By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA Since the US and the Taliban signed an agreement early this year, prospects for end of the war and start of negotiation between the Afghan Government and the Taliban have become very vivid. According to the US envoy for Afghan peace, Ambassador Zalmai Khalilzad, the accord …
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AT News KABUL: A suicide bombing in Nangarhar province which killed 14 people has shocked former President Hamid Karzai who denunciated terrorist attack in strongest terms possible and called for prosecution of perpetrators. Mr. Karzai contended that escalation of violence during the intra-Afghan talks was a foreign conspiracy to weaken …
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Though the coronavirus cases are slowly fading away and things getting to normal, the effects of the virus-induced pandemic are going to last longer and be problematic – as everything was reshaped worldwide, including Afghanistan. The Ministry of Public Health reported that seven positive cases were registered only in Kabul …
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AT News KABUL: Some commanders of the Afghan Local Police (ALP), a militia-style force fighting against Taliban, have expressed concerns over the force’s disbandment by the government, saying their lives would be in danger by Taliban with whom they fought for several years after their abolishment. The ALP was formed …
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AT News KABUL: An Afghan cricketer, Najeeb Tarakai has received severe injuries in a car crash in eastern Nangarhar province. Taraki who is a member of the National Cricket Team had gone through emergency surgery at a hospital in Nangarhar, but according to the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), Tarakai’s health …
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AT News KABUL: At least four patients have lost their lives battling the coronavirus in the past 24 hours across the country, the Ministry of Public Health said Saturday. The total deaths have exceeded 1,462 since the outbreak of the pandemic started in the country months ago. Seven new infections …
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Our leaders have committed dangerous political follies that cost us our peace and sovereignty. Afghanistan has been hemorrhaging for more than 40 years to internecine wars and factional infightings at the hands of the country’s leaders. After defeating Soviet Union, the first slip-up resulted into agitation of deadly civil war. …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban claim that President Ashraf Ghani is not able to manage the ongoing peace efforts, alleging that “everything is against his will”. Taliban negotiators have been busy in negotiations with Ghani-appointed team in Qatar since September 12 to seek ways for peace. None of them are …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, will be visiting India from October 6 for four days, Indian media reported. The top peace negotiator representing the Afghan government in the talks with the Taliban that started in 12th September in Doha. This is …
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A car bombing in eastern Afghanistan has killed fourteen civilians, the latest in a string of deadly violence amid peace talks. What complicates the situation is that the Taliban continue to brush off responsibility as they preside over the bloodiest massacres in Afghanistan’s history By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: As many …
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