AT News Report KABUL: Taliban militants have killed one of four civilians they had kidnapped earlier in the Jaghatu district of Ghazni province. Hassan Reza Yousufi, a member of provincial council said Sunday that these civilians were kidnapped by Taliban in the Qeyaq valley. One of them was a university …
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AT News Report KABUL: Assadollah Saadati, runner-mate to Abdullah Abdullah in the September presidential race, claims that President Ashraf Ghani was making provincial governors busy in campaigning for him. Ghani is one of 18 hopefuls for presidency. He said Sunday that Ghani was extraordinarily using government sources and has illegally …
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AT News Report KABUL: The government has praised the NATO commitment to continue assistance for the Afghan security forces, with acting finance minister saying Sunday that all concerns over cutting NATO assistance to the security forces after 2020 would be resolved. Mohammad Homayoun Qayyoumi told reporters in Kabul that NATO-member …
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AT News Report KABUL: National Directorate of Security’s Special Unit have detained at least six members of Daesh (Islamic State) extremist group, in an operation conducted in Kabul, the capital city, the security agency said in a statement Sunday. “These Daesh members were involved in kidnappings, transferring of weapons and …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Shahzad has accused the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) of removing him from the World Cup squad even though he was fully fit. Shahzad’s shocking accusation comes after he was ruled out of the reminder of the World Cup with knee injury. It was said …
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AT News Report KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday announced punishment for traffic rule violators in Kabul, the capital city, where traffic-jam is a daily rotten. In a statement, the spy service said the number of vehicles had increased, causing traffic jams in the nation’s capital. It …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pentagon has awarded a new contract worth $24.3 million in support of the Afghan Air Force. The Defense Department has awarded the contract to AAI Corporation or Textron Systems. The company will provide logistics support and maintenance training for AC-208 aircraft fleet of the Afghan Air …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The closure of Pakistan’s airspace to commercial flights between Kabul and New Delhi has decreased Afghanistan’s exports, including dry fruit, vegetables, fresh fruit, carpets, and handicrafts, to India by 30 per cent, officials said. Tolo News confirmed that Afghan farmers and investors will have to face …
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AT News Report KABUL: In the wake of sobering backdrop of the ongoing intense conflict across Afghanistan, the United Nations remains troubled that civilians are being killed in high numbers and urges all parties to the conflict to meet their obligations to protect civilians from harm, the agency said Sunday …
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AT News Report KABUL: At least four Taliban insurgents were killed and one other rebels received injuries after an Improvised Explosives Device (IED) went off prematurely in the central province of Daikunid province Sunday. Provincial Governor Ahla Rahmati told media that the militants had planned to plant the IED in …
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