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AT News Report KABUL: The UN refugee agency’s voluntary repatriation program for registered Afghan refugees resumed Friday after the winter break. The voluntary repatriation operation had been suspended for the winter period from 1 December 2018 until 28 February 2019. UNHCR will facilitate repatriation from the voluntary repatriation centres at …

AT News Report KABUL: Flights between Kabul and New Delhi have to use the long air way of Iran after tensions erupted between India and Pakistan, with the latter blocking its air way for the flights, officials said Friday. The state-run Ariana Airline is to launch its first flight via …

By Mansoor Faizy KABUL: The Taliban fighters have been carrying out attacks daily in different parts of Afghanistan while its leader is engaged with US special envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation in peace talks to end the 18-year long war. On Friday early morning, again the Taliban fighters attacked an Afghan …

AT News Reports KABUL: The Civil Society criticizes the introducing process of electoral commissioners, saying the commissioners are introduced by personal relationships. Wahidullah Taroon a civil society activist said on Wednesday that people introduced for the posts are not professionals. Taroon added that those who had friends or relatives in …

AT News Reports KABUL: Kabul residents complain for what they say “a culture of bribe” in government institutions. Money, tea, donation, why don’t you know the point?, are the expressions government employees use when asking clienteles for bribe. “One day I went to a government office, an employee told his …

AT News Report KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. Idrees Zaman met with the Ambassador of the United States of America to Kabul Mr. John Bass, where they discussed important issues, including ongoing peace talks between US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad and US negotiating team in Qatar. Ministry of Foreign Affairs …

AT News Report KABUL: The National Day for Security Forces was marked in Paktia province, where some soldiers called on government’s full support, complaining that they did not receive payments on time. They also demanded more air supports for the battlefield and medical facilities for injured troops. “Weather is severely …

AT News Report KABUL: The first meeting of the ambassadors of countries involved in the Istanbul-Heart of Asia Process in 2019 was held Wednesday in Kabul. Deputy foreign minister for political affairs Idrees Zaman chaired the meeting in which head of the High Peace Council secretariat and relevant ambassadors attended. …

AT News Report KABUL: Police in western Herat province said they have detained three armed robbers an operation lasted few minutes in 5th PD of the city, ministry of interior said in a statement. The robbers received injures after they showed restrictions. These criminals were arrested in charge of robbers …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 28 militants have been killed and seven others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country within past 24 hours, security official said Wednesday. The Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …