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Four Romanian soldiers wounded in Afghanistan IED blast

AT News Report KABUL: Four Romanian soldiers were wounded Saturday morning in Afghanistan after the insurgents detonated an improvised explosive device. The soldiers were in mission in Kandahar province and were further attacked with infantry weapons. The attack took place Saturday morning in Kandahar Province when several MRAP vehicles (Mine …

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MoTIT to likely block Facebook in Afghanistan

AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology (MoTIT) on Saturday warned blockage of Facebook within next six months, unless the rule and regulations to be applied. Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology Shahzad Aryobi in a press briefing on Saturday spoke about impunity of social media, particularly …

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New police chief appointed for Balkh

AT News Reports KABUL: Government officials in northern Balkh province says that Gen. Mohammad Ajmal Fayiz has been appointed as new police chief, replacing Gen. Abdul Raqib Mubariz, who was appointed to the post in mid-March. During appointing Mubariz as Balkh’s police chief, there were strong criticism and resistant by …

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Editorial: Peace efforts under cloud of continuing war

Taliban on Friday announced their spring offensive, a move that begins every year after the three-month break due to winter. The offensive this year called as al-Fath (victory) is almost different from the previous ones as the insurgents are running peace negotiations with the United States, a process that started …

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Taliban bans ICRC, WHO relief work in Afghanistan

AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban insurgents said it has temporarily stopped the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) from carrying out relief work in the areas it controls in Afghanistan and it has revoked security guarantees for their staffers, VoA reported Friday. …

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Taliban, Daesh set ablaze each other’s’ houses

AT News Report KABUL: Taliban militants and the fighters loyal to the Daesh terrorist group who are engaged in bloody clashes in the eastern province of Kunar, have reportedly set each others’ houses. Clashes between the two anti-government armed groups that began last week in the province’s district of Chapa …

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Govt. up to its favorite peace: Ismail Khan

AT News Report KABUL: A former jihadi commander believes that the government was trying to curb the ongoing peace efforts, saying that Ghani administration seeks “its favorite peace”. Ismail Khan who has served as minister of energy and water in Karzai government, said Friday that the government makes efforts to …

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Govt. attempts to delay intra-Afghan talks

Sabotaging success of Doha peace talks is a “betrayal” to the Afghan nation AT News Report KABUL: In recent weeks, a political disaster of epic proportions has befallen upon Afghan officials in the Presidential Palace over appointing a team to sit for talks with Taliban members under umbrella of “national …

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“Taliban would never reach its vicious goals”

AT News Report KABUL: The government downplays new spring offensive announced by Taliban as “mere propaganda”, saying that the militants would never their “vicious goals”. The insurgents announced their spring offensive on Friday named al-Fath. The defense ministry said in reaction that the militants try to give false morale to …

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Govt.’s meddling causes postponement of Doha peace talks

“A national delegation will travel to Doha to lead talks with Taliban” AT News Report KABUL: The intra-Afghan meeting expected to be held on Sunday in the Qatari capital, Doha has been postponed for five days, according to sources in the government as well as reports. The meeting is said …

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