“No guarantee over freeness, fairness of Jirga” AT News Report KABUL: A number of prominent political parties, where their leaders stood for September 28 Presidential elections, have strongly rejected participations in the forthcoming Consultative Loya Jirga for Peace to be convened on 29 April, casting huge doubt over its “freeness …
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AT News Report KHOST CITY: At least five people were killed and 13 others were wounded after flare-up of gunfire on a weeding party in southeastern Khost province, official said Monday. Local officials said the incident took place in the Dargi area of Tanai district at around 9pm local time …
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The United States Special Envoy Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad has asked both Pakistan and Qatar to denounce the recent announcement of Taliban declaring commencing of summer offensive in all over Afghanistan. Khalilzad made the suggestion before Pakistan and Qatar in a statement, which confirm that both the countries are in links …
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AT News Report KABUL: As the country facing the problem of child labors due to extreme poverty, Second Vice President Sarwar Danish on Monday expressed his deepest concern over the issue, saying many children have been busy in labors. In a ceremony introducing Anwar Sadat as acting minister for the …
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AT News Report KABUL: Over 179 Taliban insurgents, including their 15 commanders have been killed since conduction of spring offensive of the insurgent outfit in Northern and Northeastern provinces, military official said. The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said the militants were killed during clashes in Badakhshan, Kunduz, Baghlan, …
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Forty years of war and violence have had a profound negative impact on the psyche of the Afghan nation. I can share with certainty that every single Afghan family has lost a loved one to this insidious war. Despite the resilience of the brave people of Afghanistan, this war has …
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AT News Report KABUL: Jihadi leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar for the first time spoke about Pakistan’s policy in Afghanistan, accusing Islamabad of supporting Taliban. Hekmatyar who leads the Hezb-e-Islami party since jihad years, is told to have lived many years in Pakistan with close ties to the country’s army intelligence (ISI). …
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AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah, rejected attending the Consultative Loya Jirga set for April 29th to discuss ways for peace, saying that not only him but also his electoral team would not attend the jirga. Abdullah is one of runners for this year’s presidential elections and enjoys …
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Abdul Razaq Wahidi is one of the young figures who has served in high positions in the past and current governments. His last post was as minister of telecommunications and information technology in Ghani administration. Wahidi was fired by Dr. Ashraf Ghani after serving in his cabinet for several months. …
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AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai on Saturday expressed his deep concerns over the announcement of spring operations by government and Taliban. Taliban on Friday announced their spring offensive named al-Fath. Prior to that, the government had announced a Khaled-titled spring operation. Karzai dismissed in a statement the …
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