AT News KABUL: First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh said that personal guards of a member of the parliament had attempted to kidnap an Afghan trader, which has been foiled. Saleh stated the remarks on his Facebook as part of a 06:30am regular session to bolster Kabul security. The kidnappers did …
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Herati women say ready to take up arms to defend their rights AT News KABUL: A number of Herati women’s rights activists met with Abdullah Abdullah, the Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, to express their concern about the ongoing peace talks in Doha, fearing their rights would …
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AT News KABUL: At least 77 Taliban rebels were killed and 29 others wounded as part of the counterattacks by the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar and eastern Nangarhar provinces. According to a statement issued by the ministry of defense, 60 Taliban militants were killed in clashes erupted between …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The government of Australia is preparing to release a report on the conduct of special forces during the conflict in Afghanistan — and will appoint a special investigator to prosecute allegations of war crimes by Australian soldiers, the UPI reported on Friday. Australian Prime minister Scott Morrison …
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AT News KABUL: The Human Rights Watch claims that Taliban had earlier threatened Elyas Dayee, a local journalist in the southern province of Helmand to death. Dayee was killed Thursday when a magnetic bomb placed in his car, went off in the provincial capital city of Lashkar Gah. His brother …
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AT News KABUL: At least 18 Afghan security forces have been killed in two attacks around Afghanistan, as violence keeps the country in its grasp and the start of the intra-Afghan talks remain fragile. Defense ministry said four army soldiers were killed and five others injured in a car bombing …
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AT News KABUL: Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation has expressed depression over ongoing peace talks in Doha, saying peace negotiations in Qatar “have no progress”. Addressing the Herat Security Dialogue on Friday, Abdullah said no decision has been made to call back the Afghan …
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AT News KABUL: More than 27 civilians have been killed and 60 others injured in Afghanistan in the past three days of violence, a watchdog said Wednesday. Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission reported 27 civilian casualties in 11 security incidents in Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, Kunduz, Badghis, Zabul, Herat and Maidan …
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AT News KABUL: Four women were killed when a rocket fired by Taliban militants crashed their house in the southern province of Kandahar, provincial officials confirmed. The attack took place late Tuesday in the Zheray district’s village of Sang Hesar, a police officer said Wednesday, asking not to be named. …
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AT News KABUL: Khaterah, 33, decided to join the police force in the unsafe province of Ghazni even as her Taliban-affiliated father opposed the intention. Her father told his Taliban comrades and then they decided to punish her by taking her pupils out with knife and deprived her from seeing …
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