Dozens of students were killed and wounded as gunmen rampaged through the camps, firing indiscriminately. AT News KABUL: The mastermind behind the deadly Kabul University attack has been arrested, First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh said on Saturday. A group of three terrorists stormed the sprawling Kabul University campus early this …
Read More »Ghani’s administration accused of deceit in peace process
AT News KABUL: Former jihadi leader Ismael Khan accused President Ghani’s government of not being honest in the peace efforts, saying the situation would have been much better if the government was honest. In a meeting with chairman of the reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah in Herat province (Khan’s birthplace), Khan …
Read More »Pakistan PM Imran Khan to visit Kabul for first time
AT News KABUL: Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan is to visit Kabul in the ongoing week amid stalled peace negotiations between the government and Taliban’ peace negotiation teams in Doha of Qatar. A spokesman for the ministry of foreign affairs, Gran Hewad said that Khan would discuss the Afghan peace, …
Read More »Abdullah regrets release of Taliban prisoners
AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the reconciliation council says that the release of Taliban prisoners was not useful for the reduction of violence and a cease fire. Speaking to women’s activists in the western province of Herat, Abdullah said Saturday that the government freed 5,000 imprisoned insurgents with …
Read More »77 Taliban rebels killed in South-East
AT News KABUL: At least 77 Taliban rebels were killed and 29 others wounded as part of the counterattacks by the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar and eastern Nangarhar provinces. According to a statement issued by the ministry of defense, 60 Taliban militants were killed in clashes erupted between …
Read More »Australia promises to prosecute war crimes in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The government of Australia is preparing to release a report on the conduct of special forces during the conflict in Afghanistan — and will appoint a special investigator to prosecute allegations of war crimes by Australian soldiers, the UPI reported on Friday. Australian Prime minister Scott Morrison …
Read More »‘Journalist killed in Helmand was already threatened by Taliban’
AT News KABUL: The Human Rights Watch claims that Taliban had earlier threatened Elyas Dayee, a local journalist in the southern province of Helmand to death. Dayee was killed Thursday when a magnetic bomb placed in his car, went off in the provincial capital city of Lashkar Gah. His brother …
Read More »18 security forces killed in two attacks
AT News KABUL: At least 18 Afghan security forces have been killed in two attacks around Afghanistan, as violence keeps the country in its grasp and the start of the intra-Afghan talks remain fragile. Defense ministry said four army soldiers were killed and five others injured in a car bombing …
Read More »Peace has no loser: Abdullah
AT News KABUL: Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation has expressed depression over ongoing peace talks in Doha, saying peace negotiations in Qatar “have no progress”. Addressing the Herat Security Dialogue on Friday, Abdullah said no decision has been made to call back the Afghan …
Read More »27 civilians killed in 3 days of violence
AT News KABUL: More than 27 civilians have been killed and 60 others injured in Afghanistan in the past three days of violence, a watchdog said Wednesday. Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission reported 27 civilian casualties in 11 security incidents in Kabul, Kandahar, Paktia, Kunduz, Badghis, Zabul, Herat and Maidan …
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