AT News Report KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Wednesday said that its special unit service members killed seven insurgents and discovered and confiscated a big ammunition cache of Taliban during operation in southern Helmand province. A statement issued by NDS, said that intelligence operatives special unit conducted …
Read More »Editorial: Tit for tat – Taliban vs Baluch separatists
Analysts in Pakistan reveal that the United States announced banning Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) in return of Pakistan’s commitment of forcing Doha Qatar based Taliban leaders for playing a key and positive role in the ongoing peace talks. The US government announced the decision a day after President Donald Trump …
Read More »Returnees facing challenges at home: survey finds
AT News Report KABUL: The United Nations Human Rights Council said on Wednesday despite an improvement on living condition for returnees in the country; they still face tremendous social, economical and security difficulties. “In 2018, some 15,699 refugees returned home under the UNHCR’s facilitating voluntary repatriation program, with the majority …
Read More »First ever solar power network activated in Kandahar
AT News Report KABUL: President, Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday inaugurated the first ever solar electricity network the southern province of Kandahar. The network was put in utilization in the Daman district and Ghani officially opened it during his visit to the province. The solar system has two phases and produces …
Read More »Karzai: Terrorism grew in Afghanistan by US finance, ambiguous policies
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai on Wednesday reacted to statements by the US President Donald Trump about the situation of Afghanistan after the US withdrawal. “Afghanistan is not the laboratory of terrorists, but a victim of terrorism, that grew with the US funding and ambiguous policies,” Karzai …
Read More »Ballot papers for presidential polls to be printed in Denmark, IEC says
AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has chosen Denmark for printing the ballot papers for the September presidential elections, an official at the commission said on Wednesday, adding that counterfeiting the ballots would be impossible. Zabihullah Sadaat, a spokesman for the commission, said that the number of …
Read More »Taliban’s alms collector arrested in Ghor
AT News Report KABUL: Police attested Taliban’s alms (zakat, Islamic charity) collector during an operation in western Ghor province. A key Taliban group member who was involved in collecting alms from people to fund the operations of the group, was arrested after Afghan National Police (ANP) conducted an operation in …
Read More »Dozens of militants killed fresh raids
AT News Report KABUL: At least 53 militants were killed and four others wounded in multiple extensive military operations in the past 24 hours. In a statement issued Wednesday here in Kabul, Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that Afghan National Army (ANA) with the cooperation of the Afghan National Police …
Read More »Afghan government, some politicians not to attend Doha meeting
AT News Report KABUL: The government and some political leaders have said they would not attend a meeting scheduled to be held as an ‘intra-Afghan dialogue’ with Taliban representatives on Sunday and Monday in Doha. Germany and Qatar are going to host the meeting welcomed by the United States that …
Read More »Afghans can no longer tolerate electoral crisis: Abdullah
AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah criticizes interferences in the electoral process, warning of an electoral crisis. Abdullah who is one of 18 hopefuls for the September presidential elections and once again a competitor to President Ashraf Ghani in the race, said that the people of Afghanistan could …
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