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AT News Report-KABUL: Around 305,000 Afghan refugees have returned home since the beginning of 2018, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Saturday, amid increasing security threats. The IOM said that most of the returnees have come from Iran and Pakistan, with 285,000 from Iran that indicates 150,000 more compared …

AT News Report-KABUL: The Ministry of Economy says that the continued war has badly affected the Afghan economy, but believes at the same time that there are good economic capacities to save the country from chaos. Officials in the ministry acknowledge insecurity and increasing poverty, saying that there are some …

AT-KABUL: More than 120 out of 220 voter registration centers in Kunduz have remained closed due to security threats, said the Independent Election Commission’s office in Kunduz. This comes as The IEC statistics show that more than 4.2 million people have registered to vote since the beginning of the process …

AT-KABUL: U.S. top commander in Afghanistan Gen. John Nicholson revealed on Wednesday some secret talks were undergoing between Taliban factions and the Afghan government to broker a ceasefire amid intensifying violence. Nicholson told Pentagon reporters via a teleconference from Kabul that President Trump’s new Afghanistan strategy had negotiations intensified and …

AT-KABUL: Wednesday attack on the Ministry of Interior (MoI) is being investigated, Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak said, putting the transforming of terrorists by two armored vehicles under big question. Talking to Radio Azadi, Interior Minister Barmak informed of an investigation to find the nature of terrorist attack on the ministry, …

AT-KABUL: Amid rising insecurity on Herat-Ghor highway, residents of LalwaSarjangal district in western Ghor province have taken to streets to protest increasing violence. Protestors claim that the route usually comes under rampage of unknown gunmen and Taliban who extort passengers. Unidentified gunmen had recently started pulling passengers off vehicles and …

AT-KABUL: A dozen Taliban insurgents, including a key commander, were killed in a spate operation carried out by the Afghan security forces in central Logar province, an official said on Friday. Logar police spokesman Shahpur Ahmadzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that security forces were heading towards Pul-i-Alam, the provincial capital, …

AT-KABUL: Nine militants loyal to the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorists, have been killed in an air operation carried out in eastern Nangarhar province, official said. According to government media office, the militants were killed in artillery strikes targeting their hideouts. The airstrike conducted in Haska Mina …

AT-KABUL: The US Forces in Afghanistan conducted a series of precision strikes over a ten-day period, May 17-26, killing more than 70 senior Taliban leaders. “These strikes represent one of the largest blows to Taliban leadership in the last year,” said U.S. Army Gen. John Nicholson, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan and Resolute …

AT-KABUL: At least three police were killed and 12 others including four police were woundedafter a car bomb attack in southwestern Logar province today early morning, said officials. “In advance, a suicide car bomber rammed at the backside of the 1st police headquarters in Pul-e-Alam capital of Logar province early …