AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A team of fact-finding of Nepalese government that visited Afghanistan to do inquiry after the attack on Nepalese security guards in June, has recommended for lifting ban on sending Nepalese workers to the Afghanistan, until they get adequate security cover. This may prompt the Nepalese government, which …
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AT News Report KABUL: Several other districts could fall to the Taliban if security forces did not retake Janikhel, a strategic district in southeastern Paktia province, residents and public representatives warned on Sunday. Taliban insurgents took control of Janikhel district on Saturday morning following days of fierce battle between security …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: As deadlock persists along the Durand Line near Chaman, one of the two main crossing points, Pakistani media reported that Afghanistan has reportedly deported 250 illegal Pakistani workers. A Pakistani official quoted in reports by local media said the Afghan officials had expelled over 250 Pakistani …
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AT News Report KABUL: Taliban fighters took control of the strategic district of Janikhel in southeastern Paktia province after heavy clashes between Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgents, a provincial official said on Saturday. “After heavy clashes erupted between Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgents on Friday night, …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Gold mine in Raghistan district of Badakhshan province has become a significant source of income for the Taliban insurgents, a provincial official said on Saturday. Provincial Council said that it is not possible to clear Taliban insurgents from the province unless their revenue sources are …
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AT News Report KABUL: At least 113 insurgents were killed and dozens others wounded in different crackdowns across the country within past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. Seventy-seven Taliban insurgents were killed in a airstrikes carried out by the Afghan Air Forces (AAF) in eastern Nangarhar province, local official …
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AT News Report KABUL: At least 40 drug smugglers, including an Iranian citizen were arrested in different parts of the country within past one month, an official said on Saturday. The Criminal Justice Task Forces (CJTF), Spokesman Ahmad Khalid Mowahid said that the suspect involved in 30 cases of smuggling …
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AT News Report KABUL: Washington has approved a possible $60 million Foreign Military Sale of military equipment including crew served weapons, equipment, training, and support to Kabul. According to a press release of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign …
Read More »By Mansoor Faizy KABUL: Two dozen of the Taliban insurgents were killed in an airstrike carried in Nad Ali district of Helmand province, a security official said on Friday. “An airstrike yesterday (Thursday) targeted Taliban’s hideouts in Chah Injeer areas of Nad Ali district, in which 24 Taliban insurgents were …
Read More »One day we were on our way to the university when some boys in a car started to harass us. Our patience crossed the limit and decided to teach them a lesson. We threw bricks at them and broke their windshield. They drove away very quickly. –Husnia Mohseni, Balkh One …
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