AT News KABUL: A prominent human rights group on Sunday urged Pakistani police to stop expulsion of Afghan refugees from Pakistan amid reports of several forced expulsions, arrests and mistreatment of refugee community living in that country. This comes after Afghanistan Embassy in Islamabad said last week that Pakistani police …
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AT News KABUL: Iran on Sunday handed over 101 Afghan prisoners to Taliban at Nimroz border crossing. Taliban authorities said the prisoners’ return was part of an agreement between Afghanistan and Iran and the prisoners would be serving the remaining of their sentences in Afghan prisons. “As a result of …
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AT News KABUL: New Delhi is planning to send another 20,000 metric tons of wheat to Afghanistan via Chabahar port in Iran, according to news reports. India has already sent 40,000 metric tons of wheat aid through the land border with Pakistan last year. The first shipment of 2,500 tons …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban have shrugged off allegations by the United Nations that their administration is harbouring Al-Qaeda and has “strong and symbiotic link” with and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. A UN report has said that terrorist groups can freely manoeuver under the Taliban in Afghanistan, raising the threat of terrorism …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistani security forces engaged in a firefight with terrorists in North Waziristan tribal district near Afghanistan border after militants attacked a security checkpoint triggering a shootout that left three soldiers and three militants dead, Pakistan army said Sunday. Four militants were also wounded in the overnight shootout …
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AT News KABUL: Air pollution in Kabul city has risen to drastically high levels and National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) is warning that pollution has tripled over the past week. NEPA blames the catastrophic pollution on airborne particles and climate change. NEPA says its efforts to lower air pollution in Kabul are …
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AT News KABUL: An ISIS terror cell was reportedly busted in India’s Gujarat state and four terrorists including three youths from Kashmir and a woman from Surat were arrested. Gujarat Police’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) said that the four terrorists were planning to go to Afghanistan via Iran to join Islamic …
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AT News KABUL: Canada has brokered a deal with the United Arab Emirates to resettle at least 1,000 Afghan refugees languishing in the UAE since the withdrawal of the US forces from Afghanistan in August 2021. Canada’s Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship said that Canada will fulfill …
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AT News KABUL: The Islamic State terrorist group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on a memorial service near a mosque in Badakhshan province on Thursday that killed 15 people and wounded 30 others. In a statement late on Friday, the Islamic State Khorasan branch said the attacker targeted …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban on Thursday moved their military cavalries to Iran border in southwest Afghanistan and tested heavy weapons in a military exercise just a week after a clash between the forces of the two neighbors. Taliban forces conducted military exercises in Zaranj area of Nimruz province bordering …
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