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Saudi Arabia beheads 37 for terrorism related crimes

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded 37 Saudi citizens in a mass execution across the country over what it said was terrorism-related crimes, according to a media report on Wednesday The executions were carried out in Riyadh, Makkah, Madinah, the Eastern Province, Qassim and Asir, the Saudi …

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Europe-US envoys support peace in Afghanistan

AT News Report KABUL: The United Kingdom has hosted a meeting of Special Envoys from Europe and the US in support of peace in Afghanistan, where Afghan acting finance minister Mohammad Qayoumi who briefed them on the Afghan government’s economic program. Gareth Bayley, the UK’s Prime Minister’s Special Representative for …

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Kabul, Moscow relations growing

AT News Report KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Idrees Zaman met with the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Kabul, Mr. Alexander Mantetsky, where they discussed and exchanged views on the growing relations between the two countries, Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. “Joint counter-narcotics efforts, Consultative Loya …

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India hails ANDSF heroism

AT News Report KABUL: India has donated 100 wheelchairs, in a ceremony that took place at Ministry of Defense headquarter, to the disables personnel of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) who have sacrificed and lost their body parts defending their country against terrorism. In this ceremony acting Defense …

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Pompeo pushes for Doha talks

He says a comprehensive peace agreement would end the suffering and destruction in Afghanistan  AT News Report KABUL: US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo spoke on April 20 with President Ashraf Ghani, where he condemned the Taliban’s recent announcement of a spring offensive and underscored the United States’ solidarity …

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Iran, Pakistan back political settlement in Afghanistan

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Peace in Afghanistan is in the favor of Iran and Pakistan, said Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is in Iran for bilateral talks, in a joint press conference with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Moreover, he said that the two countries are ready to help efforts …

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Afghans strongly condemn Sri Lanka terrorist attacks: 207 killed, over 450 injured

AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and other Afghan leaders on Sunday strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka, in which hundreds of people were killed and wounded.  Officials in Sri Lanka said that 207 people were killed, 450 others wounded as explosions hit four hotels and three churches …

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Russia claims of Daesh shifting from Syria to Afghanistan

AT News Report KABUL: Russian officials allege that fighters loyal to Daesh terrorist network were shifted to Afghanistan after being defeated in Syria. Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoygu, said Friday that a Russian military contingent needed to be deployed in Tajikistan near the border with Afghanistan to prevent the infiltration …

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Three NDS officers killed while defusing bomb in Herat

AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) said its three spy officers were killed as they were trying to defuse an IED embedded to a vehicle. Three officers from Herat’s Directorate of National Security (NDS) lost their lives in the explosion, NDS confirmed in a statement on …

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Imran Khan hints at establishing cancer hospital in Afghanistan

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said he will ask the management of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital to establish cancer hospital in Afghanistan. Addressing a rally in Orakzai, Imran said he visited the hospital today in Peshawar where he met two cancer patients from Mazar-e-Sharif …

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