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AT News Report-KABUL: All five on board a military helicopter embraced martyrdom after the chopper crash landed in western Farah province on Friday night, said officials. An army helicopter en route from western Herat province made an emergency landing in a desert in Renj area of Khak-e Safid district in …

AT News Report-KABUL: Lawmakers on Saturday kept up their push for the Ghani administration to revise the Bilateral Security Agreement with the U.S. which they describe as a futile pact that failed to ensure security in Afghanistan. The BSA has exacerbated unrest, insecurity, and economic challenges and needs to be …

AT News Report-KABUL: The differences among senior officials in the Independent Election Commission are deepening as now they have problems over appointing regional and provincial employees. The head of the commission, commissioners and head of secretariat had previously problems over appointing of heads of provincial branches. The new problems and …

AT News Report-KABUL: The government denied a report that says it had signed contracts for extraction of mines in the insecure areas, but admitted that illegal extractions of mines were still challenges. Abdul WadirMotfi, spokesman of the ministry of mines and petroleum, said Saturday that “better systems” were established to …

By Basir Qazizada -KABUL: The High Peace Council called Taliban’s refusal over holding another round of talks with the US officials ‘not important’, saying Washington should seek solutions if it seriously wants to help peace in Afghanistan. Western media had earlier quoted some anonymous Taliban officials as saying that the …

A delegation of the Afghan High level Peace Council meets Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal to learn about the Nepali model of peace process, in Kathmandu, on Thursday, September 13, 2018. Photo: Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s secretariat AT Monitoring Desk A delegation of the Afghan High level Peace …

AT-KABUL: The state-run High Peace Council calls on the government’s opposition political parties to share their offers over the peace talks with the Taliban militants. It says that many efforts were made regarding the peace process at national and international levels, adding that political parties should share their schemes with …

AT-KABUL: Taliban unleashed devastating attacks in a district of central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday night, local officials confirmed, killing more than 10 policemen and overrunning the entire district. Maidan Wardak Governor’s Spokesperson Rahim Mangal said the Taliban waged an overnight intense assault on Daymirdad district, an attack that faced …

AT-KABUL: At least 20 people mostly civilians were killed and more than 70 wounded when two consecutive explosions rocked the west part of Kabul city on Wednesday evening, targeting a wrestling club. Interior Ministry Spokesman, Nusrat Rahimi, said that a suicide bomber blew himself up in a wrestling club in …

AT-KABUL: At least 123 militants were killed and 36 others wounded after several crackdowns on insurgent strongholds within the past days. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …