AT News KABUL: At least 85 Taliban fighters were killed and 35 others wounded during latest military stings carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the last 24 hours, defense ministry said Sunday. The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have conducted counterattacks in Nangarhar, …
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AT News KABUL: The ministry of interior said Saturday 51 civilians were killed and another 137 received injuries in different Taliban onslaughts in the past one week. Spokesman for the ministry, Tariq Aryan said that the militants staged 356 offensive attacks and carried out two suicide bombings and 52 landmine …
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AT News KABUL: Education officials on Saturday inaugurated a new school building in Patan district of southeastern Paktia province, the Education Ministry has said. The school was built as part of the government’s plan to improve public education. The building has been built for a secondary girls’ school and has …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations International Emergency Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that the deadly Polio still takes victims from Afghan children. The UNICEF said Saturday on the occasion of Polio Day that some 2.5 million children are deprived from taking Polio vaccination in Afghanistan every year. Nabila is one …
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AT News KABUL: The fact-finding members of the parliament accused the Afghanistan embassy in Washington of forging discrepancy in the building of a wall for the embassy. The investigative team revealed that Afghanistan’s embassy wall in Washington could cost 300,000 US dollars but the embassy has spent 1.5 million. The …
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By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: While the delegations of the Afghan government and the Taliban are engaged in intra-Afghan negotiations, extreme violence has been taking massive toll on Afghan people, killing and wounding hundreds of people across the country. Both the Taliban and government forces suffer casualties – both are …
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AT News KABUL: The first deputy speaker of parliament says he summoned top security officials to his residence as he was “so worried” about the worsening security situation. “I talked to the acting defense and interior ministers last night in my house, where I told them about appointing of incompetent …
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AT News KABUL: Hundreds of youths in the southern Helmand province have voluntarily joined the Afghan security forces to suppress the Taliban insurgents. The move was made after the militants recently created a sever scene of violence in the province. The ministry of interior in a statement puts the number …
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AT News KABUL: At least 95 Taliban rebels were killed and 43 others wounded in latest military stings conducted by the Afghan security forces in the last 24 hours, officials said Saturday. The Ministry of Defense said that the operations were conducted in Nangarhar, Helmand, Herat, Wardak, Zabul, Kandahar, Ghor, …
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There has been no let-up in violence in Afghanistan as militants are stepping up attacks amid nascent peace talks in Doha AT News KABUL: As students studied inside a private education center in western Kabul on Saturday afternoon, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device, killing at least 18 people …
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