AT News KABUL: A Kiev-bound Ukrainian passenger plane crashed on Wednesday in Iran shortly after taking off, killing all 176 people onboard including 4 Afghans. The Ukrainian Boeing-737 flight PS752 heading to Kyiv went down after taking off from Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran and the majority of passengers were …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s election complaints tribunal has launched another ballot recount in the light of thousands of complaints suggesting fraud in hundreds of voting stations in the country’s high-stakes presidential race. Earlier the commission announced it had identified more than 3,272 election offences out of thousands of complaints that …
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AT News KABUL: An Afghan army helicopter crashed in western Farah province, in which pilot and co-pilot have been killed, ministry of defense confirmed on Wednesday. It was around 11:00am local time on Wednesday when a MI-35 army helicopter crashed due to technical issue, ministry spokesman, Fawad Aman said. The …
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AT News KABUL: A key member of Taliban group has arrested during a fresh crackdown conducted by police in northern Baghlan province. He was arrested during anti-terrorism unit of police operation conducted in Chashma-e-Shir area of Dahana-e-Ghori district of the province, said Baghlan Police Spokesman, Jawid Basharat. He said that …
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AT News KABUL: At least 16 Taliban militants have been killed and two others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Wednesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said that the Afghan National …
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AT News KABUL: Kabul police on Wednesday has discovered and confiscated massive collection of rifles during fresh crackdown conducted in Kabul. Anti-crime police cell carried out an operation in Kabul, in which discovered and seized 97 rifles of weapons, Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz said. He said that the weapons …
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One of Iran’s most revered and powerful commander, Qaseem Soleimani was killed in a US strike in Iraq—a smack that intensified unprecedented tensions between US and Iran that possibly it escalates the risk of a new conflict spreading across the region. Iran vowed to revenged, while US military has taken …
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AT News KABUL: In the midst of sever tensions between US and Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a press conference on Tuesday accused Iran of trying to sabotage the Afghan peace process. Pompeo said, “Iran shouldn’t use its connection with the Taliban to derail the peace talk process …
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AT News KABUL: Electoral complaints commission’s investigation and adjudication of thousands of complaints which allege massive fraud and vote rigging is drawing to a close, according to the tribunal’s spokesperson Qasem Ilyasi. Ilyasi said on Tuesday that a vast majority of complaints – 90 percent – have been adjudicated and …
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AT News KABUL: A UN statement says that flights from Kabul international airport were temporarily stopped due to missile tests by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Radio Liberty claimed Tuesday it had received the statement released by the United Nations office in Kabul. The news channel said that the …
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