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AT News KABUL: Three people including two policemen were shot dead by gunmen in Kabul city on Monday, an official said, as violence mounted across the country amid a hasty U.S. troop withdrawal. Spokesman for Kabul Police, Firdaws Faramarz, said three people including two policemen were killed in two separate …

AT News KABUL: A judge of a primary court was shot dead by unidentified gunmen Sunday night in Kandahar, local authorities said. The supreme court of Afghanistan confirmed assassination of the judge who was shot dead on his way to home from mosque on Sunday night. Unknown gunmen killed Mohammad …

AT News KABUL: A local commander freed 24 people whom he has taken hostage in Fatehbangali district of the northern province of Takhar. Provincial Governor, Abdullah Qarloq said that the commander captured the residents – who were mostly farmers- on charge of helping the Taliban after 20 of his fighters …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan on Monday reported the highest single-day toll of 56 COVID-19 related deaths and the biggest worry along with the spike in nationwide positive cases which is increasing on a daily basis. It also followed with another record daily surge of coronavirus as the country registered 1,582 …

AT News KABUL: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Haneef Atmar met with the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad and his accompanying delegation, where they discussed issues surrounding the Afghan peace process. During the meeting that took place on Monday, which was also attended by the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Australia’s most decorated Afghanistan veteran will deny alleged war crimes Monday at the start of his high-stakes defamation trial against one of the country’s biggest media companies. Ben Roberts-Smith will seek to prove he was unfairly portrayed in newspaper stories as having broken the moral and legal rules of war. He is seeking damages in Australia’s Federal Court from …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban group overran a couple districts of the two provinces in south and west of Afghanistan as the militants have intensified their offensives across the country. Urozgan Governor Omar Shirzad said that the security forces retreated from the compound of Gizab district. A clash occurred between …

Afghanistan has experienced a weekend of carnage as scores of people, including the army, died in a series of Taliban attacks across the country. Hundreds of Taliban fighters were also killed and wounded as heavy clashes were reported in different provinces with some districts having fallen to the Taliban, a …

AT News KABUL: Defense authorities say that the Afghan security forces have killed at least 126 Taliban insurgents in a series of military operations conducted in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours. In addition to that another 79 Taliban insurgents received injuries, the ministry of defense …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban group assured safety to the Afghan staff who provide servicing as interpreters, guards and other titles to the foreign diplomats and U.S. led forces in Afghanistan after international troops exit. The group cited the remarks in the wake of the U.S. and UK announcement of …