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Trump campaigner among dead in Intercontinental Hotel attack: Reports

AT News Report-KABUL: A member of the US president, Donald Trump electoral campaign was among the people killed in the Taliban’s attack on the Intercontinental Hotel, according to reports. In the 15-hour long attack on the luxury hotel that began on the weekend, 25 people were killed, according to the …

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7 civilians killed in militants rocket attack in Ghazni

AT-KABUL: Seven civilians were killed and three more were injured after Taliban fighters fired rocket smashed a house in southern Ghazni province Friday morning, official sources told Afghanistan Times. The seven killed civilians are members of the same family and include a woman and six children. Another three minors from …

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Tragedy spurs Afghanistan to unprecedented heights

Naveen-ul-Haq, the Afghanistan Under-19 captain, has dedicated the team’s maiden entry into the World Cup semi-finals to the victims of the attacks that have rocked Jalalabad and Kabul over the last two days. The entire team wore black armbands to mourn those who lost their lives during the quarter-final against …

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Deadly incident foiled in Nangarhar

AT-KABUL: A bloody incident was thwarted in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of the  eastern Nangarhar. “Members of Taliban network, who planned to transfer weapons and ammunition to run terrorist attack in Jalalabad city arrested by intelligence operatives,” said Governor Spokesman for Nangarhar Ataullah Khogyanai. He said that the arrested …

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Editorial: Cowardly attack on charity organization

A group of armed men on Wednesday attacked the regional office of the Save the Children organization in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital for Nangarhar. The attack lasted for about 10 hours as the assailants were exchanging fire with the security forces. Five people including employees of the organization were …

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US to cut Taliban’s revenue streams: CIA Director

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Mike Pompeo has said meaningful action has to be taken against the financial resources of Taliban as the group has been generating funds from the drug trafficking and opium production. Addressing to the American Enterprise Institute, the CIA director said …

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Taliban, Daesh use crude oil as financial resources in Sar-e-Pul: Official

AT-KABUL: Taliban and Daesh terrorist groups extract crude oil from an oil well in the northern Sar-e-Pul province, using it as a financial source to fight the security forces, a provincial official said. Sar-e-Pul has several oil wells such as Angoot, Qashqari, and Tapa Zar, lying in the provincial capital …

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Ghani receives initial investigation report of attack on Continental Hotel  

AT-KABUL: The initial report of the Intercontinental hotel attack was delivered to President Ashraf Ghani, president’s spokesman said. A group of armed men stormed the landmark hotel in the weekend. The Taliban-claimed attack lasted for more than 14 hours in which, at least 22 people including 14 foreigners were killed …

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Editorial: Mumbai like Attack

The recent heinous act of terrorism on Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul that resulted in killing and injuring of Afghans and foreign guests has conducted by Pakistan-based terrorist groups that have long been harbored for bleeding Afghans and the US-led International coalition in the country. After the preliminary investigation, Pakistan-made explosive …

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Five killed, 26 wounded in Save the Children office attack

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least five people were killed and 26 others wounded on Wednesday in a coordinated attack on the office of ‘Save the Children’ in eastern Nangarhar province. “First a car bomber detonated the explosives in front of the Save the Children office in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar …

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