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AT News Report KABUL: People in the tribal area of Waziristan have cut barbed-wire drawn by Pakistani army along the Durand Line which Islamabad recognizes as official border line with Afghanistan. People in Waziristan say that only they and other Pashtoons living on the two sides of the line have …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghanistan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ATRA), a government agency supervising telecommunication services, has ordered the private telecommunication companies to correct their activities and provide high-quality call and internet services to the people, otherwise, it says would penalize them. Officials at the authority said that in a …

AT News Reports KABUL: The spring have come out with a new war season for the insurgents after they intensified subversive and terroristic activities on military conveys, checkpoints and bases across the country.    Badakhshan, Kunduz, Helmand, Ghazni, Kunar, Paktika, Badghis, Farah and Faryab are provinces that have been stuck in …

AT News Report KABUL: Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation has arrived in Kabul on Saturday. A source privy to the government of Afghanistan said Khalilzad is visiting Kabul aimed to negotiate with Afghan leaders over ongoing peace efforts. However, the source who suggested anonymous, did not further …

AT News Report KABUL: At least four police officers embraced martyrdom after the Taliban insurgents attacked their checkpoint in southern Zabul province on Friday night, officials confirmed Saturday. “A group of armed Taliban insurgents assaulted police checkpoint in Shahr-e-Safa district of Zabul, where intense clash between police officers and the …

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 19 Taliban fighters during preemptive operation in southern Helmand province on Friday night, said security officials on Saturday. Ministry of Defense said that the Army Commando conducted a preemptive crackdown against enemy and targeted their hideouts in Mirmando …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 1,153 drug traffickers had been detained in the past one year, said    Court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Saturday, where the smugglers detained in various crackdowns in different parts of the country. 1,153 smugglers were apprehended on the charge of 810 …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 25 militants have been killed and 21 others received injures in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country within past 24 hours, security officials said Saturday. The Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Academy Award-winning actress and refugee activist Angelina Jolie pushed for the inclusion of women in peace talks to end the conflict in Afghanistan during an address to ministers and diplomats at the United Nations on Friday.   Peace talks between US and Taliban officials began late …

AT News Report KABUL: At least nine police officers were killed in a Taliban attack on their checkpoint in Ghazni province, officials said. Members of provincial council said Friday that the attack was carried out Thursday night in the Ghazni city, the provincial capital, with some of them alleging that …