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AT News Report-KABUL: At least 8 Taliban insurgents have been killed in airstrikes in southern Helmand and eastern Laghman provinces, an official and a statement said on Friday. Governor Spokesman, Sarhadi Zwak told Pajhwok Afghan News that Afghan Air Forces (AAF) targeted militant’s safe havens in the Alingar district of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A video posted in the Internet shows a U.S. service member firing at a civil truck. The U.S. military has launched investigation into the video. The video appears to show a member of U.S. special operations force in a military vehicle firing into the cab of a …

AT News Report-KABUL: The ousted Balkh governor, Atta Mohammad Noor among his young supporters in Mazar-e-Sharif city, the provincial capital of Balkh, warned that he would not allow the newly-introduced governor to enter the province. In December, President Ashraf Ghani accepted Noor’s resignation and appointed Mohammad Dawood as his successor. …

AT News Report-KABUL: 2017 was the deadliest for the Afghan media outlets in which 169 cases of violence against them were registered with 20 cases of murder, a survey said. The findings of Afghanistan Journalist Safety Committee (AJSC) shows that 169 cases of violence against journalists happened in 2017 that …

AT-KABUL: The government says it is getting prepared to welcome the migrants that are deported from Pakistan if diplomatic efforts didn’t work. Pakistan government said last week that it would expel more than one million Afghan migrants within a month. Ministry of refugees and repatriates is making efforts to convince …

AT-KABUL: Defense Ministry alleges that the Daesh terrorist group is ordered by the regional spy agencies to claim responsibilities for attacks in Afghanistan. It added that Daesh is active in Afghanistan by the order of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) just like other terrorist group, but said downplayed its threat as …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House) of the Parliament on Wednesday reacted to President Ashraf Ghani’s recent remakes, saying that they won’t get to the ministries, but the cabinet must come to the parliament to address the issues. President Ghani on Tuesday during graduation of police …

AT-KABUL: The court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Wednesday said that 16 drug trafficker arrested in the past one week. CJTF in a press statement said that said that 16 smugglers were apprehended by Counter Narcotics Police through different crackdown in various provinces and were handed over to …

AT-KABUL: At least 1,372 civilians embraced martyrdom, and 2,360 others sustained injuries in various violent incidents occurred across the country during the last eight months of 2017, the Civilian Protection Advocacy Group (CPAG) said on Wednesday. Displaying CPAG findings on civilian casualties, the group’s deputy head, Abdul Rahim Khurram told …

AT-KABUL: The National Security Adviser, Mohammad Haneef Atmar held a productive meeting with the Indian Ambassador to Kabul Manpreet Vohra, where both sides discussed issues of mutual interests. According to the statement issued by the National Security Council (NSA), Atmar and Vohra discussed a range of issues including regional political …