AT News KABUL: The Taliban group has rejected statements made by First Vice President Amrullah Saleh that the insurgent group would “melt by questions” raised by Afghan government’s negotiating delegation. Saleh had earlier claimed that Taliban’s negotiators did not have a deep mindset. Taliban’s Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, rejected Saleh’s remarks …
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AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met on Tuesday with Liu Jian, Special Representative of the People’s Republic of China for Afghanistan. Both the dignitaries discussed recent developments in the Afghan peace process, while Hamid Karzai called peace a national and existential ideal of the Afghan people. “Taliban are …
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AT News KABUL: A string of deadly attacks and bombings killed at least 57 security forces and wounded hundreds more across Afghanistan in the fighting and bombings on Monday, making it the deadliest day since the start of intra-Afghan peace negotiations. Negotiating teams of the Afghan government and Taliban met …
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AT News KABUL: China wants to build thousands of houses in Afghanistan, with an initial plan for an immediate construction of 1,400 residential units in Kabul. A contract was signed on Tuesday between the Ministry of Urban Development and Land and China’s MCC 19 Company in presence of President Ghani …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s war is intensifying amid increased Taliban’s countrywide hostilities as the government and militants tussle in Qatar peace talks for a political settlement to end the conflict. Terrorist attacks and roadside bombings have been increasingly rampant in Nangarhar, Takhar, Kapisa, Badghis, Paktia, Paktika, Uruzgan, Kunduz, Maidan Wardak, …
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Abdullah hopes Taliban will heed calls for ceasefire AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s point man for peace, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, says he expects the Taliban to heed repetitive calls for ceasefire and join hands for a peaceful future. Afghanistan is in a historic turning point as the government and Taliban are …
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AT News KABUL: Eight Afghan security forces embraced martyrdom after the Taliban insurgents attacked their checkpoints in central Kapisa province, a source said Monday. A security source, who wished to go unnamed, said that the militants staged an attack on Sunday midnight in Tagab district of the province. The clash …
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AT News KABUL: The money allocated for that Dastarkhwan-e-Melli (DM) is being misused by a number of members of parliament and government officials. The money was allocated from the budgets of 17 failed national projects. The Dastarkhwan-e-Melli, in English national program to distribute foodstuff or cash for the vulnerable people …
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AT News KABUL: A woman was shot dead by Taliban fighters in the northern province of Sar-e-Pul. Provincial officials said Monday that 28 years old Aisha was shot dead by Taliban in the Sangcharak district. Naqibullah Daqiq, Sangcharak district governor, said that Mullah Hashem, head of insurgents’ religious affairs department …
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AT News KABUL: Second Vice President Sarwar Danish’s remarks about Afghanistan’s former rulers in presence of President Ashraf Ghani in Bamyan province have ignited reactions. Addressing a gathering in Bamyan in presence of President Ghani, Sarwar Danish made insulting remarks about former rulers of Afghanistan and their two and a …
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