‘Night raids by US and suicide bombings by Taliban to be stopped’ AT News KABUL: Both the US and Taliban negotiators have agreed to stop attacks against each other, a measure taken in the newest round of negotiations began Saturday in Qatar, sources familiar with the negotiations said. The US …
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AT News KABUL: The high level of air pollution in Kabul, the capital city, has brought serious concerns among the citizens and health officials, saying that such issues pose dangerous health problems. A number of doctors said that air pollution has increased asthma and cancer among the Kabul residents. Meanwhile, …
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Renewed negotiations expected to pave the way for intra-Afghan talks to end merciless war AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai has strongly welcomed the resumption of peace talks between US and the Taliban, hoping this round of negotiations to end the war and violence in the country. The first …
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AT News KABUL: At least 25 Taliban insurgents have been killed in separate operations carried out by the Afghan security forces in southern Zabul and Uruzgan provinces, Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Sunday. The statement said at least 14 Taliban were killed in an airstrike conducted in …
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AT News KABUL: Presidential candidate, Faramarz Tamanna stopped running for presidency, announcing support to President Ashraf Ghani who is also one of the nearly a dozen of hopefuls. In a joint statement with Ghani’s electoral team, Tamanna asked for the sooner announcement of preliminary results, saying that he was program-centered …
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AT News KABUL: Officials in northern Faryab province said Saturday that at least four members of a family including women killed in a mortal firing in Balchiragh district of the province. Karim Yourush, provincial police spokesman said that the incident took place on Friday late evening, where five other civilians …
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AT News KABUL: Officials and residents in Wardak province say that three civilians including a woman and a child were killed in an attack launched by drone. The incident took place late Friday in the Sayed Abad district, but did not elaborate who carried out the attack. Representatives from Wardak …
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AT News KABUL: The parliament on Saturday called a fact-finding team should investigate the impacts of the massive ordnance air blast also known as Mother Of All Bombs dropped by the US military on the eastern province of Nangarhar in 2017. The US military announced back at the time that …
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AT News KABUL: The Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) commented on President Ghani’s last week meeting with his American counterpart Donald Trump at a US air base in the Bagram district, saying the event meant flattery to Americans. Trump on his first visit to Afghanistan, met his country’s troops on …
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AT News KABUL: After serious criticism by several human rights defender organizations, the Attorney General Office (AGO) said Saturday that its delegation led by one of its top officials has launched investigation over the alleged ring of pedophile in southeastern Logar province. “Efforts will be made to continue our probe …
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