AT News KABUL: Taliban militants have destroyed a bridge on the Kabul-Jalalabad second-lane road in the Surkh Rod district of eastern Nangarhar province on Thursday night, provincial officials said on Friday. The bridge was blown up after the Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint of the Afghan security forces in the …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Preparations are underway for the Afghan peace talks set to take place in Turkey, the U.S. State Department said, Reuters reported. Last month, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote a letter to Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani putting forward Turkey to host talks to end the two-decade-long …
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AT News KABUL: Nine members of the Afghan border force killed and over 14 others were taken hostage after a number of Taliban insurgents attacked two checkpoints in Herat province, source said on Friday. The attack happened on two outposts in Kohsan and Ghorian districts on Thursday night, TOLONews quoted …
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US official says Turkey conference will help Afghan negotiators to make progress in their negotiations, and will complement the peace talks that are currently ongoing in Doha AT News KABUL: The assessment of peace proposals, including the one provided by President Ashraf Ghani has been completed, the High Council for …
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AT News KABUL: Violence against women has had an unprecedented increase in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, provincial officials say. The violence cases include divorce, beating, escape from home and family violence. Sharifa 19, is a resident of the Kohestan district’s village of Pas Pol. She married when she was …
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AT News KABUL: At least two civilians lost their lives and 18 more received injuries after a roadside mine went off in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday morning, sources said. The blast occurred at around 06:30 morning hours in Jalalabad, the provincial capital city. “The explosion occurred when the Afghan …
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AT News KABUL: The salaries of at least 15 senior government officials have been postponed as they failed to report and register their private properties, the anti-corruption body says. “Under the prevention measures of administration corruption, we have so far received 5,200 forms of asset registrations from which, 1,365 are …
Read More »AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday said that security forces have arrested 11 members of the Taliban, who were behind differing bombings, including assassination of a prominent journalist Yama Siawash. Mr. Saleh in a series of tweets said that it all started with a tip …
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AT News KABUL: At least 68 Taliban insurgents were killed and 64 others wounded during the latest crackdown conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Wednesday. These militants were killed and wounded in Herat, Faryab, Farah, Badakhshan, Kunduz and …
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AT News KABUL: A tribal elder was shot and killed by the Taliban militants in a wedding party in eastern Paktia province, sources said on Wednesday. A number of Taliban insurgents attacked the wedding party in Ahmadabad district of the province, killing Jan Mohammad, father of the groom. According to …
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