AT News KABUL: An explosion in Quetta state of Pakistan on Friday has wounded a Taliban Shadow Chief Judge Abdul Hakim and killed several other top members of the group, sources said. The blast left 15 people dead and 18 others wounded, while some source said at least 30 Taliban …
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Iran has admitted ‘human error’ that killed all 176 people on board, including 13 Afghans AT News KABUL: The government of Iran has announced that it’s militarily “unintentionally” shot down a Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 on board, including 13 Afghans. The Ukraine International Airlines airliner had flown close to …
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AT News KABUL: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent accusation leveled against Iran has intensified doubts about the trustworthiness wielded by the United States in its peace quest in Afghanistan. Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused Iran of working to thwart efforts to bring peace to Afghanistan, amid an escalating …
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Iran fires missiles on US bases in Iraq Trump downplays Iran strife Kabul scrambles to maintain neutrality AT News KABUL: Iran has fired more than a dozen rockets at two Iraqi military bases hosting US troops in retaliation for the US strike that killed a top Iranian general last week. …
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AT News KABUL: A Kiev-bound Ukrainian passenger plane crashed on Wednesday in Iran shortly after taking off, killing all 176 people onboard including 4 Afghans. The Ukrainian Boeing-737 flight PS752 heading to Kyiv went down after taking off from Imam Khomeini airport in Tehran and the majority of passengers were …
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AT News KABUL: A recent escalation of tensions between Washington and Tehran in the Middle East following the US killing of a top Iranian general has shaken American allies, prompting the NATO alliance to seek restraint and de-escalation. Secretary-General of the trans-Atlantic alliance Jens Stoltenberg in a meeting with NATO …
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TEHRAN, IRAN – The leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatened on Tuesday to “set ablaze” places supported by the United States over the killing of a top Iranian general in a U.S. airstrike last week, sparking cries from the crowd of supporters of “Death to Israel!’’ Hossein Salami made the …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran’s lawmakers unanimously voted for a motion to designate the US Army and the Pentagon as terrorist organizations in response to a recent move by Washington to assassinate Iran’s revered commander, Lt. General Qassem Soleimani, Tasnim news agency reported Tuesday. The generalities and details of the …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Three men have been arrested in Spain over the alleged sexual assault of three sisters from the United States on New Year’s Eve, authorities said. The alleged victims, aged 23, 20, and 18, who are from Ohio, were reportedly attacked on New Year’s Eve in the southeastern …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran declared that it will no longer abide by any of the restrictions imposed by the 2015 nuclear deal. Following a grand meeting of the Iranian cabinet in Tehran, the government of Iran declared that it would no longer observe limitations on its capacity for enrichment, …
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