AT News KABUL: The U.S. embassy has condemned the Taliban’s violent new offensive against Afghan cities in the wake of the militants’ seizure of several cities in recent days. The Taliban recently took control of several cities including Zaranj, the capital of Nimroz province, Sheberghan, capital of Jawzjan on Saturday, …
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Situation in Afghanistan is becoming much grimmer with each passing day. Taliban has been intensified assaults and continue to seize more territory and the Afghan security forces are trying to hold them back. The offensive heightened after the announcement of foreign troops withdrawal for September. Indeed, the US messed up …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have purportedly abducted two policewomen in Ghazni province, a security source said on Sunday. The source, talking on condition of anonymity, told -Itlat-e-Rooz that Taliban have abducted the two policewomen in Sai Ganj area in the PD 1 of Ghazni capital city. According to …
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AT News KABUL: India calls for end of violence in Afghanistan and believes that ensuring the rights of all ethnic and religious groups could help a longtime ceasefire that would result in a lasting peace in the war-hit country. Indian Ambassador to the United Nations, T.S. Tirumurti, said Sunday that …
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AT News KABUL: Provincial Council Director of northwestern Jawzjan province surrendered to the Taliban alongside his 20-fighters, sources said. A member of the provincial council, Mavllawi Abdulhai Hayat confirmed the surrender of Babur Ishchi to the Taliban. “The contacts, I have made with some friends in the national directorate of …
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AT News KABUL: Local officials in Kandahar province say all civilian flights have been suspended following Taliban rocket attacks on parts of the airport. Massoud Ahmad Pashtun, director of Ahmad Shah Abdali Airport, said on Sunday that the Taliban had fired several rockets at parts of the airport in the …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an attack that killed and wounded civilians in Paktia province. 14 civilians including women and children were killed by a roadside bomb in the Sayed Karam district on Sunday. In a statement issued by Karzai’s office, the former president was quoted …
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AT News KABUL: Afghan troops have launched crackdown operations against the Taliban across the country, killing at least 572 militants, officials said on Sunday. According to a statement of the Defense Ministry, 572 militants were killed and 309 others were wounded in the past 24 hours of major operations carried …
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AT News KABUL: Following week-long fighting between Afghan security forces, pro-government forces and the Taliban in western Herat province, scholars and clerics are calling for ceasefire in the province. Head of western zone Ulema Council, Mawlawi Khodadad Saleh, in presence of tens of scholars asked the government and the Taliban …
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AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan wants the international community to look at and pressure the main centers of Taliban outside Afghan borders inside the Pakistani soil. Gholam Mohammad Ishaaqzai, Afghanistan’s newly-appointed ambassador to the United Nations, said Sunday that the UN and the Security Council need to declare …
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