AT News KABUL: At least 44 Taliban rebels were killed and 27 others were wounded during crackdowns carried out by Afghan security forces in southern Uruzgan province, defense ministry said Wednesday. The ministry in a statement said 37 Taliban were killed and wounded during an operation conducted by Afghan army …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban rebels have shot dead three civilians in Faizabad district of northern Jawzjan province, officials said Wednesday. The ministry of defense in a statement said that the incident shooting occurred in Haidarabad village of the district. “The Taliban killed the civilians after they returned from prayers …
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AT News KABUL: The Government of Japan has pledged around nine million US dollars (940 million Japanese Yen) in support of UNICEF’s drive to provide life-saving interventions, addressing urgent needs and rights of Afghanistan’s children and women. According to a statement issued by Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), said that …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan security forces have killed a Pakistani bomb-maker who trained Taliban militants before switching allegiance to Al-Qaeda in western Farah province, the country’s intelligence agency said Wednesday. The National Directorate of Security said Mohammad Hanif was a close aide to Asim Omar, who headed Al-Qaeda in the …
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AT News KABUL: At least two people onboard a military helicopter were killed after the chopper crashed in eastern Nangarhar province last night. An Afghan Air Forces MI-17 helicopter crashed while taking off in Hesarak district of Nangarhar Province due to technical issues, said Ministry of Defense in a statement. …
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AT News KABUL: Condemning the recent violence in the country, Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of Afghanistan’s High Council for National Reconciliation, hit out at the Taliban for trying to gain political advantage by escalating violence. Dr. Abdullah made the remarks on Wednesday during a meeting with Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamelov …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 146 new positive cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 42,609 cases throughout the country, the Ministry of Public Health said Wednesday. The Ministry said these cases come positive out of 555 suspected samples tested during this period. …
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AT News KABUL: At least 58 Taliban rebels were killed and 25 others were wounded in latest crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the last past 24 hours, defense ministry said Tuesday. Around 37 Taliban rebels were killed and 20 others wounded after they were …
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Taliban see Doha agreement as an ‘excellent basis’ for bringing an end to the war AT News KABUL: The Taliban group, who found itself in tatters after Joe Biden defeated his Republican incumbent rival Donald Trump in the high-stakes 2020 US presidential election, is looking forward to pushing to wrap …
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AT News KABUL: Fawzia Koofi, a former member of the Parliament who is representing the Afghan government in ongoing peace negotiations with the Taliban in Qatar, is hopeful that the stalemated intra-Afghan talks will resume and they will bring change in Afghanistan. In an exclusive interview with Afghanistan Times, Koofi …
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