By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: While the delegations of the Afghan government and the Taliban are engaged in intra-Afghan negotiations, extreme violence has been taking massive toll on Afghan people, killing and wounding hundreds of people across the country. Both the Taliban and government forces suffer casualties – both are …
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AT News KABUL: Amid efforts to give momentum to peace talks in Doha, the NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg termed it an historic opportunity for peace in Afghanistan. He stated that upcoming months are decisive for the country. “The negotiations in Doha are fragile, but they are best chance for peace …
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AT News KABUL: The first deputy speaker of parliament says he summoned top security officials to his residence as he was “so worried” about the worsening security situation. “I talked to the acting defense and interior ministers last night in my house, where I told them about appointing of incompetent …
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AT News KABUL: Hundreds of youths in the southern Helmand province have voluntarily joined the Afghan security forces to suppress the Taliban insurgents. The move was made after the militants recently created a sever scene of violence in the province. The ministry of interior in a statement puts the number …
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The Taliban group has doubled offensives against the Afghan security forces around the country. Even the peace deal with the U.S. and the current peace talks with the Afghan delegation in Doha, failed to encourage the Taliban to stop the war or at least reduce the violence. There is no …
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AT News KABUL: At least 95 Taliban rebels were killed and 43 others wounded in latest military stings conducted by the Afghan security forces in the last 24 hours, officials said Saturday. The Ministry of Defense said that the operations were conducted in Nangarhar, Helmand, Herat, Wardak, Zabul, Kandahar, Ghor, …
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There has been no let-up in violence in Afghanistan as militants are stepping up attacks amid nascent peace talks in Doha AT News KABUL: As students studied inside a private education center in western Kabul on Saturday afternoon, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device, killing at least 18 people …
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AT News KABUL: Six policemen guarding Kamal Khan Dam in Nimroz and nine civilians in Ghazni province were killed in two separate militant attacks, local officials said, amid an intensive campaign of terror the Taliban have launched in recent month against Afghan forces and civilians. Nine people including three civilians, …
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AT News KABUL: The US President Donald Trump was criticized for shrugging off reports in June claiming that Russian military intelligence offered rewards to Taliban militants to kill US troops in Afghanistan. In a presidential debate, Democratic nominee Joe Biden criticized his rival in November elections Donald Trump for having …
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AT News KABUL: Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh has ordered the arrest of the individual who reported civilian casualties from an Afghan government airstrike on October 22, 2020, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. The Afghan air force struck a mosque school in Takhar province, killing at least 12 children and wounding …
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