2 dead in Taliban shelling in Sar-e Pul

AT News KABUL: Presidential security officials in northern Sar-e-Pul said that the Taliban shelling on the residential houses killed two and wounded one women. Noor Agha Faizy said that the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon in Sayedabad village located alongside the Jawzjan-Sar-e-Pull highway nearby the provincial capital city. According to …

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Taliban frees new batch of 38 inmates

AT News KABUL: A new batch of 38 Afghan prisoners in Taliban’s captivity have been released by the militants in western Farah and Nimroz provinces, the Taliban said Saturday. The inmates who have been released were members of Afghanistan defense and security forces, said Suhail Shaheen, spokesman for the Taliban. …

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Blast kills 11 local police in Badakhshan

AT News KABUL: A local police commander along with his 10 comrades were killed after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in northern Badakhshan, local officials said on Saturday. The commander was on en route to Dorkhan village of Khash district to help reinforce Afghan security forces in battlefield, when …

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Police crackdown on crime gains momentum; 22 criminals nabbed in Kabul

AT News KABUL: The Kabul Police arrested 22 people on the charge of different crimes during crackdowns carried out in the city and its districts. Police succeeded in identifying and arresting 22 people accused of killing, robbery, plundering, carrying illegal weapons and stealing vehicles and mobiles of the citizens in …

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Afghans deserve a stable Afghanistan free from terrorism: NATO Envoy

AT News KABUL: NATO’s new Senior Civil Representative to Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo has assured strong support to a peaceful Afghanistan free from terrorism. In his first address to the country, Mr. Pontecorov said: “A stable Afghanistan, free from terrorism, is what the Afghan people deserve and the world expects.” “At …

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Maternity hospital attack; ‘Gov’t refuses to share probe result’

AT News KABUL: The Independent Human Rights Commission accused the government of hiding the results of attack investigations. The commission said Friday that a fact finding delegation investigates every attack, but the results are kept undisclosed. “No report has yet been shared with people by the fact finding teams. We …

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10 soldiers killed in Taliban ambush in Zabul

AT News KABUL: At least 10 army service members were killed Friday when their convoy faced a Taliban ambush in the southern province of Zabul, provincial officials confirmed. Atta Jan Haqbayan, head of provincial council, said that the incident took place in the morning on the Kabul-Kandahar highway near the …

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Afghanistan sees rapid spike in coronavirus cases

AT News KABUL: At least 915 people have been infected with coronavirus in Afghanistan over the past day in 14 out of 34 provinces – the biggest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. This figure pushed Afghanistan’s coronavirus cases to 18,969, according to health officials. Kabul city tops …

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US urges reduction of violence for peace talks

AT News KABUL: The U.S. authorities have urged a reduction in violence by all warring sides in Afghanistan to allow peace talks to move forward. U.S. Forces spokesman Sonny Leggett on Friday made the remarks after announcing that US forces pummeled Taliban strongholds with air strikes in two provinces. In …

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Iran police shoot at car carrying Afghan refugees, killing 3

AT News KABUL: Iran police shot at a vehicle carrying Afghans being smuggled, igniting a fire which then killed at least three people. Three were killed and ten others wounded after their vehicle was set ablaze by Iranian police shooting, survivors claimed. An Iranian security official on Thursday denied that …

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