AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Defense says that Afghan National Defense and Security Forces have fully wipe out Taliban rebels from Baharak district of northern Takhar province after days of fierce fighting. The ministry said that 89 Taliban fighters were killed and 67 other wounded in clearing operations of …
Read More »New plan on card to tackle Kabul air pollution
Burning coal, tires; dusty roads, old vehicles, substandard buildings are main factors behind air pollution AT News Report KABUL: National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) in joint venture with the relevant organs has made a five years plan to tackle air pollution in Kabul that causing huge problem for the residents. …
Read More »“Excluding Afghan sides in peace talks not acceptable”
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined the need for all Afghan groups to participate in peace talks, calling on foreign sides to allow Afghanistan to decide for itself. “We pursue peace talks in Afghanistan with all sides, but we do not accept a peace that …
Read More »23 Taliban fighters killed in Badghis airstrike
AT News Report KABUL: At least 23 Taliban militants were killed in an airstrike carried out in western Badghis province, official said on Sunday. As a result of an airstrike in Qalia Naw district, 23 Taliban fighters were killed and seven vehicles of the militant group were destroyed, Deputy Spokesman …
Read More »62 Taliban militants killed in latest raids
AT News Report KABUL: At least 62 militants have been killed and 19 others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National …
Read More »‘US-Taliban Islamabad talks focused on American hostages, not Afghan peace’
AT News Report KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister, Edrees Zaman said that US diplomats and Taliban representatives are in Islamabad to discuss the fate of the two US hostage citizens, not the Afghan peace process. According to some reports, US special representatives for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad met the Taliban delegation …
Read More »“Election results likely to take 50 days”
AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Electoral Complaint Commission (IECC), rejected President Ghani’s predicts over the date of election results, saying the results announcement would take 50 days. President Ghani had earlier said that the swearing-in ceremony of the new president would take place in three weeks after the final …
Read More »No steps made on Badakhshan, Sar-e-Pul mines
AT News Report KABUL: Western media in a report on the gold mine in Badakhshan province and copper mine in Sar-e-Pul province, saying that non practical steps had been made on demining of these mines. The government handed the digging of these mine in contracts to the US and British …
Read More »28 biometrics devices lost
AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission says that 28 devices of biometrics have been either lost or broken by powerful individuals. The commission officials also said that the transfer process of the electoral materials to the headquarters would end by late Saturday, while 21,000 sheets of electronic results …
Read More »Six killed in Samangan traffic accident
AT News Report KABUL: Traffic accident in northern Samangan province, has left six people, including a top security official dead and 11 others wounded, local authority said Saturday. Provincial governor’s spokesman, Sediq Azizi said the incident happened on Saturday in Qachan Dara village of the province. Meanwhile, Azizi confirmed that …
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