AT News KABUL: At least 187 Taliban insurgents were killed and 112 injured in military raids by Afghan security forces across Afghanistan over past day, according to officials on Sunday. Afghan security forces killed 187 Taliban militants during clashes and counters attacks in Kunar, Logar, Ghazni, Khost, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Faryab, …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations envoy to Afghanistan in a meeting with chief Afghan negotiator in talks with Taliban called for acceleration of the negotiations to reach a negotiated settlement and end the war. Deborah Lyons, the UN secretary-general’s special representative for Afghanistan met the Afghan government chief negotiator …
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AT News KABUL: The United States has announced to have enforced fresh flight restrictions over Afghanistan for the fear of “terrorist attacks” on its airplanes. The Federal Aviation Administration, the US transportation agency, announced Tuesday that the new restrictions have been issued as security situation in Afghanistan are changing, so …
Read More »AT News KABUL: As criticisms on Taliban are increasing in the United States for not joining the peace negotiations with the government of Afghanistan, the US caretaker ambassador to Kabul Ross Wilson, said Tuesday that negotiations could prevent destruction and bloodshed, adding that innocent civilians are killed in Afghanistan every …
Read More »AT News KABUL: Tajikistan has said it would expel those Afghan refugees who had been working with the US military and other institutions in the past. Tajik Foreign Minister, Sirojiddin Muhriddin, said Tuesday that they wouldn’t assess asylum of those Afghans who had worked previously with the US military and …
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AT News KABUL: A key border crossing with Pakistan reopened on Saturday, giving way to tens of stranded trucks to cross into Afghanistan, less than a fortnight after the Taliban captured Spin Boldak district and its crossing point with Pakistan which temporarily shut trade. Pakistan’s Ambassador to Kabul announced the …
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AT News KABUL: As conflict worsens in Afghanistan, the United Nations in a new report issued on Monday warned that without a significant de-escalation in violence, Afghanistan is on course for 2021 to witness the highest ever number of documented civilian casualties in a single year since UNAMA records began. …
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AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Monday said that it has recorded 708 new cases and 35 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. Ministry said that out of 2,588 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 hours, 708 were reported positive. The total …
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AT News KABUL: Afghan forces will recapture all districts that have fallen to the Taliban in a countrywide onslaught within the next six months, said a military official on Monday. “A six-month military plan is underway to regain control of all Taliban-held areas,” said spokesman to the Security Sector Ajmal …
Read More »AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have seized control of Kaldar district in Balkh province from the Taliban, the interior ministry confirmed on Monday. More than 20 militants were killed and several others wounded in clashes with the security forces, said the ministry in a statement. The statement added, …
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