AT News KABUL: At least six people, including five security members, were killed and 20 others received injuries after a vehicle borne explosive device went off near the police headquarter in Almar district of Faryab province on Monday night, provincial officials confirmed Tuesday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Karim Yorish said that …
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AT News KABUL: The operatives of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) have killed Mohammad Hanif known as Abdullah, a senior leader of al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent. Hanif is from Karachi of Pakistan. The NDS in a statement said on Tuesday that two Pakistani women were also detained in …
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AT News KABUL: Health officials said that at least 300 drug addicts were dismissed from hospital after receiving medical treatment in Ibn-e-Sina, a 1000-bed health facility. This comes as 2.5 million people use drugs; off whom, half a million become addicted, bearing difficult lives. Public Health Minister, Ahmad Javad Osmani …
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AT News KABUL: The Former Chief of Intelligence, Rahmatullah Nabil has said that the outgoing US President Donald Trump’s heterodox policy would “linger on” for a while in Afghanistan. “As a result of mismanagement of his envoy, Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, Afghanistan’s nascent semi-democratic democracy, as well as war and peace …
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Experts believe that U.S. president-elect Joe Biden will be highly likely to not follow on Trump’s footsteps in handling the Taliban, and that there is possibility of far-reaching foreign-policy realignments in Washington towards Afghanistan Seddiq Hussainy KABUL: After Joe Biden defeated his Republican incumbent rival Donald Trump in the high-stakes …
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AT News KABUL: Members of Afghan security forces have captured a Taliban’s reconnaissance drone in a raid in southern corner of the country bordering Pakistan. In a raid on a Taliban hideout in Barmal district of Paktika province, security forces captured a large cache of weapons and ammunition and a …
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AT News KABUL: At least eight people were killed and scores injured when a car filled with explosives detonated in the southern province of Kandahar, provincial officials confirmed. The explosive-laden car was detonated close to a police headquarters late Sunday in the Maiwand district, district governor Obaidullah Khan said. Khan …
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By Aisha Khurram Walking with shaky knees and a racing heart, I entered the northern gate of my University, as I got closer to my faculty, I stood there for a while- staring at the shattered windows and bullet-stricken walls of my faculty’s building. Tension was ebbing from my body …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban rebels have destroyed the Ghazni-Paktika highway in Andar district of southern Ghazni province, local officials said Monday. Ghazni Governor Spokesman, Wahidullah Jumazada said the Taliban fighters used tractors sicne two days to demolish the highway. “This is not the first time the Taliban is doing …
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AT News KABUL: At least 27 Taliban fighters have been killed and 14 others received injuries in fresh crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces around the country in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said Monday. Several Taliban attacks were prevented in Gizab and Trinkot districts …
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