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AT News KABUL: At least 10 Afghan army soldiers have been killed in a Taliban attack on their military base in southern Helmand province on Saturday, official said. Four other Afghan Army soldiers received injuries after the Taliban blew up their check post in Sangeen district of the province, said …

AT News KABUL: There have been conflicting reports on Taliban’s agreement for a conditional ceasefire. Politicians who have met the US envoy for Afghan peace Zalmay Khalilzad in his recent visit to Kabul, say that the US and Taliban negotiators have agreed on a conditional ceasefire in their last (10th) …

AT News KABUL: Peace is crucial for the future of Afghanistan. I welcome the efforts made by the people of Afghanistan and other key actors to make progress and realize direct intra-Afghan talks, said UN Special Representative Tadamichi Yamamoto on Thursday. While recognizing the many challenges to be addressed in any …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban group has set free 27 members of the People’s Peace Movement (PPM) in western Farah province, the movement’s spokesman said Thursday. 27 members that were held by the Taliban on Tuesday have been released by the group after 45 hours, PPM spokesman, Bismillah Watandost told …

AT News KABUL: A number of Afghan politicians speaking at Wahdat-e-Islami gathering in Kabul have assured to defend the clean votes of the Afghan people, and asked for formation of an interim-government which is “acceptable to all parties” in a bid to come out of the current uncertainties, unfolded as …

AT News KABUL: The electoral monitors believe that the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) would not be able to meet all the electoral complaints by the time it is given. Around 10,000 complaints were registered at the complaints commission after the initial results of September 28 presidential polls were released …

AT News KABUL: A traffic accident in central Ghazni province has left at least 12 people, including women and children dead, officials confirmed Wednesday. Provincial Traffic Chief, Munir Ahmad Baghtiar said that the accident happened late Wednesday after a car crashed into a truck on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in Ab-e-Band …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have abducted 27 members of the People’s Peace Movement (PPM) in western Farah province, the leader of the group claimed on Wednesday. According to Iqbal Khaibar, the movement’s leader, the militants took the activists from Bala Buluk district while they were travelling in a …

AT News An all-women landmine clearing team in Bamyan has been nominated for an international medal by the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. This women-led demining effort is the first of its kind in Afghanistan and all team members had been trained for a year. Inaugurated in 2018 by …

Initial returns of presidential election have not only failed to end electoral deadlock, but it is feared the poll results may perhaps herald a new beginning to a new national crisis and exacerbate post-election political turmoil. Presidential candidates who already harbor extreme doubts about the transparency of the electoral system …