AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that a hasty U.S. pullout from Afghanistan and Syria, believing hasty pullout from Syria runs the risk of strengthening the roles of Russia and Iran in the Middle East. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on February 16, Merkel questioned whether …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General met with President Ashraf Ghani in the sidelines of Munich Security Conference; they discussed Afghan government owned and led peace process and joint combat against terrorism, and stressed on regional countries’ sincere cooperation on peace in Afghanistan, Presidental Palace said in a …
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AT News Report-KABUL: The Counter Narcotics Cell has destroyed four caches of drugs in southern Paktia province following anti-drug fight across the country, security official said Saturday. Afghan Counter-Narcotics Special Operation Police with air support from the Afghan Air Forces lunched special operation in Gul Ghondi village, Zazai Aryoub district …
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AT News Report-KABUL: At least 20 members of the border police have been killed in a Taliban assault in the southern Kandahar province, reports say, as the militants escalate their offensive ahead of fresh peace talks with the US. A security official who wished not to be named said on …
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AT News Report-KABUL: State Minister for Disaster Management (SMDM) in a joint venture with the international charity institutions distributed relief items and cash to 684 affected families in 15 provinces after a series of devastating natural disasters that have struck the country recent weeks. SMDM in a statement said due …
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AT News Report KABUL: Army soldiers found and seized a large weapon cache in a northern district of Kabul province. The army’s corps 111 said on Friday that the cache was discovered in the Qarabagh district. It added that 76 AK-47 rifles, 25 pistols and a large number of helmets, …
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AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned terrorist attacks in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of India. A suicide bomber targeted a bus carrying officers of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Wednesday in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, killing 27 officers and …
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AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says that one of the most important of the Soviet pullout from Afghanistan was people’s unity and solidarity, arguing that the same unity is needed now to bring a longstanding peace to the war-torn country. The Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan 30 years …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: At least 100,000 babies are dying every year as a result of wars according to a new report by save the children international charity, in which Afghanistan listed as among 10 worst countries to be a child. “Increasingly, the brunt of armed violence and warfare is …
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AT News Report KUNDUZ: In its efforts to support public dialogue among Afghans about reconciliation, peace and human rights, UNAMA works closely with local media partners –not just in the provincial capitals but also at district-level. One of the districts where listeners have the benefit of a local radio station is …
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