AT News KABUL: Former jihadi leader Ismael Khan accused President Ghani’s government of not being honest in the peace efforts, saying the situation would have been much better if the government was honest. In a meeting with chairman of the reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah in Herat province (Khan’s birthplace), Khan …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan is to visit Kabul in the ongoing week amid stalled peace negotiations between the government and Taliban’ peace negotiation teams in Doha of Qatar. A spokesman for the ministry of foreign affairs, Gran Hewad said that Khan would discuss the Afghan peace, …
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AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the reconciliation council says that the release of Taliban prisoners was not useful for the reduction of violence and a cease fire. Speaking to women’s activists in the western province of Herat, Abdullah said Saturday that the government freed 5,000 imprisoned insurgents with …
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The ongoing intra-Afghan talks and the US-Taliban deal would have significant implications for Afghanistan’s future political order. The result of the talks is currently (deadlock) and both sides apparently in no mood of compromise. This makes things more complicated and could even lead to the collapse of the process. Negotiations …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 66 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 43,035 cases throughout the country. The ministry of public health on Saturday said that these cases were recorded out of 170 suspicious samples during the past 24 hours …
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AT News KABUL: First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh said that personal guards of a member of the parliament had attempted to kidnap an Afghan trader, which has been foiled. Saleh stated the remarks on his Facebook as part of a 06:30am regular session to bolster Kabul security. The kidnappers did …
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Herati women say ready to take up arms to defend their rights AT News KABUL: A number of Herati women’s rights activists met with Abdullah Abdullah, the Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, to express their concern about the ongoing peace talks in Doha, fearing their rights would …
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AT News KABUL: At least 77 Taliban rebels were killed and 29 others wounded as part of the counterattacks by the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar and eastern Nangarhar provinces. According to a statement issued by the ministry of defense, 60 Taliban militants were killed in clashes erupted between …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The government of Australia is preparing to release a report on the conduct of special forces during the conflict in Afghanistan — and will appoint a special investigator to prosecute allegations of war crimes by Australian soldiers, the UPI reported on Friday. Australian Prime minister Scott Morrison …
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AT News KABUL: The Human Rights Watch claims that Taliban had earlier threatened Elyas Dayee, a local journalist in the southern province of Helmand to death. Dayee was killed Thursday when a magnetic bomb placed in his car, went off in the provincial capital city of Lashkar Gah. His brother …
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