AT News KABUL: At least 18 Afghan security forces have been killed in two attacks around Afghanistan, as violence keeps the country in its grasp and the start of the intra-Afghan talks remain fragile. Defense ministry said four army soldiers were killed and five others injured in a car bombing …
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AT News KABUL: Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation has expressed depression over ongoing peace talks in Doha, saying peace negotiations in Qatar “have no progress”. Addressing the Herat Security Dialogue on Friday, Abdullah said no decision has been made to call back the Afghan …
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AT News KABUL: More than 27 civilians have been killed and 60 others injured in Afghanistan in the past three days of violence, a watchdog said Wednesday. Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission reported 27 civilian casualties in 11 security incidents in Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, Kunduz, Badghis, Zabul, Herat and Maidan …
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AT News KABUL: Four women were killed when a rocket fired by Taliban militants crashed their house in the southern province of Kandahar, provincial officials confirmed. The attack took place late Tuesday in the Zheray district’s village of Sang Hesar, a police officer said Wednesday, asking not to be named. …
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AT News KABUL: Khaterah, 33, decided to join the police force in the unsafe province of Ghazni even as her Taliban-affiliated father opposed the intention. Her father told his Taliban comrades and then they decided to punish her by taking her pupils out with knife and deprived her from seeing …
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AT News KABUL: The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in a letter to President Ghani has vowed to help the Afghan government in the restoration of an ancient minaret in the city of Herat, presidential spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Wednesday. Sediqqi said that President Ghani last week instructed relevant …
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AT News KABUL: At least 44 Taliban rebels were killed and 27 others were wounded during crackdowns carried out by Afghan security forces in southern Uruzgan province, defense ministry said Wednesday. The ministry in a statement said 37 Taliban were killed and wounded during an operation conducted by Afghan army …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban rebels have shot dead three civilians in Faizabad district of northern Jawzjan province, officials said Wednesday. The ministry of defense in a statement said that the incident shooting occurred in Haidarabad village of the district. “The Taliban killed the civilians after they returned from prayers …
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AT News KABUL: The US Envoy for Afghan Peace Zalmay Khalilzad will probably continue his job as mediator among Afghans even as his Republican comrades are to leave the White House in 70 days. Faridoon Ajand, an Afghan political expert writes in an article that Khalilzad had earlier lost all …
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AT News KABUL: The Government of Japan has pledged around nine million US dollars (940 million Japanese Yen) in support of UNICEF’s drive to provide life-saving interventions, addressing urgent needs and rights of Afghanistan’s children and women. According to a statement issued by Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), said that …
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