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AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh has suggested execution of detained Taliban as targeted killings and violence have escalated unprecedentedly in Kabul, the capital city and in provinces. “Taliban detainees are thinking they will be forgiven and go free without punishment. This is the core reason behind …

AT News KABUL: Officials in the northern province of Baghlan say that eight security forces were killed after Taliban fighters attacked their outpost. The incident took place late Sunday along the Baghlan-Samangan highway at the outskirts of provincial capital of Pol-e-Khomri, where another two forces were wounded, while two soldiers …

AT News KABUL: Kabul police have detained two women charged for extortion from rich and famous men in the Police District 4th of Kabul city on Sunday. First Vice President Amurullah Saleh on Facebook identified the arrested women as Hasina and Shima. He said that the women dressed in modern …

The wave of assassinations continues to rock Afghanistan in recent months – earlier three female Army Officers killed in similar incident in Balkh province AT News KABUL: Two female judges of the Supreme Court were shot dead in Kabul on Sunday morning in the latest in a series of attacks …

AT News KABUL: Rahila Dostum took oath as a designated senator in the Upper House of the Parliament on Sunday. She is the daughter of Abdul Rashid Dostum, who was granted with an honor rank of Marshal last year as part of the power sharing deal concluded between President Ashraf …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has warned Balkh security officials to set free the long been abducted child or they will be dismissed from their posts. A 9-year old child, Abdul Rauf was kidnapped about three months ago from Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city of Balkh. The kidnappers are asking …

AT News KABUL: Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi warns the Taliban militants that there are several other ways to defeat them if they would not agree on a cease fire. A statement issued Sunday by the ministry of interior quoted Andarabi as saying that Taliban are not adherent to peace and …

AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh regrets releasing the criminals from the prisons amid the pandemic coronavirus outbreak, saying that their releasement posed an upswing in criminal activities in Kabul. The government last year freed thousands of prisoners to avoid further spread of the coronavirus.   “At that …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces are fully prepared to conduct anti-militant operations across the country, defense authority said on Sunday, hinting to the U.S. troops downsizing to 2,500 in Afghanistan. A spokesman for the ministry of defense, Ruhullah Ahmadzai said that the Afghan security was capable of filling …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday said it has launched a five-day anti-polio immunization drive to vaccinate 9.9 million children in 34 provinces. The anti-polio campaign launched by the MoPH in cooperation with the WHO and UNICEF, which through 9.9 million under five years age …