AT News Report-KABUL: Afghanistan has refuted claims that China wants to establish a military base in the northeast province of Badakhshan in a bid to extend its presence in Afghanistan. “Such military cooperation by the foreign countries will not take place without the approval of the national security council and …
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AT News Report-KABUL: In a spree of military raids in southern Uruzgan province, as many as 70 Taliban insurgents were killed and 15 more rebels wounded, a military official said on Saturday. Khwaja Yehya Alwai, spokesman for the Afghan National Army (ANA)’s 205th Atal Military Corps, told Pajhwok Afghan News …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United Nations General Assembly Security Council has evaluated security situation in Afghanistan and discussed the importance and need for Loya Jirga in Afghanistan in the face of the ongoing national controversies. General Assembly in its seventy-second session; agenda item 39; the situation in Afghanistan, has provided …
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AT News Report-KABUL: At least five policemen were martyred after the Taliban insurgents ambushed an outpost in tumultuous Zabul province, local officials said on Saturday. According to the police, the Taliban militants assailed a police outpost in Mullah Dina area of Qalat city and salvaged weapons, the TOLONews reported. According …
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AT News Report-KABUL: A large heroin production facility belonging to the Taliban insurgents was destroyed and at least 8 terrorists were killed after the U.S. coalition forces staged a drone strike in Farah province, said a local police official on Saturday. According to the provincial police chief, the airstrikes were …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan will facilitate the repatriation of all Afghan refugees living in Pakistan within the next two years. At a ceremony marking 29th anniversary of withdrawal of the Red Army from Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani unveiled a plan to repatriate all Afghan refugees from Pakistan in the coming …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Washington supports the Kabul process, and Tashkent conference, the US Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, Alice G. Wells assured Afghan National Security Adviser, Mohammad Haneef Atmar in a meeting in Kabul. The two sides also talked about the bilateral relationships and the Afghan …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: US international forces commander in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson during his trip to western Farah province has said implementation of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project and construction of Bakhshabad Dam would help bring positive changes to the province. Nicholson traveled to Farah late on Thursday for assessing security situation …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Scores of state and private lands have been usurped by powerful individuals and government officials, but those lands will be reclaimed from land mafia. President Ashraf Ghani assured of retaking usurped lands from land-grabbers, and will legally distribute lands to all citizens. “Public treasury belongs to the …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan ambassador to the United States has reacted to a recent statement released by the Taliban insurgents, in which they called for dialogue to end the war. In a letter addressed to the Americans, the Taliban said that they wanted to end Afghanistan’s 17-year war through …
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