AT News KABUL: At least 32 drug runners were sentenced to years behind bars in the past one week after they were found guilty of drug trafficking. A statement by courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said Tuesday that 32 drug traffickers sentenced to two-20 years’ incarceration after examining …
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AT News KABUL: At least 31 Taliban militants have been killed and 17 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 Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
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AT News KABUL: Ammunition cache belonging to the Taliban group have been discovered and confiscated in southern Kandahar province. Ministry of Interior in a statement said that a cache of ammunition and explosives of the Taliban were seized by General Command of Police Special Units (GCPSU). The cache was seized …
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AT News KABUL: The lawmakers on Monday approved the children protection law. They had received the law draft two years ago, but they failed to approve because they couldn’t agree on some conflicting articles. The children protection law has 16 chapters and 108 articles. Children’s legal age is one of …
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AT News KABUL: Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan, Mitsuji Suzuka, on Monday vowed to complete the projects left half-done in Afghanistan by the slain Dr. Nakamura. According to reports, the Japanese aid worker, Dr. Nakamura, have been serving the people of Afghanistan for nearly 30 years, initially in medical sphere but …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Stating that the presence of foreign forces has never brought stability in the region, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that there is no military solution in Afghanistan. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday delivered a speech at the 8th Ministerial Conference of …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says that he sees “no need for preconditions” to negotiations with Taliban. Ghani who was speaking at the 8th Heart of Asia Ministerial Conference in Turkey on Monday, said that his seven-article peace plan includes suggestions of Afghan people as well as international community. …
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While Afghanistan is still among the 10 countries most affected by corruption in the world, second vice-president Sarwar Danish has acknowledged the Afghan government hasn’t been completely successful in fighting graft in the country. Marking the International Anti-Corruption Day, which is observed annually on 9th December, he admitted the government …
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AT News KABUL: Nangarhari women and civil rights activists have staged marches on the streets of the provincial capital city, Jalalabad, where they protested the intensification of insecurity and instability in the province. The activists have called for resignation of provincial security officials, saying that realted officials have been failed …
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AT News KABUL: Some key members of the Hezb-e-Islami led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar have split up from the party. State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Farooq Wardak, Qazi Amin Waqad, Joma Khan Hamdard, Abdul Rauof Ibrahimi, Akbar Barakzai, Maulavi Sarfaraz, Mozaffaruddin Yamin and some other members of the leadership council have …
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