Once again, the Ashura day (10th of Muharram) is going to be observed across the country with solemnity to pay homage to Imam Hussain (RA) and other martyrs of Karbala amid strict and beefed up security to protect mourners from any untoward incident. On the tenth day of the Islamic …
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Kabul expects intra-Afghan talks to begin next week, but Taliban disagree, opposing talks until all their prisoners freed By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: A peace talk to end the war in Afghanistan has seen moving nowhere; rather has been turning into intricacy by passing each day. Both sides (Afghan government …
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AT News KABUL: 18 former and current officials at the ministry of mines and petroleum charged with ‘illegal jobs’ were referred to the attorney general office, sources in the ministry said Wednesday. Narges Nehan, former acting minister was among the charged people, according to the sources, who called corruption, misuse …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in a phone call with Abdullah Abdullah chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, invited him to visit Islamabad. Abdullah’s office said Wednesday in a statement that the two sides emphasized on the reduction in violence to pave the way for …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai met on Wednesday with a number of peace activists including politicians and analysts who have been lately threatened to death in a mysterious letter. The peace activists spoke about a space of suffocation dominating in the country, limitation of freedom of speech and …
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AT News KABUL: A security official in northern Baghlan province said that the Taliban has overrun several villages in Baghlan Markazi district of the province. The official, who was talking on condition of anonymity, said that the Taliban arrested and then shot dead 10 armed men related to Hezb-e-Islami, a …
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AT News KABUL: Some residents of northern Takhar province are favoring the Taliban commanders for resolving their legal-complains. Mohammad Azam, a resident of Dasht-e-Qala district said that he was struggling to solve his land sharing documents with his relatives in the government departments. However, his problem was not addressed due …
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By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The magnitude of the devastating floods in northern Parwan province has been terrifying as at least 100 people were killed and hundreds of homes were destroyed as seasonal rains cause worst overflows. 105 others, including children and women received injuries in the floods that wreaked havoc …
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AT News KABUL: In reaction to the Taliban car bombing attack in northern Balkh province, Chief Executive Officer of Hezb-e-Jamiat Islami, Atta Muhammad Noor said that he would stage people’s besiegement against the Taliban if the group didn’t put a halt to their violence. He made the remarks after the …
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AT News KABUL: Health officials say they have recorded three positive cases of polio in the south and southeastern provinces of Kandahar, Helmand and Khost. Abdul Qayum Pokhla, head of the operational center for polio eradication in the south said that one of patients registered in Spin-Boldak of Kandahar and …
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