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AT News Report-KABUL: At least 17 security personnel including 10 local policemen and seven army soldiers were killed, after the Taliban militants attacked a security post in northern Takhar province on Thursday night. “Militants staged massive raids on a police and army outpost in Pul-e-Momin area of Khwaja Ghar district …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday announced its support to Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process and extended its mandate in Afghanistan by another year. The Security Council in a unanimous resolution has approved the findings of a critical evaluation of the United Nations Assistance Mission …

More than 18 injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up near a gathering commemorating death anniversary of Abdul Ali Mazari AT News Report-KABUL: At least nine people were killed and 18 others wounded, after a suicide bomber blew himself up near a gathering in west Kabul on Friday commemorating …

AT-KABUL: At least 54 militants were killed and 22 others wounded in different crackdowns within past day. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has conducted joint …

AT-Kabul: Two people including provincial Religious Affairs Director were killed and nine others wounded in a suicide attack in eastern Nangarhar today afternoon. Nangarhar Governor Spokesman Attaullah Khogyanai said that, “Today afternoon at around 3:10 pm a suicide attacker targeted the vehicle of Abdul Zahir Haqqani, Provincial Director of Hajj …

AT-KABUL: As the parliament inaugurated its 16th legislation round on Wednesday, most people as well as lawmakers have expressed their discontent over ineffectiveness of the parliament. They sling accusations on the parliamentarians for misusing their authority to serve their personal whims. Some Kabul citizens say that the members of parliament …

AT-KABUL: The Jakarta summit is expected to discuss the Afghan war based on religious orders, said a government official. A session of the Islamic scholars is set to be held in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia in which 50 clerics are scheduled to participate and discuss the war in Afghanistan …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Clouds of uncertainty about the holding of upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections began to clear on Wednesday after President Ashraf Ghani said the elections will be held on time. Opening parliament’s 8th working year, the president said the parliamentary and presidential elections are the responsibility of the …

AT-KABUL: Taliban militants have suffered heavy losses during the recent joint military operations conducted by the Afghan and US Special Forces in various parts of the country, the NATO Resolute Support Mission said on Tuesday. Afghan and US Special Forces have carried out successful raids during the past two weeks, …

AT-KABUL: Afghan government remains firm on its peace offer with the Taliban group as clarified in the recent Kabul process conference, said the president’s office on Tuesday, implicitly rejecting a recent proposition of Hezb-i-Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar for ceding certain regions to the insurgent group. “The government respects viewpoints of …