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AT News KABUL: At least 30 Taliban fighters have renounced insurgency by surrendering to the Afghan security forces in western Herat province, ministry of defense said on Sunday. The fighters had laid down their arms in Aostora and Jam villages in Chesht-e-Sharif district of the province.  According to the ministry …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemned an airstrike by the US troops against civilians in Badghis province that inflicted casualties on them. The strike was carried out in the Moqor district in which a number of civilians including women and children were killed and injured. Karzai urged …

AT News KABUL: Officials in the ministry of public health say that fortunately no case of the Coronavirus broken out in China and threatening people globally has been yet registered in Afghanistan. The officials said Saturday that they were fully prepared to prevent the virus. Medical team in Kabul International …

AT News KABUL: Fresh demands made by the United States have caused the peace deal with Taliban delayed, a Taliban spokesman said. Suhail Shahin, spokesman for militants’ political office in Qatar, said Saturday that they had indicated agreement to pave the ground for signing peace deal with the United States, …

AT News KABUL: An old man, who sees education as the only weapon to get the country rid of current miseries, has donated 20 hectares of land to a girls’ school in northern Sar-e-Pull province. His patriotic move has been appreciated by the ministry of education. Faizullah, a tribal elder …

AT News KABUL: Around 1,748 people in western Herat province has attempted to suicide in which women making its 80 percent – while 27 have lost their lives in the past year, health officials said on Saturday. Head of the provincial local hospital, Arif Jalali said, “Most of them have …

AT News KABUL: The US special envoy leading negotiations with the Taliban met President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul on Saturday, an official said, amid a push to reach an accord with the insurgents. US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad pointed to the status of quo of his meetings …

AT News KABUL: A new controversy has just arisen to President Ghani’s chagrin in the wake of patronage appointments and reshuffles in high-profile government positions with the incumbent president being accused of ethnic favoritism and his chief executive Abdullah ratcheting up a public feud with him over the contentious issue. …

AT News KABUL: Uncertainties dwarfing the high-stakes presidential elections will soon come to an end according to the latest pompous promises by the electoral complaints commission which vowed Saturday to resolve the long drawn-out disputes and wipe the slate clean about the controversial ballots and recounts as soon as this …

AT News KABUL: At least 34 Taliban militants have been killed and 11 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 Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …