AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned terrorist attack on a religious scholar Maulavi Ainullah Khaliani. Khaliani was killed in a bombing Saturday in the Chah Aab district of Takhar province in the northeast. In statement, Karzai called the target killings especially killing of clerics as a clear …
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AT News KABUL: Taliban rebels ambushed a passenger vehicle in Kunduz on Sunday, dragging down its passengers and killing two people in an assault that has seen a rise in the past month. “A vehicle en route from Badakhshan to Kabul was stopped by Taliban rebels in Khanabad highway and …
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By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The Taliban group is blamed for breaching the ceasefire and reduction in violence commitments made as part of peace efforts as violence spirals out of control and the Afghan government says it could jeopardize the fragile peace process. The Taliban, at some point, had tried to …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s response to summoning of its ambassador by Iranian officials in reaction to recent protests has been very cautious. Earlier this week, Iranian authorities summoned Afghan ambassador to Tehran, Abdul Ghafor Liwal, to brief about protests in Afghanistan in reaction to an incident in which a police …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s much-awaited peace talks envisaged between the government and the militant Taliban are set to be hosted by Qatar in two weeks, according to sources. The first in a litany of negotiations between Kabul and militants will take place in Doha, both the government and Taliban have …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s economy is seeing a high decline recently. A recent blockade of Afghanistan’s exports into Pakistan by Islamabad government has started bearing highly negative results, severely crippling trade. Afghanistan Traders’ Union has said businessmen and traders had accrued $100 million in revenue since Pakistan closed its two …
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Waging a war for almost decades unquestionably gives rise to atrocities and human rights abuses, whether it’s the handiwork of the Taliban, the US or the Afghan government. Afghanistan has been the arena of such longest war and its people have been victimized for ages. Now that the peace talks …
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AT News KABUL: With 664 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 24,766 coronavirus cases across the country. 1,211 suspected samples were tested, in which 664 came positive. 524 patients have recovered and unfortunately, 20 others died during this period. According to ministry of public …
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AT News KABUL: Top United Arab Emirates diplomat has extolled the Afghan Consul General for his outstanding and timely performances to repatriate the Afghan citizens amid coronavirus pandemic. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, has valued the efforts made by Afghan Consul General …
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AT News KABUL: A number of civil activists in Paktia province staged demonstration to protest the death of three Afghan immigrants allegedly by police shooting in Iran. The “peaceful demonstration” was staged Saturday in the Orgun district, in which protesters condemned Iranian police’s “mistreatment” with Afghan immigrants. They asked the …
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