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Karzai congratulates prominent cricketer for being selected best decade player

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai congratulated prominent cricketer Rashid Khan for being selected as the best player of the decade by the International Cricket Council. “I congratulate Rashid Khan and all the people of Afghanistan for this great pride and valuable achievement,” Karzai said in a statement on …

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17 criminals sent behind bars

AT News KABUL: Kabul Police has arrested 17 people on charge of different criminal acts in a latest crackdown conducted in different parts of the city and some of its districts. Police succeeded to capture 17 people accused of armed robbery, kidnapping, disrupt of public order, plundering and stealing mobiles of …

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Editorial: A big salute to the brave ANDSF

With no doubt, the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have become the pride of the nation for their professionalism and patriotism. The transformation has seen over 19 years of these brave forces are impressive and worth-appreciation. It won’t be wrong to claim they are built with the courage …

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Growing insecurity forced female journalists to quit jobs

AT News KABUL: A large number of female journalists in the rural parts of the country forced to quit their jobs as threats against media workers and activists have been intensified all over the country, human rights watchdogs said on Monday. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said that the …

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Number of Kabul police to be doubled

AT News KABUL: As insecurity has escalated, the 6:30 regular morning session chaired by the First Vice President, Amruallah Saleh appears to have reached an agreement with security agencies to double the number of Kabul police. In his Facebook page, Saleh says even in a state of stability and calm, …

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Afghanistan-Pakistan relations souring after Mullah Baradar’s visit to Karachi

AT News KABUL: Relationship between Kabul and Islamabad already not so warm, is worsening after Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar visited Pakistani city of Karachi where he was said to have met injured militants being treated at a state hospital. In a statement issued Monday, Pakistan foreign ministry warned …

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Parliament to summon security brass as security worsen

AT News KABUL: The Parliament has decided to summon security brass next week as insecurity has sharply been increasing across the country. Speaker of the House of the Representative (Wolesi Jirga), Mir Rahman Rahmani said that the lawmakers would share their concerns and questions with the authorities on the surge …

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NDS detains three senators charged for receiving bribe

AT News KABUL: Three members of senate have been arrested for receiving bribe, the attorney general office said Monday. The senators were arrested by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives while taking bribe in Balkh province, the office said in a statement. “The NDS operatives arrested three senators during …

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Taliban abduct six civilians in Ghazni

AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have taken six civilians hostage in Ghazni province, officials said Monday. The people taken hostage are residents of the Jaghoori and Qara Bagh districts and the incident happened in Dasht area of Jaghoori, said Aref Bahonar, district governor for Jaghoori. “Four of them were …

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Police arrest six people on charge of journalists’ killings

AT News KABUL: Police have arrested six people on the charge of killing journalists in Kabul and some provinces, interior minister said. A statement issued by Vice President Sarwar Danesh’s office on Monday, said that the joint government-media committee held session chaired by VP Danesh, where interior minister said that …

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