By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said that after 4o years of war, a historic opportunity for peace in Afghanistan “is now” possible that would benefit all Afghans, contribute regional stability and world security. “We welcome the Afghan Loya Jirga’s declaration and …
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AT News KABUL: At least eight civilians have lost their lives after a vehicle they were traveling in hit a roadside mine in southern Kandahar province on Monday morning, security officials said. An anti-vehicle mine planted by terrorists on the roadside went off after a Datsun model vehicle passed the …
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AT News KABUL: At least four Taliban insurgents were killed and seven others wounded after their Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) went off prematurely in southern Ghazni province on Monday morning. These Taliban rebels were busy placing the IED in a fielder model vehicle in the Sphandi area that accidently went …
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Everything has its tradeoff but the question is at what opportunity cost one has the willingness to do it. The stark decision to release the 400 contentious Taliban prisoners taken by the Loya Jirga is a similar case. The Afghan nation and the government agreed to let the prisoners convicted …
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AT News KABUL: With 56 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 37,162 coronavirus across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Monday said that out of 332 suspected samples, 56 were reported positive. Seven patients lost their lives battling the virus and 181 …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday said that he has written a letter to the US President Donald Trump that an ex-Afghan soldier who killed three Australians in 2012 should not be released. The man, Hekmatullah, has spent seven years in jail after killing three …
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AT News KABUL: The life story of Rohullah Nikpa, the first and only winner of Olympic medal for Afghanistan, would be featured in the Hollywood film industry—a first such big podium for an Afghan athlete. Eddie Arya, a Sydney-based renowned filmmaker told Afghanistan Times that this is his desire to …
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AT News KABUL: A terrorist allegedly planned to assassinate a religious scholar was arrested in western Herat province, security officials said on Monday. The Afghan National Police arrested the suspect who wanted to assassinate a scholar by gunshot in PD 6th of Herat city, Ministry of Interior said in a …
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AT News KABUL: The life story of Rohullah Nikpa, the first winner of Olympic medal for Afghanistan, would be featured in the Hollywood film industry—a first such big podium for an Afghan athlete. Eddie Arya, a Sydney-based renowned filmmaker told Afghanistan Times that this is his desire to produce a …
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AT News KABUL: The Pakistani military and intelligence have not abandoned the policy of training terrorist groups on their soil and have recently created a new terror group under the name of ‘Khattak Taliban’. The ISI, Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan has recently formed a new militant group, called the “Khattak …
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