AT News KABUL: Hundreds of residents of northern Faryab province has stood up against the Taliban rebels and had overrun their checkpoints in Shirin-Tagab district of the province. Shirin-Tagab District Governor, Zainullah Zaki said that the residents have seized weapons and ammunition and besieged a big sanctuary of Taliban in …
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Abdullah Abdullah who challenged legitimacy of president Ghani for months will – according to the agreement – undertake leadership of the High Council of National Reconciliation, with an active presence in the cabinet. AT News KABUL: Finally the warring Afghan leaders—President Ashraf Ghani and his estranged ally Abdullah Abdullah—signed on …
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AT News KABUL: A member of the Afghan National Army was killed and another wounded after unidentified gunmen attacked their vehicle in Kabul, the capital city on Sunday, interior ministry said. The shooting rampage had occurred in PD12 of the city when the unknown gunmen turned weapons against them, according …
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AT News KABUL: The National Security Council accuses Taliban militants for killing civilians, saying the insurgents killed 79 innocent people only in the past one week. Javed Faisal, the council’s spokesman said Saturday that another 218 civilians were injured in the attacks carried out by Taliban in 21 provinces. He …
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AT News KABUL: Local Officials in eastern Nangarhar said that Pakistan reopened the Turkham gate against the Afghan migrants stuck on the other side on the Durand-Line. Ataullah Khogianai, provincial governor’s spokesman said that around 5,000 Afghan migrants would be crossing the gate. The gate would be one-way open till …
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AT News KABUL: Finally the warring Afghan leaders—President Ashraf Ghani and his estranged ally Abdullah Abdullah— have agreed to sign a political agreement that will set the motion for a power-sharing or coalition government after months of dispute and marathon mediation bids. The negotiations between the two leaders are finally …
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AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Saturday said it has recorded 349 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 6,402 in Afghanistan. Health Ministry said that out of 1,113 samples, 349 were tested positive within this period. 126 cases were recorded …
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AT News KABUL: Intensifying of war by the government and armed opposition groups only claim the lives of civilian Afghans, say political and military analysts, who warn that the intensive war causes increase in civilian casualties. President Ghani ordered army to change the war style by adopting offensive position against …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai urged for an immediate stop of the current war and other acts that cause the deepening of differences among the people of the country. “As the history witnesses, no nation has got felicity through war, but the war has brought them pain, misery …
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AT News KABUL: After waves of reaction to the two recent deadly attacks on a maternity hospital and at a funeral in Afghanistan, the Taliban, who denied their involvement in the attacks, called for an impartial probing into the incidents. The militant said in a statement that attacks on the …
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