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AT News KABUL: At least 22 Taliban militants have been killed and 14 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Monday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said that the Afghan National …

AT News KABUL: Some 5,000 Taliban fighters held in the government detention would be freed after the US finalizes peace deal with the insurgents, a senior Taliban official Maulavi Abdul Salam Hanafi said. Hanafi, a member of the group’s political office in Qatar, said Monday that the deal would be …

AT News KABUL: A political leader calls on the government and Taliban to remain committed in fulfill peace agreements, saying that the two sides need to give sacrifices for the will of people. Hakim Monib, head of Islamic Movement of People of Afghanistan party, said that he welcomed a peace …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s official electoral commission on Sunday began a partial recount of votes cast in the country’s September 28 presidential polls to sift through fraudulent ballots. The vote recount and audit is initially conducted in four provinces in presence of observing institutions, electoral complaints commission and election teams …

AT News KABUL: A key Taliban member responsible for the group’s logistic supports was detained in a preplan night raid conducted by the Police Special Forces on Saturday night in southeastern Logar province, military officials confirmed on Sunday. The Ministry of Interior in a statement has identified the detainee as …

AT News KABUL: Mohammad Yaqub, a money exchanger, has been shot dead by unknown armed men in PD 12th of Kabul, the capital city, official said. According to Kabul Police Department, the incident took place on Sunday morning in Ahmadshah Babab Meean, an area located in the outskirt of Kabul. …

AT News KABUL: The results of the complex Afghan 28th September elections is still at doldrums, and the “Stability and Partnership”, electoral team, led by Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah has warned that it would not accept the “rigged” decision of the electoral commissions regarding the final results. Talking to a …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed sorrows and sympathies over the death and injuries of civilians in a roadside bomb blast Kunduz province in the north. In a statement on Saturday, Karzai called the incident as “painful”, hoping that a lasting and nationwide peace dominate Afghanistan soon and …

AT News KABUL: In a meeting on the sideline of Munich Summit, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Minister Mark Esper have informed Afghan President Ashraf Ghani about the Taliban’ readiness in reduction of violence—a move that has been made after a dozen rounds of negotiations between …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban gas hang to dead an Afghan soldier in Takhar province following a revenge of the group’s Red Unit Deputy Commanders death in an airstrike conducted in Baharak district of the province. The decision to dead hang the soldier was made by a Kangoro Court Judge …