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AT Kabul: A 60-year-old Afghan citizen died in the Landhi jail, Karachi, Pakistani media reported. As per details, the Afghani citizen named Faiz Muhammad was arrested last month for not having proper documents. The prison sources said that the Afghan council general was informed when the prisoner starts suffering from …

AT Kabul: Afghan acting defence minister said that drones are flying above us and Afghanistan’s space is occupied, adding that everyone, including ministers, commanders, officials and generals, are looking at the sky and there is nothing they can do. He also asserted that American drones are violating Afghan airspace through …

AT Kabul: Pakistan notified Kabul about the possibility of military operations on Afghan soil, if terrorists according to them, involved in cross-border attacks are not eliminated, a senior Pakistani official told Anadolu news agency. A high-level Pakistani delegation led by Defense Minister Khawaja Asif delivered the message to Afghanistan’s acting …

AT Kabul: A new report by International Crisis Group (ICG) warned that reduction of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan has adverse effects on the people, so the Western countries should adopt a legitimate position. The report adds that Western countries should look for a legitimate position to respond to the ongoing …

AT Kabul: Pakistan reopened a key border crossing with neighboring Afghanistan to all types of traffic on Saturday. The Torkham border, which connects Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to neighboring Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, was shut down unilaterally by the Afghan interim administration last week. Later the Afghan administration announced …

AT Kabul: Officials from the passport department in Kabul say efforts are ongoing to solve technical problems around the issuance of passports and once the problems are resolved, the normal distribution process will resume. Nurullah Patman, the spokesman for the General Directorate of Passports said once the department is able …

AT Kabul: A 7.3 magnitude earthquake occurred in a remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China’s far western Xinjiang region, Chinese state television CCTV reported on Thursday, citing the China Earthquake Networks Center. It was 67 kilometers (41 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan, and 20 kilometers (12 miles) below …

AT Kabul: Torkham Border, a key border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, has reopened for passengers and trade transit. The Torkham border was closed on Sunday evening of transit for travelers and goods. The Information and Culture Department of Nangarhar province announced in a statement that this crossing was reopened …

AT Kabul: The Khorasan branch of ISIS confirmed the death of Ejaz Amin Ahangar known as Abu Osman Al-Kashmiri, a senior member of this group in southern Afghanistan. This group said in a statement that al-Kashmiri was killed on February 14 in a conflict between the Taliban and ISIS in …

AT News Kabul: Senior officials of Pakistan and Afghanistan met on Wednesday in Kabul to discuss ways to ease rising diplomatic and border tensions between the two neighbors. Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif along with a high-level delegation, which also included Lt. Gen. Anjum Naveed, the head of the country’s …