AT News KABUL: A number of Taliban militants gang-raped and shot dead a 16-year-old girl in northern Jawzjan province, security officials said on Tuesday. Spokesman for the 209 Shaheen Military Corps, Mohammad Haneef Rezayee said the incident took place two days back in Darzab district of the province. The Taliban …
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AT News KABUL: The university students in the northeastern province of Takhar continued protests on Tuesday with the aim of “justice” for those students killed and injured. They demanded justice and punishment of the perpetrators of the incident. The protestors claimed that police opened fire on their class-fellows on Monday, …
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AT News KABUL: The Russian Federation is ready to provide Afghans with more weapons and arms with no charge, the country’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday. In an interview with an Indian newspaper, Lavrov also said that the arm donation would be provided to Afghan army. “Under a state …
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AT News KABUL: The high reconciliation council says that they are evaluating different plans prepared by President Ghani and political parties regarding peace. President Ghani is expected to publicize his peace plan today (Wednesday). Feraidoon Khozon, spokesman of the reconciliation council, said Tuesday that totally 25 plans have been sent …
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Formation of inclusive govt. key agenda AT News KABUL: The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad has purportedly shared the agenda of the Istanbul meeting with the Afghan government negotiating team and the Taliban delegation in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Sources privy to the issue in Doha, …
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AT News KABUL: Vice President, Mohammad Sarwar Danesh in reaction to complaints made by the Afghan Sikhs and Hindus for misbehavior by some of compatriots. “I am called Indian. Even my colleagues who know me very well, ask me questions about India and say ‘you know India more’,” says senator …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia´s foreign minister arrived Tuesday in Pakistan for a two-day visit expected to focus on efforts to bring peace to neighboring Afghanistan, AP reported. Sergey Lavrov’s visit comes as a May 1 deadline for U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan in line with a deal Washington signed …
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AT News KABUL: Officials in the northern Kunduz province reported the death of four police officers that lost their lives in a Taliban attack in PD 5th of the provincial capital city of the same name, Kunduz. Provincial Council Member, Mohammad Yusuf Ayoubi said that the three security forces were …
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AT News KABUL: At least 104 Taliban militants were killed and 68 others wounded during latest military stings of the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Tuesday. The latest military crackdowns conducted in Ghazni, Zabul, Herat, Farah, Badghis, …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani is accused of selective treatment by some former cabinet members, saying that he was acting as “King” in the cabinet meetings. President Ghani and his top 2014 presidential election rival, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah formed a National Unity Government to reach a political deal over …
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