AT News KABUL: The Taliban have blocked the third road connecting Kandahar to the neighboring province of Uruzgan in the south, drivers and passengers say. The private transportation union said Sunday that Taliban warned them in a letter to avoid traveling along the Kandahar-Uruzgan road. Hajji Abdullah, a member of …
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Pakistani troops accompanying former president Karzai in chopper unhappy with Pashtoon slogan AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai says that Pashtoons living in two sides of the Durand Line would never split even as the situation terrifies them. In a Kabul meeting with Pashtoon writers and poets, Karzai said …
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AT News KABUL: Former Commander of the Afghan National Civil Order Police, Gen. Zemarai Paikan was detained by the security forces on conviction of corruption. According to the ministry of interior, Gen Paikan, who was running away from the security forces for almost three years, was detained on Saturday night …
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AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has welcomed Pakistan’s surprised-decision to impose sanctions on the Taliban leaders, saying that Islamabad should have taken such steps long time ago to help out terrorism campaign in the region. The Pakistani foreign ministry said that it would implement the 2,255 code resolution …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces arrested a Taliban commander during an operation carried out in Shakardara district of Kabul on Saturday night, ministry of defense said on Sunday. According to the ministry’s statement, the Taliban commander was arrested in Boyazar area of Shakardara district. The detained rebel identified …
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AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai said it is regrettable that a number of girls were prevented from University Entrance Exams in Nusaye district of northern Badakhshan province. Karzai considered development, self-sufficiency and prosperity of Afghanistan as utterly dependent on the capable arms and enthusiastic and energized youths who …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran’s Special Envoy on Afghanistan Mohammad Ebrahim Taherian Fard voiced concern about increased insecurities in Afghanistan, after the Saturday blasts in Kabul, stressing Tehran’s readiness to help the country in holding intra-Afghan talks, FNA has reported on Sunday. “Establishment of peace and stability not only is …
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In a recent move, Pakistan has issued sweeping curbs against the Taliban’s key figures, including the insurgent group’s chief peace negotiator Abdul Ghani Baradar and several members of the notorious Haqqani family. The sanctions come as Pakistan is struggling to crawl its way out of being on the Financial Action …
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As a close neighbor and sincere friend of Afghanistan, China is probably more keen than any other country to see peace and stability in Afghanistan, says Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Dialogue and negotiation are the only way out for Afghanistan issue, Chinese State Councilor and …
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AT News KABUL: With 46 new infections in the past 24 hours, now Afghanistan officially has 37,999 coronavirus cases, the Ministry of Public Health said on Sunday. Out of 281 suspected samples, 46 were reported positive—15 cases were recorded in Herat, 11 in Balkh, five in Farah, three in Takhar, …
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