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AT News KABUL: Eleventh round of Taliban-US negotiations have been propounded by a plethora of speculations about whether an imminent deal between the warring sides will honour a cessation of fighting or its reduction – as there are mixed sets of opinions about both scenarios. An Associated Press report has …

AT News KABUL: A severe cold snap killed five people in southeastern Logar province, officials said on Monday, as heavy snowfall and rain continued to lash parts of the country. Provincial governor’s spokesman, Deedar Lawang said the incident took place in Pull-e-Alam, the provincial capital city. “A delegation has been …

AT News KABUL: Six students have been died and eight others wounded after a roof of a Madrasa has fallen down in southern Kandahar province, local official said Monday. The Madrasa is located in PD 12th of the Kandahar’s capital city. Provincial Education Department’s Spokesman, Nazar Mohammad Samimi said, “The …

AT News KABUL: Four members of a family were hacked to death in Kabul, the provincial capital city by unknown gunmen on Sunday night, indicating a devastation rise in the urban crimes. A mother with her three children aged between 7 and 14 years old, were killed by an ax …

AT News KABUL: The US officials are consulting on a plan offered by Taliban in which the insurgents have vowed to reduce violence in big cities of Afghanistan, despite rejecting US ceasefire demand, said Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, ambassador to Pakistan in Taliban’s government. Meanwhile, the government of Afghanistan emphasizes …

AT News KABUL: While there is efforts to mend the ties between Kabul and Islamabad that have already been in sever tensions at status-quo, the Pakistani government added to that strain by putting fresh restriction on Afghanistan’s transit trucks and exporting goods. Jan Aqa Navid, spokesman for the ministry of …

Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai urges India to treat all minorities including Muslims equally. India should treat all Afghans equally, former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said, taking exception to the stipulation in the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, that only Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis from that country …

AT News KABAUL: At least three Taliban militants, who gunned downed six members of a family in Andkhoy district of northern Faryab province, have been shot dead by the Afghan security forces, local officials confirmed on Monday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Abdul Karim Yorush said the militants have been killed in …

A watchdog has alleged that the government has perpetrated almost half of the violence against journalists in 2019 – including intimidation, beating and temporary detentions – while utterly flying in the face of the establishment’s stern claims about protecting journalists. The findings of a media advocacy group named Journalists’ Safety …

AT News KABUL: At least 18 Taliban militants have been killed and six others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Monday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …