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Taliban do not represent Pashtoons: Bushra Gohar

By Mansoor Faizy KABUL: A female Pashtoon politician says that the Taliban “are not the representatives of Pashtoons” According to her Taliban are an anti Pashtoon project with the purpose of destroying the Pashtoon identity, culture, lives and livelihoods on both sides of the Durand Line. In an interview with …

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Kabul extols Khalilzad’s fresh Afghan peace efforts

AT News Report KABUL: The government welcomes new efforts by the US envoy for peace, Zalmay Khalilzad in recent overseas trips to discuss peace negotiations. Khalilzad was in Belgium on Monday where he met NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg to discuss Afghan peace talks after the US president called off negotiations …

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Spy operative killed in Nangarhar

AT News Report KABUL: Unknown gunmen have shot dead an intelligence operative on Tuesday morning in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident happened in the Bibi Hawa High School area of the city at around …

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Daesh leader forsakes violence in Nangarhar

AT News Report KABUL: A senior leader of the Islamic State, which is also known as Daesh terrorist group, have renounced violence by surrendering him to the Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province. According to a statement released by provincial government, Fraidoon alias Neman Al-Bajuri surrendered to the Afghan …

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3rd polio positive case registered in Kandahar

AT News Report KABUL: Another new polio case, making third this year has emerged in southern Kandahar province, an official said on Tuesday. Senior Health Official Dr. Abdul Shakour Nasrat told Pajhwok Afghan News the fresh positive polio case had surfaced in Rambasi village of Dand district. He said it …

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At least 16 police killed in Kunduz clashes

AT News Report KABUL: Local officials in northern Kunduz province said Tuesday that over 16 public uprising forces after Taliban insurgents attacked their security check points in Ali Abad district of the province. Provincial Police Chief, Abdul Rashid Basheer has confirmed the incident, saying that the clashes took place in …

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IEC confirms NTC’s hallway’s locker broken

AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission has confirmed the breaking lockers of the National Tally Center’s hallway, but emphasized that the lockers of the biometric data room have remained untouched. The Stability and Partnership electoral team, led by Chief Executive Abduallah Abdullah has earlier claimed that some people …

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Aggressive military campaign against Taliban will continue until peace prevails: Pentagon Chief

AT News Report KABUL: US Defense Secretary, Mark Esper has said that aggressive military campaign against the Taliban group will continue until peace to be prevailed in Afghanistan through a negotiated political settlement while protecting achievements of the past 18 years.  Esper said this in a press conference on Monday …

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6,500 civilians killed, injured in past six months

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission says that 6,500 civilians were killed and injured in the past six months of Afghan year (March to September) in Afghanistan. The commission on Monday released its new report, which says that 1,611 people were killed and 4,876 more wounded …

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Climate change affects Afghanistan

AT News Report KABUL: The National Environment Protection Bureau (NEPB) has accused the government of weak management regarding most important issues of climate changes in Afghanistan, saying that the region has been seriously affected. “Because of weak management of the government, the developed countries have not invested in the climate …

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