Amid a nascent peace parley, a dwindling US military pressure will cede valuable leverage over the militants, which could give them a good reason to refrain from staying at the negotiating table AT News KABUL: President Donald Trump of the United States in a surprising announcement said that all US troops …
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By M. Parwiz Arian KABUL-A veteran doctor, who was working in a government hospital in the capital city, has been abducted in Kabul city by unknown armed men, sources said Friday. Muhibullah Barakzai was working in the government-run Jamhoriat hospital of the Kabul city. He was in-charge of the emergency …
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By M. Parwiz Arian KABUL- A young woman has been shot dead by her husband in northwestern Faryab province of the country in an incident which is still under investigation, according to the officials. The unfortunate incident happened in the insecure Garziwan district of northwestern Faryab province of the country …
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By M. Parwiz Arian KABUL- Unknown armed militants have blown up a newly constructed school building by Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in southern Kandahar province of the country on Friday night, officials said. The newly constructed school building was destroyed in 2nd Camp area of Zerai district of southern Kandahar …
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AT News KABUL: Police in northeastern Takhar province have arrested three men after they got a 13-year-old girl drunk and raped her. Navidah, a pseudonym, is a 13-year-old girl from a village in Taloqan city. Takhar police spokesman Khalila Asir said the victim child was found in a bash party …
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AT News KABUL: Media outlets can play a highly important role in Afghanistan peace talks, helping disseminate information surrounding the negotiations and carving out a roadmap for them. Ministry of Information and Culture in an event emphasized on more roles for Afghan journalists in Doha talks, stressing that the media …
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AT News KABUL: A group of four unidentified gunmen attacked and vandalized a wedding house during a ceremony in Kalkan district of northern Kabul province, breaking the instruments of local singers and warning them not to sing anymore. Abdul Ghafoor Popalzai, Kalkan district governor of Kabul province, said the incident …
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AT News KABUL: A delegation sent to Parwan province to evaluate the food and non-food aid to the flood affected people say that the aid packages have not yet been distributed and are kept in bad condition. The delegation said Wednesday that hundreds of packs of foodstuff and other essentials …
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Paradox in the language of American officials is ruining prospects of peace talks for Afghanistan. The US special representative Zalmay Khalilzad in a brazen speech has said Afghanistan could become another Syria. His attempt was to warn the Afghan government about consequences of downplaying the Taliban in peace negotiations. That …
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AT News KABUL: Zahra Kazemi, 42, started handicrafts business 17 years ago in Bamyan, a mountainous province in the heart of Afghanistan. Ms. Kazemi now runs a small factory of handicrafts in the province, where 20 women directly and 400 others indirectly work. Ms. Kazemi says her business was very …
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