AT News KABUL: With 45 newly infected in the past 24 hours, now Afghanistan has 37,551 confirmed coronavirus cases, the Ministry of Public Health said on Saturday. Out of 105 suspected samples, 45 were reported positive—35 positive cases were registered in Herat, eight in Ghor and one case each in …
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AT News KABUL: The dead bodies of two young girls were found in central Parwan province, local officials said on Saturday. Provincial Governor’s Spokesman, Wahida Shahkar said these bodies were found Friday night in Toghbirdi area of capital city, Chairkar. “One of the girls is 16 and another one is …
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AT News KABUL: Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah met on Saturday with government peace negotiation team, and assured them of the government’s strong support in the talks with the Taliban. He instructed the negotiation team to engage into the negotiation with a single prospective and …
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AT News KABUL: Former Member of Parliament, prominent women’s rights advocate and current member of Afghan peace team tasked to carry negotiation with the Taliban, Fawzia Koofi has sustained injures after unknown armed men attacked her vehicle on Kabul-Parwan highway on Friday evening. Chief of Negotiation Team, Mohammad Masoom Stanikzai …
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AT News KABUL: Afghan journalists and media supporting bodies call on the government and Taliban to not censor the upcoming peace talks and hold negotiations openly. The first round of government-Taliban negotiations is expected to be held in a few days in Qatar after the 400 imprisoned insurgents are released …
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AT News KABUL: The government says it has released 80 Taliban’s “dangerous” prisoners as the first step to release all 400 inmates the Loya Jirga over the weekend agreed to be freed. Taliban had earlier threatened to resume attacks on government institutions if all of their 5,000 prisoners agreed in …
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AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said it was investigating a video that went viral on social media that showed men in the Afghan National Army (ANA) uniform mutilating bodies that appear to be Taliban fighters. A statement from the ministry said it was “seriously investigating this issue …
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Former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) senior member and spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan in his new remarks revealed he was assigned and asked by Pakistani military in recent years to assassinate Pashtun intellectuals and elites, including political leaders, as part of a State-run strategy emplaced now for years against Pashtun people in tribal …
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Afghanistan, a country that has been in war for many years, is now in a critical situation – reconciliation process with the Taliban – a possible pullout of foreign troops from Afghanistan – the role of regional countries, especially the neighbors in the peace quest – coronavirus pandemic and etc…are …
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AT News KABUL: Diplomatic sources in the government of Afghanistan say that the government of Qatar, where the first round of peace negotiations is expected to be held between Ghani administration and Taliban, wants to curb the rights of the talks coverage only for Qatari media and other outlets would …
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