Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: A deadly stampede broke out Wednesday in Jalalabad, and at least 12 people were killed and tens were injured as thousands thronged at a football stadium to apply for Pakistan visa, officials said. Nangarhar Governor Spokesman Attaullah Khogyani said 12 elderly women were killed in a stampede …
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AT News KABUL: The latest worsening security situation in the northern areas has affected traveling and drivers’ jobs. The passengers call on the government to take resolving measures in the Mazar-e-Sharif – Sheberghan road. Sharif, a driver who has been serving for 15 years, said Wednesday that he and his …
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AT News KAUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission criticized the government for not being serious regarding the rights of Sikh and Hindu minorities. The commission called on the government on Wednesday to protect the Hindus and Sikhs since their lives and properties are under threat. Scores of Sikhs were …
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AT News KABUL: Billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid to Afghanistan has been lost to widespread waste, and endemic corruption in the past 10 years, the US oversight authority on Afghanistan reconstruction says. The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan, SIGAR, in a new report said that more than …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says that he was assured by the United States senior officials that Washington has remained adherent to its commitments regarding Afghanistan. Speaking to the members of parliament on Wednesday, Ghani said that the United States would consult the government of Afghanistan about its future …
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AT News KABUL: President Ghani’s adviser Wahid Omar says that leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar raises voice in Islamabad as an attempt to abolish the government in Afghanistan. Omar wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that “I have watched this horrific movie several times. We need to stand united against this …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed as many as 840 Taliban militants over the past 28 days across Afghanistan, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry’s spokesman, Tariq Arian said that 385 other Taliban militants were injured during this period. The Taliban group has yet to make …
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AT News KABUL: At least 18 Taliban militants were killed and 12 others wounded after Afghan security forces fended off their attacks in southern Helmand province on Saturday night, officials said Wednesday. Taliban had massively attacked the Afghan security forces checkpoints in Nawa district, ministry of defense said. With aerial …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned rocket and artillery attacks by Pakistani army on the border province of Kunar. The attacks inflected casualties on the Kunar resident. Karzai called the attacks a violation of Afghanistan’s sovereignty and against all international norms and principles. He called on Islamabad …
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AT News KABUL: At least five police officers were killed by a roadside bomb in the southwestern province of Nimroz, provincial officials confirmed.a The incident took place on Tuesday in the Kang district, Bahram Haqmal, a provincial official said. Two more officers were injured in this attack that targeted their …
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