AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Days after the Islamic State’s (IS), also known as Dash extemrist group, leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and his heir apparent were killed in a raid by US forces in northern Syria, the group broke its silence to confirm their deaths, announce a new leader and warn …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Civilian casualties dramatically rose in Afghanistan between July and September — marking the highest number of casualties in a quarter since twhey first started being documented in 2009, according to a new report. Citing the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, the Special Inspector for Afghanistan Reconstruction …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 21 Taliban insurgents and 13 others were wounded in security operation in Sherzad district of eastern Nangarhar province, official said on Friday. To suppress the insurgents in the district, the Afghan security forces had launched operation five days …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Committee to Protect Journalists has ranked Afghanistan sixth for not being serious in prosecuting and punishing the perpetrators of killings of journalists in its 2019 classification. Somalia has been ranked first in the classification, with Syria and Iraq getting second and third respectively. The committee …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has released the financial report of the presidential candidates in terms of their campaign spending, revealing that the incumbent President Ashraf Ghani incurred the highest costs and Ghulam Farooq Nejrabi the lowest during the campaign period for the September’s presidential election. …
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AT News Report KABUL: Idrees Zaman has been officially appointed as acting minister of foreign affairs on Wednesday by President Ashraf Ghani. This comes after former minister and leader of Hezb-e-Jamiat (political party), Salahuddin Rabbani has step downed from his position. “Mr. Idrees Zaman shall be the acting foreign minister …
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Flying in the face of all international laws, the Pakistani military has yet again brazenly violated Afghanistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity by trying to establish military posts inside the Afghan territory of Nari district in eastern Kunar province. After Afghan forces stopped them from doing so along the de-facto Durand …
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AT News Report KABUL: The representatives of northern Jawzjan province have claimed that over 33 security forces have been killed in clashes with the Taliban militants took place in Aqcha district of the province. “As long as I am in contact with the security forces in Aqcha district, they have …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Attorney General office has asked the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to fire those personnel charged with breaching the commission’s data center. The Attorney General Office Spokesman, Jamshid Rasouli, said Wednesday that they would soon start investigations regarding the issue, adding that the suspects were already …
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AT News Report KABUL: A total of 150 young Afghan women celebrated their graduation on Wednesday from USAID’s Women in Commercial Banking (WICB) program during an official ceremony attended by the Executive Directors of the Afghanistan Banks Association, the Microfinance Investment Support Facility for Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Microfinance Association, and …
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