Surging violence and civilian casualties run counter to peace talks AT News KABUL: More than 487 civilians have been killed and 1,049 others received injuries during three months of grave violence conducted by the Taliban rebels around the country, security officials said on Saturday. A Spokesman for the Interior Ministry, …
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AT News KABUL: Officials in Bamyan province say that police seized and confiscated three ancient relics. The relics are a pitcher, a finger bowl and a samovar seized in the Yakawlang district’s village of Deh Sorkhak. Provincial culture department said Saturday that the seized relics need more research. “A number …
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AT News KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) is preparing to hold parliamentary elections in Ghazni province as well as elections of provincial and district councils there. The parliamentary election held in October 2018 was not held in Ghazni province due to apparently security problems, so the insecure province has …
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AT News KABUL: Some Afghan and Pakistani journalists via a zoom conference have stressed on the need to escalate mutual cooperation between the two neighboring countries media. The journalists also discussed the role of media in the Afghan peace process and also in improving relation between the two neighboring countries. …
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AT NewsKABUL: The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says Taliban militants have agreed to let them establish 4,000 classrooms in the areas under insurgents’ control. The agreement came after two years of negotiation between the UNICEF and the militant group. The classrooms will be formed in the areas …
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AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh believes that lawmakers are lacking conditional knowledge and considers offering them a “pocket constitution” as they criticized Mr. Saleh for holding the 60:30 regular morning session. Mr. Saleh said the parliament has no right to interfere in his morning meetings. According …
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AT News KABUL: The police have found the burned-dead bodies of three people in Injil district of western Herat province. Provincial security officials say the victims are a man, woman and a four years old child. Provincial Police Spokesman, Abdulahad Walizada said that the bodies were burned out while they …
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AT News KABUL: A major U.S. Air Base in Parwan province located in the northern Kabul city, has came under rocket attacks on Saturday, but there were no casualties or damage reported from the airfield, NATO and provincial officials said. “Rockets were fired towards Bagram Airfield on Saturday morning. …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has reported at least 17 deaths linked to the Coronavirus in the past 24 hours, while 80 new Covid-19 cases have also been reported in the country, taking the total number of confirmed cases over 50,000. 123 suspected patients of coronavirus were tested in eight provinces, …
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AT News KABUL: A roadside landmine killed two people and wounded four others in southern Helmand province, provincial officials confirmed on Saturday. The incident took place in Grishk district after a passenger vehicle hit a Taliban roadside mine, a Spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, Tariq Arian said. A mine …
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