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AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have recaptured 14 districts centers from Taliban militants across the country, said the Interior Ministry on Monday. The ministry’s spokesman, Tariq Aryan said that the security forces have constant military presence in different parts of the country, He added the centers of some …
Read More »Karzai calls on regional powers to ‘pay serious attention’ to Afghanistan’s situation
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai called on the regional powers to pay serious attention to the situation in Afghanistan, saying that the country was in a critical situation. Karzai cited the remarks in an online conference hosted by the Xinhua University of China at the World Peace Forum …
Read More »U.S. failed in its mission in Afghanistan, says Karzai
My view is that there was no terrorism in Afghanistan, and no extremism in Afghanistan, Former President Hamid Karzai told The Hindu. As the U.S. quickens the pace of its troops pull out, and talks in Doha hit an impasse, Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who is still seen as a …
Read More »Kabul floats power-sharing deal with Taliban
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan government is seeking to forge a new government in alliance with Taliban and other stakeholders, said president’s security advisor on Monday – a power-sharing move that could assuage growing fears about resurgence of the militants. Hamdullah Mohib, security adviser to President Ghani, has said that Kabul …
Read More »Russia worried as Taliban rebels close in on borders
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia is concerned about the developments in Afghanistan’s border regions after the withdrawal of US troops from there, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. “Of course, after the Americans and their allies pull out of Afghanistan, the situation in that country is a matter of …
Read More »Over 1,000 Afghan troops desert posts, escape to Tajikistan
AT News KABUL: More than 1,000 Afghan soldiers have deserted their posts in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, entering the neighboring Tajikistan, Tajik officials said, as battle with the Taliban militants is unprecedentedly intensifying in the mountainous province which is bordering Tajikistan, China and Pakistan. Taliban fighters have gained more …
Read More »Taliban want all foreign troops ‘out’ of Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Taliban have called on the foreign countries who have military presence in Afghanistan to leave their soldiers, threatening that any of these states that would keep soldiers beyond September 11, would be treated as “invaders force”. Suhail Shahin, a member of Taliban’s negotiating team, said Monday that …
Read More »Taliban capture key base in Herat
AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants stormed into a key army base in the western province of Heart, killing 16 security forces, an official said on Monday. Provincial council member Wakil Ahmad Karkhi said that the military compound is located in the outskirt of Salma dam, and that the clashes …
Read More »Afghan forces retreat from several districts
AT News KABUL: The government forces have retreated from several district compounds in the northern provinces of Badakhshan and Parwan, and southern Helmand and Kandahar. Government forces have left two districts in the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand, the southern area with Kandahar known as Taliban birthplace where the insurgent …
Read More »Amnesty int’l call for probe into attacks on rights defenders
AT News KABUL: Amnesty International has censured the Afghan government for failing to protect human rights defenders in Afghanistan, urging a serious probe into recent threats and attacks. Despite a protection mechanism for Afghanistan’s human rights defenders, at least 24 HRDs have been killed since Jan, 21. This is what …
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