In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s abrupt announcement to halt peace talks with the Taliban, the preparations for the upcoming September 28 presidential election – which were widely expected to be delayed under any US-Taliban deal – went on into full thrust. In addition to that, the presidential …
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AT News Report KABUL: At least 65 militants have been killed and 11 others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours, security official said Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration …
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KABUL: A U.S. airstrike killed a major ISIS recruiter in eastern Afghanistan. No other details are known, but this comes as ISIS, al Qaeda and the Taliban are all increasing their attacks in Afghanistan. The Taliban may have doubled down on their efforts to gain leverage over the U.S. in …
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AT News Report KABUL: At least 11 police officers were killed by their own comrades in Kandahar province, local officials confirmed. The incident took place Friday night when two officers took guns and opened fire at their colleagues at an outpost in Damani area of the southern province’s district of …
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Quite famous for his unpredictable and startling style of policy making on critical issues, the twitter obsessed President Trump called off the peace talks with Taliban after claiming that he was due to host Taliban and the Afghan president at camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, on Sunday, the …
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AT News Report KABUL: Resident of central areas ask the government to ensure security of the Kabul-Bamyan highway, warned that otherwise, the road linking Kabul to Kandahar would be closed and elections would face challenges in the central provinces. Representatives of the provinces of Wardak, Bamyan, Ghor and Daikundi, attended …
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The Afghan peace stakeholders should know better ground reality than seeking quick-fix solutions to the Afghan war and walking away from negotiations because dialogue makes things possible where abandoning it achieves nothing. The US President Donald Trump recently announced that negotiations with the Taliban – which had been ongoing for …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Russian Federation on Friday said it welcomed the statement by the Taliban group regarding the continuation of peace talks with the United States, which has called off the peace talks and scrapped a peace deal agreed upon with the group ‘in principle’. The country’s Foreign …
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AT News Report KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) says that its operatives with the cooperation of police forces, launched an operation on a Daesh stronghold in Kabul. The NDS said in a statement on Friday that Mohammad Hanif, an organizer of Daesh attacks was killed along with a …
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AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah has reportedly rejected an order by President Ashraf Ghani over probing allegations about corruption in the ministry of foreign affairs. Abdullah who is competing Ghani in the presidential elections, has said in an order that such investigation could be a kind of …
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