AT News KABUL: At least seven civilians were killed in a bombing placed by Taliban insurgents in the southern province of Helmand, provincial officials said. The incident took place Monday in the provincial capital city of Lashkar Gah. Din Mohammad Zaland, provincial police spokesman, said that women and children were …
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AT News KABUL: Amid tensions in France over cartoons denigrating Prophet Mohammad and several knife attacks that followed, French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday that his country has no problem with any religion, signaling his attempt to deescalate the tense situation. “All religions are freely active in this land. Shame …
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AT News KABUL: Human Rights Watch on Sunday urged warring parties of Afghanistan to prioritize protection of civilians during the thorny peace process and stop deadly attacks in the war-ravaged country. This is as a prelude to peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha since September …
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AT News KABUL: A Taliban’s hostile ban has deprived 40,000 children of polio vaccination in militancy-hit Badakhshan province, officials said. Badakhshan saw one positive polio case recently this month. A campaign to vaccine 265,000 children against polio in Badakhshan has hit snags as Taliban insurgents are preventing from its implementation, …
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AT News KABUL: Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Haneef Atmar met with Ambassador Ross Wilson, Charge d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Kabul, where they discussed Kabul and Washington relations. The two sides had an in-depth discussion on the strategic relations between the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has ordered Herat provincial governor to take immediate measures for the reparing of the Gauhar Shad Begom historical minaret. The presidential office said in a statement on Sunday that Ghani called governor Wahid Qatali and ordered for the reconstruction of the minaret with the …
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AT News KABUL: At least 30 Taliban rebels were killed and 17 others wounded during a latest crackdown carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said Saturday. Eight Taliban fighters were killed and 14 others were wounded in counterattacks of …
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AT News KABUL: At least three police officers were killed after a bomb placed on a motorbike went off near a police checkpoint in the city of Herat province on Sunday morning, provincial officials said. Two others, including a civilian, received injuries in the blast that no group, including the …
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AT News KABUL: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees provided humanitarian aids to the Internal Displaced People who left homes because of server conflicts erupted between the security forces and Taliban in southern Helmand province. The UNHCR said that thousands of people were being helped by far. The aids consisted …
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AT News KABUL: Hajji Din Mohammad, deputy head of the government-run high council for national reconciliation survived an attack carried out by Taliban, sources in the council said. The incident took place Sunday afternoon along the Kabul-Jalalabad highway as Mohammad’s convoy was heading to his birthplace in the eastern province …
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