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Former President Hamid Karzai’s message on Independence Day AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai issued a message on the 101st Independence Day. The message reads: Dear fellow Afghans, brothers and sisters! I would like to congratulate the 101st Independence Day of our homeland to all proud men and women …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan government has suspended the Taliban prisoner release process. The government says it has released some 6,000 Taliban prisoners so far, but the group has not fulfilled its commitments. Apparently, the key reason for the suspension is that the Taliban did not release government hostages held …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan health ministry on Tuesday said that 43 new covid-19 patients were registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally of virus to 37,719 across the country since the outbreak of the virus started nearly six months ago. Four patients have lost their lives …

AT News KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) has announced the killing of Abdullah Orakzai, the chief justice of Islamic State (IS), known as Daesh terrorist group in an operation. Orakzai was leading battles in Nazyan and Achin districts of Nangarhar province, NDS said in a statement on Tuesday. However, …

AT News KABUL: Afghan security and defense forces began the second military maneuver along the zero-point in Durand Line near to Pakistan in a week, this time in the southern areas. Officials in Kandahar province, where the drills are going on, said that it is launched in the Spin Boldak …

AT News KABUL: President Ghani’s office claims that Taliban insurgents enjoy support from no tribes or ethnicities, so they cannot represent any tribe. The statement comes in reaction to a Taliban allegation that the upcoming peace talks would not be a meeting between Afghan government and the militants, but it …

AT News KABUL: Ranchmen in the eastern province of Nangarhar killed a leopard by poison, provincial officials confirmed. The incident took place in the Dara-e-Parang of the Durbaba district, provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said on Sunday. He said that the ranchmen killed the leopard after it killed some of their …

AT News KABUL: The high council for national reconciliation, a government-run body responsible for peace efforts, says that some foreign states are not happy with the release of 400 Taliban prisoners from government custody. President Ghani issued an order to release all the 400 inmates the Loya Jirga called to …

AT News KABUL: The government of France has called on the government of Afghanistan not to release those Taliban prisoners who killed French citizens in Afghanistan during the 19 years of ongoing war. The interior ministry of France said that the murders of the France citizens were among the list …

AT News KABUL: With 48 newly infected in the past 24 hours, now Afghanistan has 37,599 confirmed coronavirus cases, the Ministry of Public Health said on Sunday. Out of 468 suspected samples, 48 were reported positive – 15 positive cases registered in Ghor, five in Takhar, five in Kunduz, five …