AT News KABUL: A key Taliban commander along with his three fighters has been killed and two others wounded, after Afghan security forces conducted an operation in northern Takhar province, official said Monday. Taliban Qari Faiz and three of his fighters were killed and two others wounded during joint Afghan …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Monday five people had been sentenced to death and three more to jail terms totalling 24 years over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October last year. Khashoggi was a U.S. resident and critic of Saudi …
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By Khushnood Nabizada The Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan announced the preliminary election results on Sunday, wherein, President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani secured 50.64%, his main rival Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah got 39.52% and the other candidates only received 9.84% of the votes. Soon after the results announced, the ‘Stability …
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AT News KABUL: Five shops have been shutdown in Jalalabad, the capital provincial city of eastern Nangarhar province, as the shoppers still used Pakistan rupees in their daily business. The development made after foreign currency, especially Pakistani rupees, has been utterly banned in the province and across the country. These …
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AT NewsKABUL: India on Monday has welcomed the preliminary results of the Afghan presidential election that was held on September 28th. A statement from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the complaints regarding discrepancies in counting should be addressed through legal processes. “We welcome the announcement of the …
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AT News KABUL: Some sources said that the Taliban delegation comprised of three members, led by Moulawi Shuhabuddin Dilawar has left Doha political office for Islamabad to discuss the US demands of a short term ceasefire with the group’s leadership in Pakistan. These sources furthered that some progresses have been …
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AT News KABUL: A senior member of the Hezb-e-Islami party led by jihadi leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was released from US custody after being held for 18 years in the Guantanamo Detention Camp. The party confirmed Sunday that Maulavi Hamdollah Tarakhil was released from Guantanamo detention camp after 18 years. Tarakhil …
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AT News KABUL: The provincial council members and civil society activists of the northeastern Badakhshan provinces on Sunday voiced concern over the dramatically surging revenues of the Taliban from the provincial gold mines, saying the rebels’ earned $50,000 on a daily basis. Saifuddin Sais, the provincial civil society head, alleged …
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The much-awaited preliminary results from the presidential ballot have been finally announced, nearly three months after the Election Day. The long delay in announcing the election result had not only disheartened the Afghan masses but had also affected many spheres of life. People had lost faith in the Independent Election …
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AT News KABUL: The US and Taliban peace negotiations stopped temporarily on December 12th, is to remain postponed until the New Year, sources familiar with the talks said Sunday, but did not provide details for exact date. The US chief negotiator Zalmay Khalilzad is reportedly back in Washington for the …
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