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Insurgent Forces Hold Hundreds; Executions of Residents Linked to Government Taliban forces that have taken control of districts in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province have detained hundreds of residents whom they accuse of association with the government, Human Rights Watch said today. The Taliban have reportedly killed some detainees, including relatives …

AT News KABUL: A string of airstrikes launched by US military have pounded Taliban sanctuaries in southern Kandahar in recent days to support Afghan security forces fighting the Taliban, US officials said. Pentagon spokesman John F. Kirby confirmed on Thursday that US forces have been supporting Afghan security forces through …

AT News KABUL: Uzbekistan has apparently rejected a US request for it to grant temporary asylum for Afghans who worked with Americans and are awaiting special immigration visas. The United States has recently asked Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan to grant temporary asylum to 9,000 Afghans who have worked with Western …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban group says there will be no peace in Afghanistan unless President Ashraf Ghani is removed from power and a new government is established in Kabul. A spokesman for the insurgents, who is also a member of the group’s negotiating team, Suhail Shaheen was quoted by …

AT News KABUL: As violent fighting remains unabated in Afghanistan, a high-ranking delegation of the Afghan government and the Taliban representatives held high-stakes talks in Doha on Saturday after constant failures to broker a peace deal. The talks have lost momentum with the Taliban making battlefield gains, undermining months of …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan was handed over the first package of surveillance radars on Saturday, said the Civil Aviation Authority, a measure which will help foster airspace control and prevent from imminent militant attacks. Delivered at part of a €112m contract with Thales French Company, the radars will be installed …

AT News KABUL: The European Union said on Friday it strongly supports Afghanistan peace process that leads to the end of war through a political settlement. Addressing a conference in Tashkent on Friday, Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell reiterated EU’s support for Afghan peace quest which leads to the end …

AT News KABUL: As the Taliban are pushing deep into Afghanistan, U.S. Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said that Washington and its allies will never recognize or assist a Taliban government that takes power by force. US envoy said there was no ultimate military solution for Afghanistan conflict and that there …

AT News KABUL: Russia has warned that internal situation rapidly deteriorates in Afghanistan amid the hasty withdrawal of US and Nato troops from the war- buttered country. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said in a conference on Central, and South Asia, opportunities and challenges that the situation rapidly deteriorates in …

AT News KABUL: United Nations in Afghanistan said on Wednesday it was alarmed by recent acts of violence in the country which is marking a sharp deterioration in the human rights environment there. “We are increasingly concerned about the increasing number of reported severe human rights abuses alleged in communities …