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It has turned into a set trend now that every time there is an opportunity for Afghans to thrive in terms of trade and economics – as well as other matters – our neighboring Pakistan is always there to create obstacles, availing of its infamous practice of double-dealing. The country …

AT News Report KABUL: A number of the capital residents say that the increasing target murders were a matter of concern. Several government officials including the police chief for the Jaghatoo district of Wardak province were assassinated this week by unknown gunmen in Kabul city’s Police District 11. The Kabul …

AT News Report KABUL: The members of senate sent Monday the cases of some government officials they consider corrupt to the attorney general office. The senate’s commission for public complaints said that officials from the ministries of finance, foreign affairs, higher education, commerce and agriculture, who were blamed for making …

AT News Report KABUL: Residents in northern Badakhshan province on Monday claimed that at least 15 civilians were killed and 18 others, including children wounded in an airstrike conducted on Sunday afternoon in Warduj district of the province. However, local officials confirmed two people were killed and six other, all …

AT News Report KABUL: In a meeting with President Ashraf Ghani, NATO top commander in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller has said that the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have beaten the militants and killed key terrorist members recently across the country. In a statement the presidential palace said …

AT News Report KABUL: The United States supports a decision made by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to validate and count only the biometric votes. John Bass, the United States Ambassador to Kabul, said Monday that his country considers transparency important in the announcing of election results, emphasizing that it …

AT News Report KABUL: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday has called on the Taliban to show willingness to make a real compromise at the negotiating table, and expect resumption of peace talks between US and Taliban. “We would welcome the resumption of the talks, but then Taliban must …

AT News Report KABUL: A five day extended sub-national immunization campaign for polio eradication kicked off on Monday, which will target over 8.5 million children under five years of age in 324 districts across the country. The campaign is launched in most of the places where limited children were reached …

This year, we count 30 years from the date of withdrawal of the Soviet troops from Afghanistan. For a generation of Russians, this our southern neighbor [Afghanistan] has been a nightmare — but today it has suddenly become one of Moscow’s main allies on the southern flank. And it remains …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 46 militants were killed and 15 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Monday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …