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AT Kabul: Mohsen Davar, says that he was not allowed to fly from Islamabad to Dushanbe to participate in the Herat Security Talks. Mohsen Dawar, a member of the Parliament of Pakistan and a senior member of the “Pashtun Tahafuz Movement” announced on Twitter today that at the Islamabad airport, …

AT Kabul: The former president of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai in a meeting with some Afghan youth emphasized on importance of education and knowledge for better prosperity and development of the country. He also insisted on strengthening national unity and consensus among the people and asked the young generation to further …

AT Kabul: Taliban forces attacked a village in the vicinity of Nili city, Daikundi province, killing at least 11 residents and injuring three others. Sources confirmed that Taliban forces raided the village of Sayuk Sheebar in the vicinity of Nili city on Friday morning, reported. The Taliban confirmed this incident …

AT Kabul: Attacks on the US patrol base come as tensions escalate on the Syria-Turkey border following a bombing in Istanbul. The United States military has reported two rocket attacks targeting its patrol base in northeastern Syria, but said there were no injuries to its forces. In a statement, the …

AT Kabul: Farid Hamidi, the former Afghan Attorney General said in an interview that former President Ashraf Ghani released a large number of people convicted of drug trafficking, rape and kidnapping under the pretext of releasing Taliban forces. Stating that these people were among the most dangerous criminals, Hamidi considered …

AT Kabul: British aid to Afghanistan in the last two decades has caused corruption and human rights violations. The British aid watchdog has published a report saying that the country’s financial aid to Afghanistan over the past twenty years has led to the spread of corruption and human rights violations. …

AT Kabul: Richard Bennett, the special rapporteur of the United Nations in Afghanistan’s human rights affairs, and a group of other experts of this organization have said that violating the rights of Afghan women and girls can be considered a humanitarian crime. They said that despite existing restrictions on women …

AT Kabul: At a meeting of the CSTO, Collective Security Treaty Organization in Yerevan on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the situation in Afghanistan remains highly concerning and that the threat of a potential infiltration of militants into the CSTO territory is high. “I share the concern of …

AT Kabul: A deadly Dutch air strike on a civilian compound in Afghanistan in 2007 was unlawful, a court in the Netherlands ruled on Wednesday, ordering the country to compensate the victims´ families. Four Afghans, who were not named in court papers, took the Dutch state to court over the …

AT Kabul: Lieutenant General Asim Munir was on Thursday appointed as the new chief of army staff (COAS) of Pakistan, ending weeks of intense speculation and political tussle in the country. “The Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has decided to appoint Lt. Gen. Sahir Shamshad Mirza as the …