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AT NewsKABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has welcomed the start of prisoners swap between the Afghan government and the Taliban, saying that the prisoners release is a vitally important step towards reduction of violence and to the Afghan peace process.Khalilzad urged the Afghan government and …

AT NewsKABUL: The Ministry of Defense has said that the Taliban have been continually violating their peace deal with the United States and intensifying attacks against the Afghan security forces.Rohullah Ahmadzai, a spokesman for the ministry said that despite the Afghan security forces had owned a defensive position; the insurgent …

AT NewsKABUL: The Afghan security forces have pushed back a coordinate Taliban’s attack and killed at least its nine fighters in northern Balkh province, defense official said on Monday.A group of Taliban fighters planned to launch attacks on security outposts in Chahar Bolak and Dawlat Abad districts that had been …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s military has pushed back a Pakistani forces’ bid to fence a portion of the Durand Line in Kandahar city outskirts and remain on the defensive mode, according to local authorities. Security forces in Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province – sharing a porous border with …

The political, or rather the presidential wrangling in Afghanistan has overshadowed many other national issues facing the country. It’s been six months since the presidential polls last year but the electoral commission-endorsed President Ashraf Ghani and self-proclaimed president of ‘inclusive government’ Dr. Abdullah Abdullah have locked horns over the mantle …

AT News KABUL: At least 58 covid-19 cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, brining the tally of the pandemic to 665 in Afghanistan with warning from health officials to take the virus seriously and observe the period of quarantine to help stop the wild spread of the …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 12 Taliban fighters in western Badghis province, an official said on Monday. In addition to that, 18 more Taliban fighters were wounded. Number of armed Taliban insurgents had blocked the highway of Qadis-Qala-e-Naw for an attack on Afghan forces …

AT News Kabul: The Partnership and Stability Electoral Ticket is supposed to receive the decision-making authority with respect to 50 percent of governmental positions, divulges an unofficial draft of a likely power-sharing agreement between President Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah that went viral on social media. Going from hand …

AT News KABUL: The contractors of the National Statistics Department say they had not been paid since December. Some 300 people are working as contractors at the digital ID section and said Sunday they had to work without payment for four months. The statistics department confirms the problem, promising to …

AT News KABUL: A key member of the notorious Haqqani Network, who was released from government custody last year, has gone to Pakistan to resume terrorist activities, former intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil claims. Three senior members of Haqqani Network (Mali Khan, Abdul Rashid and Anas Haqqani) were freed by a …