Killing of Afghans must stop By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: In the wake of ongoing peace talks that already gained momentum, the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalamy Khalilzad expressed his rage over so-called Taliban’s spring offensive announcement, terming it “reckless” and “indifference” to the demands of Afghans for peace. …
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AT News Report KABUL: The spy operatives on Saturday have detained 19 Taliban insurgents, including three commanders in southern Kandahar province. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) office in Kabul in a statement said its special forces arrested the 19 rebels in different parts of the province. NDS put detained …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan on Saturday has reiterated its support towards peace in Afghanistan and said that there is no military solution except for negotiated settlement. Pakistan Foreign Office Spokesperson Mohammad Faisal took to the official Twitter account and wrote that his country’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has …
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Taliban AT News Reports KABUL: Taliban insurgents have launched attack on provincial city of northern Kunduz province just day after announcing its “Spring Offensive” named “Al-Fath”, local officials said Saturday. Provincial Police Spokesman Enaumudeen Rahmani said the attack was conducted early Saturday morning in the outskirts of the Kunduz city. …
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AT News Report KABUL: Four Romanian soldiers were wounded Saturday morning in Afghanistan after the insurgents detonated an improvised explosive device. The soldiers were in mission in Kandahar province and were further attacked with infantry weapons. The attack took place Saturday morning in Kandahar Province when several MRAP vehicles (Mine …
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AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology (MoTIT) on Saturday warned blockage of Facebook within next six months, unless the rule and regulations to be applied. Minister of Telecommunication and Information Technology Shahzad Aryobi in a press briefing on Saturday spoke about impunity of social media, particularly …
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Amidst intensifying peace effort on the part of US special envoy and Afghan leaders as well, Taliban’s announcement pertained to so-called Spring Offensive could be considered a move to derail the recently developed understanding amongst the different Afghan groups and individuals. Hours after the Taliban announced their so-called spring offensive, …
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AT News Reports KABUL: Government officials in northern Balkh province says that Gen. Mohammad Ajmal Fayiz has been appointed as new police chief, replacing Gen. Abdul Raqib Mubariz, who was appointed to the post in mid-March. During appointing Mubariz as Balkh’s police chief, there were strong criticism and resistant by …
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Taliban on Friday announced their spring offensive, a move that begins every year after the three-month break due to winter. The offensive this year called as al-Fath (victory) is almost different from the previous ones as the insurgents are running peace negotiations with the United States, a process that started …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban insurgents said it has temporarily stopped the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) from carrying out relief work in the areas it controls in Afghanistan and it has revoked security guarantees for their staffers, VoA reported Friday. …
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