AT News Report KABUL: Two major natural reserves (gold and lapis lazuli) are in hands of Taliban militants in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, provincial council confirmed Saturday. Bashir Samim, head of the council said that the Lapis Lazuli mine is located in Keran wa Monjan, while the gold mine …
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AT News Report KABUL: Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has said that Taliban’s former leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, who was killed in 2016, had a business of land and properties in Pakistan. Mansoor took leadership of the insurgent group in 2015, days after the death of his predecessor and founder …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday announced that presidential political campaign would start on Sunday and last for 60 days until 48 hours before the ballot in order to operate election silence. Deputy Spokesman for the IEC, Abdul Azizi Ibrahimi, confirmed the announcement of the …
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AT News Report KABUL: The deteriorating security situations across the country – besides inflicting heavy financial and human losses – have also affected job opportunities for youth, something that has been learned recently. Over the past few years, the northern provinces of the country have been witnessing gradually worsened security …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces on Saturday thwarted a track bombing in southern Kandahar province—just week after at least 11 people were killed and over 83 others wounded in Taliban armed bombers attacked Provincial Police Headquarters. Provincial Police Chief, Gen. Tadin Khan, said the truck full of …
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AT News Report KABUL: At least 29 militants have been killed and eight others wounded during air and ground raids conducted in southern Ghazni and Paktia provinces in the past 24 hours, military officials said Saturday. 203 Thunder Corps in a statement said that 20 insurgents, including five Panjabi terrorists …
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AT News Report KABUL: At least 61 Taliban fighters have been killed and 35 others received injures during in an overnight crackdown conducted by Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province, security official said Saturday. Ministry of Interior said these militants were killed and wounded during a joint clearance overnight …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A New York man who planned to join the Taliban in Afghanistan and kill American forces was arrested at the JFK Airport, foreign media reported, quoting federal officials. Delowar Mohammed Hossain, 33, of the Bronx, is charged with attempting to provide material support for acts of …
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AT News Report KABUL: The European Union delegations in Kabul and private sectors plus Afghan government officials attended a meeting on the “Advancing Afghan Trade, project that has been facilitated by International Trade Center. The project is EU-funded initiative, launched in November 2016 which aims to strengthen the country’s …
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AT News Report KABUL: Representatives of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have reiterated support to the Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace and reconciliation process—an effort which is underway for a political settlement to Afghan conflict through negotiations with Taliban members. Ministers of the BRICS countries gathered in Rio …
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