AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan Special Forces stormed a Taliban prison in western Farah province and as a result rescued13 hostages, officials said on Friday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a statement said that the Special Forces conducted the raid in Bakwa district of Farah. The statement …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Using railway, Afghanistan exported 1,000 tons of talc stone to China through Hairatan dry port in northern Balkh province during an official ceremony on Thursday. It is for the first time Afghanistan is sending the stone to China. Officials from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and China besides their …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Angelina Jolie has given her support to female-led Afghan film “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha,” made by first-time director Sahraa Karimi. The pic, which has its world premiere Friday at the Venice Film Festival, chronicles the lives of, and the difficult choices facing, three Afghan women from different …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces have retaken control of Wardooj district – which had been in the Taliban’s hands over the past four years – in northeastern Badakhshan province, officials from relevant ministries said on Friday. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) jointly …
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AT News Report KABUL: Key Taliban member among 22 other rebels have been killed in an ongoing military operation of the Afghan security forces in Narkh District of Maidan Wardak province, official said Taliban’s Red Unit commander for central Maidan Wardak was among 22 militants killed ,the Ministry of Interior …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABULL: The 3rd round of China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Trilateral foreign ministers’ dialogue will be held today (Saturday) in Pakistan’s capital city, Islamabad. Afghan Foreign Minister, Salahuddin Rabbani, State Councilor and Foreign Minister of China, Wang Yi, will lead their respective delegations. The agenda of the dialogue focuses on political relations …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A United States Congressional committee has asked US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad to appear as a witness on the US-Taliban deal which is “agreed in principle”. In a letter to Mr. Khalilzad, which was later released to the press, Congressman Eliot Engel, who …
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AT News Report KABUL: A most dangerous shadow governor of the Taliban group for Badakhshan province was killed in an operation carried out by the Afghan security forces to improve security in the province. Spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, Nasrat Rahimi said Qari Fasiuddin, a shadow governor of Taliban …
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AT-KABUL- A Taliban suicide bomber Thursday morning detonated his explosive laden mini-van in a civilian populated area of the Kabul city in which 10 civilians were killed and 42 more people were injured, officials said. The attack took place Thursday morning at 10:00am in Shash Darak neighborhood of Kabul city …
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As per the experts’ opinion, the only way to get Afghanistan out of current miseries, economic isolation and its dependence on foreign aid is opening up new trade routes and corridors. Their viewpoints carry some weight because according to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MoCI) figures, at least 7,400 …
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