AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Sunday said that the Afghan National Army (ANA) have discovered and defused 4,776 Improvised Explosive Devices IEDs across the country during the last six months. The ministry in a statement said that the IEDs were planted by the Taliban on public …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Former UNAMA Chief Tadamichi Yamamoto said that Afghan peace talks which are underway in Qatar between the Kabul peace force and the Taliban negotiating members won’t be so easy, especially as there is a wide gap between the two parties when it comes to some key …
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AT News KABUL: A few clerics announced support of the inclusion of mother’s name in the national ID card, a controversial issue with some supporters and many opponents. President Ashraf Ghani approved a draft presented by the civil society to include mother’s name in ID card. “My mother’s name is …
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AT News KABUL: Fifteen Taliban militants were killed after their own bomb went off prematurely in Dawlatabad district of northern Balkh province, military officials said Saturday. The Shaheen Military Corps in a statement said that a blast happened in the Bedo village of the district on Friday late night. A …
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AT News KABUL: A group of police officers including their commander raped a child in the southern province of Kandahar, witnesses and officials confirmed. The rape happened in the Kariz village of Dand district The commander was named as Mullah Roozi, according to eyewitnesses, who said Saturday that the victim …
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AT News KABUL: Authorities are investigating three people including a police officer who assaulted and beat up two women in an altercation in Kabul. A video circulating in the social media which shows a few men possibly security beating two girls has drawn public anger. The video also shows two …
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AT News KABUL: A member of parliament rejected rumors that Taliban negotiators want a sole religious jurisprudence be official. Dr. Sayed Abdul Qayyoum Sajjadi, said Saturday that the peace without civil, social and religious freedoms would not last long.According to unconfirmed reports, Taliban are emphasizing on the Hanafi (Sunni) jurisprudence …
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AT News KABUL: A provincial police head of Paktika was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, said the Interior Ministry, amid a string of premeditated targeted killings and a rise in overall violence. Convoy of Mohammad Asef Tokhi, security head of Paktika police, hit a roadside bomb in …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 27 Taliban militants including Pakistanis in southern Ghazni province, officials said Saturday. A group of armed Taliban insurgents among them a number of Pakistani militants, had designed to massively attack security bases in Askar Kot areas of QaraBagh district. …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghan government and Taliban negotiating teams are yet to officially begin talks after one week of the opening ceremony. The progresses have been very little in this regard and the two sides’ contact groups have discussed to resolve technical problems. Najia Anwari, spokeswoman at the state …
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