AT News Report KABUL: At least 10 Taliban fighters were killed and two bomb making factories of the group, were terminated in southern Helmand province. In addition to that nine Taliban rebels were wounded in several joint clearance operations carried out by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in …
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With about a week remaining for the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to announce the preliminary results – scheduled for October 19 – of last month’s presidential election, the atmosphere of uncertainty is skyrocketing. There are constant claims of fraud since the day the vote was conducted as almost all of …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces in a clearing-operation conducted on Friday night, have wiped out Taliban rebels from Dasht-e-Archi district of northern Kunduz province, security officials said Saturday. Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) cleared Dasht-e-Archi district of insurgents and took control of the center and …
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AT News Report KABUL: In a gathering in northern Baghlan province, a number of religious Ulema have called for direct peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban group in a bid to restore peace as violence surged. A religious scholar, Abdulbasir Hamidi has said that Afghans have been …
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AT News Report KABUL: At least 76 militants were killed and 38 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 Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …
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AT News Report KABUL: Some presidential contenders urge the invalidation of the non-biometric ballots, warning to reject the results if the non-biometric votes were counted as valid ballots. Rahmatollah Nabil, one of the runners for presidency, accuses President Ghani’s electoral team of organizing rallies to try to validate the non-biometric …
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AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemned the continuing of night raids in the Alingar district of Laghman province, in which several civilians were killed and injured. Karzai called on the war parties to abandon fighting and accelerate efforts to gain a nationwide peace through intra-Afghan talks. …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The World Bank Group has approved a $98.8m financing package, comprising a mix of guarantees, a loan, and swaps, for two gas-to-power energy projects in Afghanistan. The financing is aimed at increasing domestically generated electricity through the gas-to-power energy projects, whilst leveraging private financing for the …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Two people have been killed during an attack on Taliban’s co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Bardar’s house in Pakistan, Pajhwok Afghan News quoted an intelligence source as saying. Hafez Mullah, the brother of Mullah Baradar, was among the two persons killed in the attack which took place …
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AT News Report KABUL: A Kabul-based political activist, Nazar Mohammad Motmaien came under an armed assault on Friday but he fortunately escaped unhurt. Motmaien said that he was on his way home after offering Friday prayers when an unknown armed man opened fire at him. He said after some retaliation, …
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