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AT News Report-KABUL: At least 20 members of the border police have been killed in a Taliban assault in the southern Kandahar province, reports say, as the militants escalate their offensive ahead of fresh peace talks with the US. A security official who wished not to be named said on …

AT News Report-KABUL: State Minister for Disaster Management (SMDM) in a joint venture with the international charity institutions distributed relief items and cash to 684 affected families in 15 provinces after a series of devastating natural disasters that have struck the country recent weeks. SMDM in a statement said due …

AT News Report KABUL: Army soldiers found and seized a large weapon cache in a northern district of Kabul province. The army’s corps 111 said on Friday that the cache was discovered in the Qarabagh district. It added that 76 AK-47 rifles, 25 pistols and a large number of helmets, …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned terrorist attacks in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of India. A suicide bomber targeted a bus carrying officers of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Wednesday in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, killing 27 officers and …

AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says that one of the most important of the Soviet pullout from Afghanistan was people’s unity and solidarity, arguing that the same unity is needed now to bring a longstanding peace to the war-torn country. The Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan 30 years …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: At least 100,000 babies are dying every year as a result of wars according to a new report by save the children international charity, in which Afghanistan listed as among 10 worst countries to be a child. “Increasingly, the brunt of armed violence and warfare is …

AT News Report KUNDUZ: In its efforts to support public dialogue among Afghans about reconciliation, peace and human rights, UNAMA works closely with local media partners –not just in the provincial capitals but also at district-level. One of the districts where listeners have the benefit of a local radio station is …

AT News Report KABUL: In the wake of peace efforts with the Taliban group, the Afghan security forces have killed at least 37 of them and wound 14 others in fresh military crackdowns conducted across the country in the past 24 hours. The ministry of defense on Friday said the …

AT News Report KABUL: National Security Adviser, Dr. Hamdullah Mohib says that whoever uses weapons against Afghan people and government, is enemy and Afghans fight “bravely” against enemy.  ‏”The heroic security and defense forces have struggled to ensure security for the people in hard situations,” Mohib said on Wednesday when …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 24 militants have been killed and the same number received injures after the Afghan security forces attacked their hideouts across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Wednesday.  In a press release, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the Afghan National …