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AT News KABUL: The High Council for National Reconciliation says that the government peace negotiating team would prioritize cease fire in the first meeting with Taliban expected to be held in the coming few days. Taliban seem to be ready for talks with Ghani administration after the last hurdle according …

AT News KABUL: At least nine Taliban insurgents, including the group‘s famous mine maker were killed after their Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) blew up prematurely in northern Kunduz province on Tuesday night, officials said on Wednesday. A Taliban famous commander and skilled mine maker Saifurrahman along with the a number …

AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health said that a new round of polio vaccination campaign would begin in the near future to tackle the challenges of polio disease in Afghanistan. The campaign in charge, Mirwais Bakhshi said the vaccination process would be implemented in Badakhshan, Kabul, Kapisa, Baghlan, …

AT News KABUL: At least eight drug runners have been sentenced to years behind bars after being found guilty of drug trafficking, the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said on Tuesday. The prosecution made in the past one week. According to CJTF, three drug traffickers were sentenced to five years’ …

AT News KABUL: 16 patients have lost their lives battling the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Afghan health officials said on Monday. In total, 1,344 patients lost lives since the virus outbreak started in the country nearly six months ago. According to health officials, 107 new cases were registered …

AT News KABUL: The first ever face to face meeting between the government and Taliban militants called as the intra-Afghan negotiations is expected to be held on August 16, the state-run RTA broadcaster reported on Monday. The report said that the meeting would be held in Doha, the capital of …

AT News KABUL: Hundreds of Hindus and Sikhs have recently fled their homes in Ghazni province due to insecurity. Ghazni is one of areas home to thousands of the Hindu and Sikh religious minority along with the capital Kabul, Nangarhar, Khost, Parwan and Baghlan provinces. Most of Sikhs have been …

AT News KABUL: Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum, former vice president says that Afghan soil is not limited to the Durand Line, but it expands to Pakistani capital city of Islamabad. The comments come after Pakistani military targeted Spin Boldak, a border city in Kandahar province in the south close to …

By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said that after 4o years of war, a historic opportunity for peace in Afghanistan “is now” possible that would benefit all Afghans, contribute regional stability and world security. “We welcome the Afghan Loya Jirga’s declaration and …

AT News KABUL: At least eight civilians have lost their lives after a vehicle they were traveling in hit a roadside mine in southern Kandahar province on Monday morning, security officials said. An anti-vehicle mine planted by terrorists on the roadside went off after a Datsun model vehicle passed the …