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AT News KABUL: Thousands of families have displaced in different areas particularly in the provinces where battles between government forces and Taliban fighters are going on within the past two weeks, officials confirm.  “5,300 families have fled their homes in the past 15 days alone,” Mohammad Reza Baher, spokesman of …

AT News KABUL: At least 12 civilians were killed and two others wounded, including women and children, after a passenger vehicle struck a roadside bomb planted by the Taliban in southern Paktia last night, according to officials. A roadside bomb that Taliban planted went off in Chino village of Sayed …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have purportedly abducted two policewomen in Ghazni province, a security source said on Sunday. The source, talking on condition of anonymity, told -Itlat-e-Rooz that Taliban have abducted the two policewomen in Sai Ganj area in the PD 1 of Ghazni capital city. According to …

AT News KABUL: Provincial Council Director of northwestern Jawzjan province surrendered to the Taliban alongside his 20-fighters, sources said. A member of the provincial council, Mavllawi Abdulhai Hayat confirmed the surrender of Babur Ishchi to the Taliban. “The contacts, I have made with some friends in the national directorate of …

AT News KABUL: Local officials in Kandahar province say all civilian flights have been suspended following Taliban rocket attacks on parts of the airport. Massoud Ahmad Pashtun, director of Ahmad Shah Abdali Airport, said on Sunday that the Taliban had fired several rockets at parts of the airport in the …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an attack that killed and wounded civilians in Paktia province. 14 civilians including women and children were killed by a roadside bomb in the Sayed Karam district on Sunday. In a statement issued by Karzai’s office, the former president was quoted …

AT News KABUL: Afghan troops have launched crackdown operations against the Taliban across the country, killing at least 572 militants, officials said on Sunday. According to a statement of the Defense Ministry, 572 militants were killed and 309 others were wounded in the past 24 hours of major operations carried …

AT News KABUL: Following week-long fighting between Afghan security forces, pro-government forces and the Taliban in western Herat province, scholars and clerics are calling for ceasefire in the province. Head of western zone Ulema Council, Mawlawi Khodadad Saleh, in presence of tens of scholars asked the government and the Taliban …

AT News KABUL: Pashton Politician and Provincial President of Awami National Party of Pashtonkhwa, Aimal Wali Khan called on the Pakistani government to stop interference in Afghanistan. He said that Afghanistan is an independent country. According to him, thousands of terrorists are crossing from Pakistan to Afghanistan, where they triggered …

AT News KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met on Saturday the former Vice President Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum and discussed the worsening security situation in the country. Following escalation of conflict and violence in different parts of the country particularly in northern provinces recently, Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum returned from …