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 peace meeting of Afghan government and the Taliban to take place in Doha, both the government and the Taliban confirmed. …
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By Sarah FarjamAfter 18 months of negotiations and almost 20 years of war, a historical agreement was signed between United States and Taliban at the end of February which provided a glimmer of hope for putting an end point to unending war of Afghanistan, eventually.But the fear now appears greater …
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AT News KABUL: Iranian Foreign Ministry has summoned Afghan Ambassador to protest administrations staged in front of Iranian Embassy in Kabul over the death of three Afghan migrants allegedly by police shooting in Yazd province. Iran’s foreign ministry said Saturday in a statement that in the wake of noises by …
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AT News KABUL: Unknown gunmen opened fire a religious scholar and killed him in the northeastern province of Takhar, provincial officials said, in a series of attacks against clerics around the country. Jawad Hejri, provincial spokesman, said Saturday that Maulavi Ainullah, the prayer leader at a grand mosque in the …
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AT News KABUL: Millions of children in Afghanistan are suffering from malnutrition, says the Save the Children, arguing that 12.8 million are in urgent humanitarian needs. The London-based relief organization says that the deadly Corona virus had worsened economic situation in Afghanistan. “The vulnerable families and the families who live …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has put weight behind the Afghan war crimes probe by the International Criminal Court. The commission in a statement has praised a beneficial and fair justice system within the international measures and standards that can prosecute the perpetrators of the …
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AT News KABUL: At least eight people have been killed in an armed conflict in southern Khost province, local officials said on Saturday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Adel Haidari said that Abdul Wali Ekhlas, a member of the Hezb-e-Islami and his two guards were among the killed in the shooting rampage …
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AT News KABUL: At least seven Afghan security forces were killed and another one wounded after the Taliban stormed their security checkpoints in Pasaband district of western Ghor province, provincial police said on Saturday. A policeman has gone missing, said district police chief, Fakhruddin. “The militants had seized all of …
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The Afghan peace process has been unquestionably at full throttle recently but so has been violence and conflict in the country. The former developments give hope to Afghan masses while the latter scenario is there to snatch it away. Given the circumstances, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Afghanistan …
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AT News KABUL: With 556 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now has 24,102 coronavirus cases across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday said that out of 1,065 suspected samples, 556 were tested positive. According to ministry, 253 positive cases registered in Kabul, 23 …
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