AT News KABUL: There is no progress in the negotiations between Afghan and Taliban negotiating teams, sources privy to the issue said Monday. The Afghan delegation insists on cease fire agreement, the sources said. “But the Taliban stress that the ceasefire will be agreed after reaching a breakthrough on the …
Read More »Afghanistan focusing on cease fire in Taliban peace talks
AT News KABUL: The Afghan negotiating team is discussed the unification of the agendas of the intra-Afghan negotiations. “Afghans want and stress on ceasefire,” said Najia Anwari, a spokeswoman for the ministry on Monday. “Cease fire is one of the important wishes of the Afghans.” She said that the negotiating …
Read More »Five million Afghans to receive electronic ID cards next year
AT News KABUL: The National Statistics and Information Authority announced of distribution of five million electronic ID cards in the next Persian Year (March 21, 2021 to March 19, 2022). Ahmad Javed Rasouli, head of the department, told senators in Meshrano Jirga’s Monday session that they had already distributed 1.7 million …
Read More »Two militants killed by own bomb blast
AT News KABUL: Two Taliban militants were killed after a bomb they were planning to explode against civilians went off prematurely in eastern Logar province. Two militants were killed, when their own mine detonated in Mohammad Agha district at around 9:00am on Monday, said Logar Police Spokesman Shahpoor Ahmadzai in …
Read More »Taliban militants shoot woman dead in Balkh
AT News KABUL: Officials in the northern province of Balkh said that the Taliban fighters shot dead a woman in Zarei district. Zarei district governor Saif Rahman Rahmani said Monday that the militants accused the woman of cooperation with the security forces. The incident took place Sunday night nearby a …
Read More »Karzai condemns airstrike against civilians in Nimroz
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an airstrike in Nimroz province that killed 18 civilians including women and children. Karzai condemned the attack as a cruel act that is against human and Islamic values. He called on the Afghan war parties to stop bloodshed and nullify foreign …
Read More »Residents complain of ‘broken heating system’ in Microrayons
AT New KABUL: Residents in the Microrayon residential complexes complain about the broken heater system, saying that they are bearing a freezing winter. According to the national disaster management authority, Kabul is expected to face a cold freezing winter this year. Sharifa, 60, is living in a family of 10 …
Read More »44 Taliban rebels killed in raids
AT News KABUL: At least 44 Taliban insurgents were killed and 20 others wounded during crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces within past 24 hours. Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement said that 23 Taliban militants were killed and five others wounded in Arghandab …
Read More »Government to probe civilian casualties in airstrike in Nimroz
AT News KABUL: The government has started an investigation over civilian casualties in an airstrike carried out in Nimroz province in the southwest. Some 18 people including women and children were killed when a government aerial attack hit residential area in the Khashrod district, according to provincial officials and witnesses. …
Read More »Karzai welcomes resumption in intra-Afghan talks
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai welcomed the restart of peace negotiations between Afghanistan and Taliban negotiators. The two negotiating teams began the talks on Saturday after three weeks of pause during which they were consulting their leaderships. The former president called on the two Afghan sides to realize …
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