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AT News KABUL: The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Affairs Ross Wilson reacted to the Taliban’s acts of destroying public institutions, saying that destruction of infrastructure reflects the group’s extremism. “Seeing shocking reports from Andkhoy District of Faryab,” Wilson said on Twitter. “The Taliban’s burning of shops and government buildings, detaining of …

AT News KABUL: Police has arrested 21 people on the charges of different crimes during fresh crackdowns carried out in Kabul city in the past 48 hours. Police succeeded to capture 21 people accused of kidnapping, drug selling, robbery, looting of citizens’ mobile phones, and  carrying illegal arms in  1st, …

AT News KABUL: Some members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of the parliament have warmly welcomed the uprising of people who stood beside the Afghan security forces in defending their country, but had expressed deep concern of its negative consequences if not managed well. The legislators asked for legalization …

AT News KABUL: Afghan foreign ministry warns that the neighboring Pakistan should not use Afghan migrants as pressure tool. More than two million Afghan migrants are living in Pakistan since the Soviet invasion of the country in 1980s. More Afghans fled to Pakistan when Afghanistan was burning in the civil …

AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has praised Pakistani interior minister for what Kabul calls “revelation” on Islamabad’s relation with the Taliban and supporting the group’s fighters. Sheikh Rashid Ahmed, Pakistan interior minister, in a recent interview with Pakistan’s Geo News broadcaster, admitted that the families of most of …

Pakistan all the time was blamed for its strong ties and support to the Taliban, a group that signed a deal with the US last year, and also intensified fighting against the Afghan security forces across the country. Pakistan authorities have never admitted their support to the Taliban openly, but …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health on Monday recorded 1,407 new cases of Coronavirus and 64 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. According to the Ministry’s data, the new cases come positive out of 4,514 suspected samples tested in different laboratories during the same period …

AT News KABUL: In a litany of financial and military aid to Afghanistan, the U.S. plans to provide up to 37 military helicopters and two attack aircrafts to bolster Afghan Air Force and its aging fleet, according to Afghan officials. Afghanistan has more than 160 helicopters and aircraft currently. The …

AT News KABUL: Around 600 American soldiers are planned to stay in Afghanistan after the US pulls troops in the near future, a US diplomat said, adding that the remainder troops would provide security for American diplomats and for Kabul airport. Speaking on condition of anonymity, said Monday that everyone …

AT News KABUL: At least 91 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 38 others were wounded during a series of military operations carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Monday. Backed by  the Afghan Air …