AT News KABUL: The closure of Aqina border port has sparked fear of starvation in the four districts of Faryab province in the north as residents of the districts of Qaramqol, Qorghan, Khan Chahar Bagh and Andkhoy received foodstuff from the port that is bordering the neighboring Turkmenistan. Taliban took …
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AT News KABUL: Two days after U.S. troops vacated Bagram base, Taliban insurgents staged an attack on the air base, an assault which Afghan security forces repulsed at its outset, according to officials in Parwan province. “The Taliban attacked the base last night from outskirt of Kuh-e-Safi district and a …
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AT News KABUL: The Consulate Generals of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan have reportedly been suspended in the northern province of Balkh due to rise in violence fearing deteriorating security situations. However, the Pakistan embassy in Kabul in a statement denied the reports of consular section closure. “The Embassy would like …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 1,242 cases of the pandemic Covid-19, bringing the total tally to over 125,937. The new cases were recorded out of 4,642 samples tested in the country’s laboratories within past 24 hours. During this period, 84 patients died, while 806 others recovered. The total number of …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban have purportedly captured several districts amid severe offensives raging across the country. However, the ministry of defense said that it recaptured Baharak district of the northern Badakhshan province. A spokesman for the ministry of defense, Fawad Aman said that the security forces inflicted heavy casualties …
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AT News KABUL: Radio Keshm, a local channel in the remote mountainous province of Badakhshan in the northeast is one of 20 broadcasters which had to stop activities when the area it locates in the district of Keshm fell to Taliban recently. Noor Aqa Noori, the in charge of the …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations Secretary-General has omitted the Afghan National Police from his List of Shame, the ministry of foreign affairs said. In a statement issued Sunday, the ministry welcomed the removal of Afghan police from the list of shame, saying that the United Nations secretary-general had included …
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AT News KABUL: In the light of worsening security and advances Taliban are trumpeting, First Vice President is trying to assuage growing public fears, saying that the resurgent Taliban are “never able to occupy Afghanistan and seize power”. “I see a great and historic opportunity for unity. Every single community …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The UK is expected to bring home the last of its troops in Afghanistan this weekend, which would bring an end to Britain’s official role in the 20-year conflict. According to reports, the final 750 soldiers, who are currently part of a NATO training mission, are said …
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Afghan people are languishing in the shadows of terror and melancholy in these dark days. The country is beleaguered by a growing insurgency and militarism and stands on the precipice of a devastating war. In the one hand, the tentacles of Taliban are spreading fast as they continue to be …
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