AT News Report-KABUL: At least 20 bus passengers were abducted by Taliban insurgents in western Farah province, provincial officials said on Saturday. According to provincial council member, the Taliban insurgents stopped a passenger bus along the highway connecting Kabul and the western city of Herat and took 20 people with …
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AT News Report-KABUL: The government said it would welcome any UN decision that helps peace and stability in Afghanistan, a statement just after the Trump administration announced it suspended tens of millions of dollars of military aids to the neighboring Pakistan. Shah Hossain Mortazawi, a spokesman for President Ghani, told …
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AT News Report-KABUL: The Environment Protection Committee on Saturday failed to satisfy Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of parliament during impeachment that was strongly criticized by the lawmakers. Even the lawmakers mocked the related official’s answers which were very unfair just to make excuse to escape the summons. Lawmakers summoned the …
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By Ezzatullah Mehrdad-He has made a car, with his own money, by his own hands; it works. “I have not given up on Afghanistan yet,” Ahmad Murtaza proudly says, pointing to a car near to us in his yard. The 16-year old inspired talented Afghan didn’t remain in the news …
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AT News Report-KABUL: At least 43 militants were killed and nine others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …
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AT News Report-KABUL: An area of strategic importance in the capital of central Uruzgan province has been regained from the Taliban insurgents, provincial security officials said on Saturday. The Landa Kosa area in the province recently gained fame for its strategic location that remained under the Taliban control over the …
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AT News Report-KABUL: A private iron melting and steel factory was inaugurated on Saturday during a ceremony organized in the industrial park of Kabul. The factory, “Khan Steel” has been established by a private entrepreneur with a total investment of around $30 million dollars. “The factory will start iron production …
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AT News Report-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives in a raid have arrested a group of kidnappers in Police District-13 of Kabul city, in which two hostages were also set free. A gang of four kidnappers has been detained in Kabul, NDS said in a statement on Saturday. …
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AT News Report-KABUL: The era of anarchy has been ended in Afghanistan, and there is no power to stop Afghanistan from achieving national goals, President Ashraf Ghani said on Saturday. He said this during a ceremony to inaugurate a private steel company in Kabul. “No power can hinder the country’s …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The pentagon’s inspector general has said US and coalition forces made progress in training the Afghanistan Air Force (AAF), but that work still needed to be done concerning strategic planning and other logistical and maintenance requirements, according to a media report on Saturday. The report, released on …
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