The Afghan government and the Taliban group have opened too much hype against each other and the historic negotiations aimed at ending the bloody 19-year war are in danger of collapse. Taliban attacks are killing scores of Afghans every week, reciprocally, dozens of Taliban fighters were killed in counterattacks by …
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AT News KABUL: Second Vice President Sarwar Danish said that the peace process is losing trusts as violence continues and “there was no halt to the ongoing violent behaviors.” Danish cited the remarks in a meeting of the NATO Senior Civilian Representative, Stefano Pontecorvo on Saturday. During the meeting, both …
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AT News KABUL: The Kabul Police has arrested 16 people on the charge of different crimes during the latest crackdown around the city. These suspected criminals are accused of armed robbery, disruption of public order, plundering and stealing mobiles of the citizens in different parts of Kabul city in the …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 91 new positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 41,425 cases throughout the country, the Ministry of Public Health said Saturday. These infections reported out of 210 suspected samples – 20 positive cases were recorded in Kandahar, …
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AT News KABUL: Police in Kabul say they have arrested a man charged for murder. Ferdows Faramarz, Kabul police spokesman, said Saturday that the man named Ali aka Gorg (Wolf), who was charged for killing a Kabul resident named Zakariya. “Ali had killed Zakariya two years ago in the west …
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AT News KABUL: At least 26 Taliban insurgents were killed and 22 others wounded in fresh military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces, defense ministry said Saturday. Taliban militants launched attacks on the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) positions in Dahrawod district of Uruzgan province on Friday …
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In a strange twist of events surrounding Afghanistan’s peace quest, the Taliban are pushing for the release of more prisoners. But Afghan government is taking a tough line against it, saying such ‘strange’ demands will risk complicating peace negotiations AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s government has pushed back against a Taliban …
Read More »AT News KABUL: Amid stagnation in Afghanistan’s peace talks, delegations of the Afghan government and the Taliban have purportedly agreed to allow Qatar’s government to mediate the talks aimed at reaching a negotiated political settlement to end the fighting in the war-ridden country. A well-informed source in Qatar has said, …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is among the countries globally where the killers of journalists most frequently are unpunished and impunity for violence against journalists remains highest, according to the 2020 Global Impunity Index published by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The New York-based committee says Afghanistan, Pakistan and Russia top the …
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AT News KABUL: The airstrikes conducted by the Afghan security forces killed 57 Taliban in southern Uruzgan and northern Badakhshan provinces, authorities said on Friday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Ahmadshah Sahil said that aerial operations were conducted in respond to militants’ attacks on the security checkpoints in Dehrado district of the …
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