AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has rejected a new demand offered by the Taliban over the release of their extra 7,000 comrades held in government custody, with the National Security Council saying on Tuesday that the release would not help the ongoing peace process as 5,500 insurgents’ freedom …
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AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the reconciliation council says that the Afghan negotiating team is to start “serious talks” with their counterparts from Taliban group on Saturday on the peace. Abdullah admitted on Wednesday that the talks take long time, but it would help a stable Afghanistan. “We …
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AT News KABUL: The statistics department said Wednesday that the number of people in Afghanistan living under poverty line reaches to 15 million. It said that about 40 per cent of individuals are under poverty line as the Corona virus pandemic caused many people lose their jobs across Afghanistan. The …
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AT News KABUL: As the Afghan peace process entered a second phase, a discussion on the agendas to kick start the intra-Afghan talks, the Taliban group is now seeking the release of their more prisoners from the Afghan custody. To move the talks forward, the government freed over 5,000 Taliban …
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AT News KABUL: The Vertalyot, a Russian helicopter manufacturing, says that the Ukrainian engineering team that repairs military helicopters in Afghanistan is illegal and could endanger the lives of Afghan forces and American troops. The Russian chopper-making company said Monday that the Ukrainian engineers illegally repair military helicopters belong to …
Read More »AT News KABUL: Taliban infiltrator attacks against defense and security forces have recently increased, with the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reporting of 35 attacks in the past three months. The report said on Monday that 10 of these attacks killed 30 security forces ad injured another seven, …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned two car bombs in Kandahar province’s districts of Daman and Zheray, in which a number of civilians were killed and wounded on Monday. In a statement issued by his office, Karzai called on the Afghan sides of the ongoing war to …
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(Wasil Ahmad Akhtar) Corruption is the most frequently used word in Afghanistan and throughout the globe. Is it only the abuse of resources, misuse of authority, absence of laws or absence of justice for all? Everyone is describing it in its own context. For instance, taking bribe and stealing from …
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The Taliban, a group the Afghan government is seeking peace with, has some other demands suggested in the US-Taliban peace deal signed in late February last year. It has been disclosed by US Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson. The Taliban is expecting the release of thousands of their prisoners under their …
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“We honor all those in Afghanistan who work tirelessly to advance freedom of expression and freedom of the press” AT News KABUL: The EU delegation, NATO and diplomatic missions based in Kabul in a joint statement released on Monday strongly condemned the recent targeted attacks on representatives of the media, …
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