AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani promised to investigate the case of a parliamentarian murder, blaming the act as “the work of Afghanistan’s enemies”. Obaidullah Barakzai, a representative from southern Uruzgan was shot dead by unknown armed men on Saturday in the adjacent province of Kandahar. Nobody has yet …
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AT News Reports KABUL: At least five civilians were killed in an operation conducted by the army’s Special Forces unit Saturday night in the Behsood district of eastern Nangarhar province, local residents said. Residents in Behsood also said that security forces captured five civilians during the operation. Provincial officials confirmed …
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Terrorists targeted the farmers gathering at Lashkargah and targeted well respectable elder and Council member at Urazgan on Saturday. Whereas two days ago, the new year, Nawruz Day celebrations marred at Kabul and several other parts of the country. Over one dozen innocents, helpless and peace loving citizens have embraced …
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AT News Report KABUL: The second USAID Forward Together: Women in Business regional trade fair ended this week in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh Province. The three-day event (March 21-23) coincided with this year’s observance of Nowruz. USAID supports these annual regional trade shows to showcase products and services of Afghan women-owned companies …
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AT News Report KABUL: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has strongly condemned the attack carried out Saturday during celebrations around Nowruz in the southern town of Lashkar Gah, Helmand province. Initial findings indicate that at least three civilians were killed and dozens were injured in an attack that deliberately targeted local …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the twin bombing that took place on Saturday at an agricultural exhibition in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province. The blasts killed at least four civilians, including a senior government official, and wounded more than 30 farmers and their families, …
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AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai says he welcomes a quadrilateral meeting held in Washington with delegations from the United States, Russia, China and the European Union. “I welcome the meeting in Washington of the representatives of US, Russia, China and European Union on Afghanistan,” Karzai said on …
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AT News Report KABUL: A Pashtoon leader urges that achievements gained by Afghan people and government in the past 18 years, should be fully protected during the peace negotiations. Leader of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awamai Party (PMAP) Mahmood Khan Achakzai told BBC Pashto that a nation who has fought for 40 …
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AT News Report KABUL: School students in Kabul city complain that they don’t have access to enough textbooks, saying that they had to buy books from private book stores to continue their lessons. “My name is Shamla, I am in the second grade at school. At the first grade I …
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AT News Report KABUL: Some presidential candidates including Abdullah Abdullah said on Saturday that the delaying in presidential elections was authority of the Independent Election Commission and the government did not intervened. President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday in Mazar-e-Sharif city, provincial capital of Balkh the New Year would …
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