on Tuesday said the party will announce its next move regarding the presidential palace’s rejection of one of its demands, which was for the removal of Hanif Atmar as chief of the national security council. The statement comes a day after acting foreign affairs minister Salahuddin Rabbani, who is also the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 19, 2017 Russia plans to host international talks on the conflict in Afghanistan on April 14, a high-ranking Afghan official said. Hanif Atmar, the Afghan president’s national security adviser, told RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan on March 18 that 12 countries, including the United States and the five Central Asian nations,
Khaama Press: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani conferred High State Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan Medal on National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar. President Ghani said [he] admired Atmar for his service, patriotism, and intelligence as the Afghan nation admires it. He also hailed Atmar for his services as the Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, specifically mentioning
Khaama Press: The National Security Adviser of Afghanistan Mohammad Hanif Atmar has said there is no hope Pakistan will help Afghanistan with the peace talks with the Taliban group. During an interview with Gandhara/RFERL, Atmar said “We have received messages from Pakistan as we have diplomatic relations. Our president has told them we have no hope that
VOA News Ayaz Gul August 15, 2016 ISLAMABAD — Local officials and foreign military commanders in Afghanistan have played down concerns Islamic State is expanding activities beyond its traditional strongholds in the east. They insist the recent killing of the local leader of IS in an American drone strike and gains by Afghan forces against the
Press TV August 6, 2016 Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says progress and security of Afghanistan are among the Islamic Republic’s core policies. In a meeting with Afghanistan’s National Security Advisor Mohammad Hanif Atmar in Tehran on Saturday, Zarif added that the Iranian and Afghan people enjoy cordial relations. “Afghanistan is a friend neighbor
VOA News Ayesha Tanzeem June 29, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s national security adviser has accused Pakistan, without directly naming the country, of providing financial and logistical support to Islamic State (IS) fighters in Afghanistan. Hanif Atmar told journalists Wednesday in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, that his country’s security forces this week arrested three IS
Press TV April 21, 2016 China says it wants to forge strong military ties with Afghanistan which is under a US-led occupation. Beijing is willing to “deepen counter-terrorism intelligence, joint drills, personnel training and other areas of practical cooperation,” China’s Defense Ministry said late on Wednesday. The remarks were made by Fang Fenghui, a member of the powerful