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AT News KABUL: Two provincial council members had joined the Taliban command in the northwestern province of Badghis, top official said on Saturday. Provincial Governor Hesamuddin Shams named these two members of the provincial council as Fareed Akhizai and Khan Jan Zafar. Ariana News TV published pictures that shows Fareed …

AT News KABUL: At least two civilians lost their lives and four others received injuries in a blast in Kabul on Saturday morning. An IED placed inside a property shop in Kart-e-Naw area in PD 8th went off at around 9:10am local time, killing two civilians and four others were …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday recorded 813 new cases of COVID-19 and 86 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. According to the Ministry, the new cases come positive out of 2,855 suspected samples tested during the same period of time. The …

AT News KABUL: Police has arrested 18 people on charges of different criminal activities during fresh crackdowns carried out in Kabul city in the past 48 hours, ministry of interior said Saturday. The suspected criminals have been accused of kidnapping, drug selling, robbery, looting of citizens’ mobile phones, and carrying …

AT News KABUL: Police has arrested 18 people on charges of different criminal activities during fresh crackdowns carried out in Kabul city in the past 48 hours, ministry of interior said Saturday. The suspected criminals have been accused of kidnapping, drug selling, robbery, looting of citizens’ mobile phones, and carrying …

AT News KABUL: Afghan government and the Taliban met for peace negotiations in Qatar on Saturday, breaking the deadlock that stalled the crucial talks for months since April. Delegations of Afghanistan government and the Taliban have held several meetings in recent days in Doha after a flurry of pressure from …

AT News KABUL: Taliban insurgents took control of two districts in Parwan province, provincial officials confirmed Saturday, where the militants had captured another two districts some two weeks ago. The districts of Sorkh Parsa and Sheikh Ali at the west part of Ghorband valley fell to the insurgents early Saturday, …

AT News KABUL: In a scorching rebuke, US special envoy for Afghan peace Zalmai Khalilzad has lashed out at the Taliban for “intensifying their violence in pursuit of leverage at the negotiating table” with Afghan government. Khalilzad said the Taliban had intensified the fighting to gain control in the negotiations, …

AT News KABUL: At least 191 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 102 others wounded in a series of military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said Saturday. Backed by the Afghan Air Force, the Afghan security forces …

AT News KABUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that an agreement had been reached with the United States on how to secure Kabul airport under Turkish administration. Erdogan said the US and Turkish defense ministers discussed the issue on Friday. “During the discussions with the US and NATO, …