Continued violence hampers peace talks AT News KABUL: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission sees rising violence and hostilities as a blow to ongoing peace talks between the government and Islamist militant Taliban. Escalating hostilities is very alarming and could hamper intra-Afghan peace talks if violence remains high throughout Afghanistan, head …
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AT News KABUL: Local officials in northern Takhar province said that a 17 years old girl was shot dead by her husband in Rostaq district. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Jawad Hijri said Farid, whose father is an illegal armed figure in the area, killed her wife. According to him, being helped …
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AT News KABUL: Kabul police have arrested 26 people on the charge of different crimes in a latest crackdown carried out in the city and its districts. These 26 people have been accused of armed robbery, disrupt of public order, plundering, drug trafficking, carrying illegal arms, and stealing mobiles of …
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Four Taliban infiltrators open fire on troops in Kandahar province, killing seven soldiers AT News KABUL: At least seven Afghan security forces were killed on Sunday in an insider attack by four Taliban infiltrators on their base in southern Kandahar province, a security official said. Four Taliban infiltrators opened fire on …
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AT News KABUL: 125 new positive cases of coronavirus registered in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours that brought the total tally to 39,044 cases since the spread of the virus started in the country seven months ago. The ministry of public health said Sunday that these cases came out …
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AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Sunday said that the Afghan National Army (ANA) have discovered and defused 4,776 Improvised Explosive Devices IEDs across the country during the last six months. The ministry in a statement said that the IEDs were planted by the Taliban on public …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Former UNAMA Chief Tadamichi Yamamoto said that Afghan peace talks which are underway in Qatar between the Kabul peace force and the Taliban negotiating members won’t be so easy, especially as there is a wide gap between the two parties when it comes to some key …
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AT News KABUL: A few clerics announced support of the inclusion of mother’s name in the national ID card, a controversial issue with some supporters and many opponents. President Ashraf Ghani approved a draft presented by the civil society to include mother’s name in ID card. “My mother’s name is …
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AT News KABUL: Fifteen Taliban militants were killed after their own bomb went off prematurely in Dawlatabad district of northern Balkh province, military officials said Saturday. The Shaheen Military Corps in a statement said that a blast happened in the Bedo village of the district on Friday late night. A …
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AT News KABUL: A group of police officers including their commander raped a child in the southern province of Kandahar, witnesses and officials confirmed. The rape happened in the Kariz village of Dand district The commander was named as Mullah Roozi, according to eyewitnesses, who said Saturday that the victim …
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