AT News KABUL: At least 23 Taliban insurgents were killed as fighting planes struck their hideouts in Sholgara district in northern Balkh province on Thursday, army spokesman in the northern region, Mohammad Hanif Rezai said on Friday. The airstrike launched Thursday afternoon in Bodana Qala village of the restive Sholgara …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in a statement on Friday called for greater support from the international community for Afghanistan’s people, including those displaced within its borders and refugees seeking safety outside the country. The appeal comes at the end of a four-day visit …
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AT News KABUL: The embassy of Afghanistan in Ashgabat has initiated a video conference of Afghan and Turkmen border governors with the aim of strengthening economic, trade, transport-transit, cultural, humanitarian and people to people relations between the two countries. The conference was attended by Sayed Abdul Wahid Zahed Qatali, Governor …
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AT News KABUL: At least 186 Taliban insurgents were killed and 94 others were wounded during a series of military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, the ministry of defense said on Wednesday. Backed by the Afghan Air …
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AT News KABUL: Authorities in the ministry of defense said Wednesday that 62 people were freed from a Taliban prison in northern Baghlan province, a day after 41 hostages were freed from another Taliban prison in western Herat province. The Afghan Commando Special Forces in the past two days raided …
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AT News KABUL: At least five intelligence forces were killed in Taliban ambush alongside Herat-Qala-i-Naw Highway in the northwestern province of Badghis, top provincial official said on Wednesday. Provincial Governor Hesamuddin Shams said that the security forces engaged in clashes with Taliban following the attack and killed three militants. Taliban …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 623 new cases of coronavirus and 14 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said Wednesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached 68,366 cases nationwide. The new cases reported out of 3,188 …
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AT News KABUL: Officials in the western province of Herat said that the reconstruction of the highways damaged by the Taliban attacks cost 100 million AFs. Provincial Public Works Director, Abdul Majeed Samim said that many of these damaged areas located alongside the highways of Herat-Islam Qala, Herat-Kandahar and Herat-Torghandi. …
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AT News KABUL: The recent conflicts between Taliban fighters and government forces in the eastern province of Laghman have forced hundreds of people to flee their houses and villages. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission says that the displaced people need urgent assistance from foreign sources. Mohammad Reza Jaafari, an …
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AT News KABUL: The lawmakers on Wednesday session accused the Afghan warring parties of sabotaging the peace process with making “extra excuses” to attend the peace negotiations. They said that the government officials sought to remain in power and work for their personal interest, “not peace”. They said that the …
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