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AT News KABUL: Taliban militants have claimed that President Ashraf Ghani’s government is breathing last, accusing it of trying to sabotage the ongoing peace efforts. The comments came in reaction to Ghani’s First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh who demanded execution of Taliban fighters held in government custody. Ghani’s political opposition …

AT News KABUL: Officials in Kunduz province in the north and Badakhshan in the northeast confirm that scores of Afghan security forces were killed when Taliban fighters attacked their outposts. Mohammad Yousuf Ayoubi, head of provincial council in Kunduz said that militants attacked army outposts in the district of Dasht-e-Archi …

AT News KABUL: At least 59 Taliban militants have been killed and 42 others were wounded during latest crackdowns carried out by Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours, said ministry of defense on Tuesday. 27 Taliban fighters were killed and 12 others were wounded in counterattacks conducted by …

AT News KABUL: At least 36 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 11 others were wounded in fresh military operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Monday. Taliban planned to attack Afghan security checkpoints in Zherai and Arghandab …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 79 new positive cases of coronavirus and three fatalities in the last 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health on Monday. With new infections, Afghanistan now has 54,141 confirmed cases around the country. These cases were reported out of 1,849 …

AT News KABUL: Police have detained 12 kidnappers, freeing four people from their custody in a Special Operation conducted in western Herat province, local officials said on Monday. Provincial Governor Syed Abdul Wahid Qatali said the kidnapped persons were freed in a special operation by operatives of the National Directorate …

AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan seems hopeful to reach a political agreement with the Taliban through negotiations underway now in Qatar. Kabul hopes that the second round of the peace negotiations help the two sides to reach an agreement on peace and stability in Afghanistan. “Any subject that …

AT News KABUL: Political figures such as Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation and Hamid Karzai, former president, have urged for an immediate reduction in violence and progress in the peace efforts. The issues were discussed in a meeting between Karzai and Abdullah on Monday. …

AT News KABUL: The severe winter in Balkh province in the north has caused a worrisome pneumonia pandemic. Health officials said Monday that at least 20 children infected with the disease died over the past one month in Mazar-e-Sharif city, provincial capital. The officials said that dozens of other sick …

AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amurullah Saleh said Monday that Kabul police have rescued several minor and young children from being transferred to Taliban Madrassas to get training education in Pakistan. “They are reunited with their families,” Saleh wrote in his Facebook page. Mr. Saleh went on saying …