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AT News KABUL: Police officials said Saturday the Taliban has no ability to maintain presence on outskirts of big cities, downplaying the threat made by Taliban militants to hold ground. Taliban insurgents keep fleeing from one area to another as there is sufficient security capacity to prevent their belligerence, said spokesman to …

AT News KABUL: At least two patients have lost their lives battling the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the Afghan Health Ministry said Saturday. The total deaths have reached 1,453 since the outbreak of the pandemic started in Afghanistan around seven months ago. Six new coronavirus positive cases were …

AT News KABUL: In the wake of multifaceted peace talks in Doha, the High Council for National Reconciliation has once again called on the Taliban to agree on a ceasefire during intra-Afghan talks. The ceasefire comes as the both sides (Afghan peace team and Taliban negotiating members) have failed to …

Since the warring sides sat at the negotiating table in Qatar earlier this month, bloodshed and violence have increased in Afghanistan. The calls for a ceasefire are falling on deaf ears while the negotiators have so far failed to agree on a roadmap despite being engaged for nearly two weeks. …

AT News KABULL: President Ashraf Ghani spoke on the phone with Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan on Friday. Both sides talked about the ties between the two countries, the peace process, and President  Ghani emphasizing on ceasefire, Presidential Palace Spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi said in a tweet. In this call, …

AT News KABUL: Taliban insurgents have killed 28 government forces in the south after the besieged forces surrendered, officials said. Zelagay Ebadi, governor spokesman for Uruzgan province, where the incident happened, said Friday that the militants killed soldiers in the Gizab district. Killing of prisoners of war is considered war …

AT News KABUL: The ministry of defense says a unit of the army’s commandos was stationed in Wardak, a province some 50 kilometers west of Kabul city, where Taliban insurgents carry out attacks on the security and defense forces as well as civilians. The deployment of the commando unit in …

AT News KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad claims confidence of peace in Afghanistan. Khalilzad said Friday that his optimism to the peace in the war-torn country was based on the meetings he had held with the leaders of the government of Afghanistan and Taliban group. …

AT News KABUL: Some members of parliament blame Taliban militants for killing the people of Afghanistan under the name of peace, while their negotiators are busy in peace talks with the government representatives in Qatar. The lawmakers said in their Wednesday session that Taliban’s thought to win war was wrong. …

AT News KABUL: National Statistics Office says that including of mother’s name in the ID cards is voluntary, not compulsory.  “The name of applicant and his/her surname followed by father and mother’s name are registered in the electronic ID cards,” said head of the office, Ahmad Javid Rasouli on Wednesday. …