AT News KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) vowed to take revenge of Taliban’s attack on intelligence agency’s office in Samangan province in the north. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the agency accused Taliban of collusion with al-Qaeda terrorist network, saying that the group violated all international commitments …
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AT News KABUL: The US Peace Envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmai Khalizad has condemned the Samangan complex attack conducted by the Taliban, saying that it has been in contradiction with the group’s commitment to reduce violence until a permanent ceasefire is reached in intra-Afghan talks. On Monday, Taliban fighters carried a …
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AT News KABUL: At least 24 drug runners pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and were sentenced to years behind bars in the past one week. A statement issued by the courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said that five drug traffickers sentenced to 4-20 years’ incarceration after examining their …
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At least 1,744 others, including women and children were injured during this period AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said that over 1,213 civilians (126 women-225 children) were killed and 1,744 others (171 women-405 children) maimed during the first six months of 2020. The statics showed at …
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AT News KABUL: At least five civilians were killed and 11 others wounded after a vehicle they were traveling in, hit with a roadside bomb in Surobi district of Kabul, local officials said on Tuesday. District Governor, Gohar Khan Baburi said the explosion occurred in Jak-Dalak village of the district. …
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AT News KABUL: Following waves of murmurs about Russian having paid bounties to the Taliban-linked militants to target the American soldiers in Afghanistan, the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo held a phone call with the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov. The US Department of State said the counterparts discussed …
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AT News KABUL: Afghan health authorities announced 135 fresh Covid-19 cases recorded within last 24 hours that brought the total numbers of the infected patients to around 34,740 in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday that out of 637 samples in the past 24 hours, 135 of them …
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KABUL: The Attorney General Office said that it has prosecuted 31 staffers who were charged with administrative corruption during one last year. The AGO said in a statement on Tuesday that these staffers included prosecutors, and other employees of the office, who were detained on charge of corruption, especially taking …
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Taliban claimed responsibility, a surge in violence aimed peace talks Warring sides should embrace peace to end this senseless war Taliban’s continuous violence jeopardizing unique opportunity for peace By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Taliban fighters launched a complex attack on an intelligence compound of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: As the world reels under the rising COVID-19 cases, Russia’s Sechenov University has successfully completed the world’s first clinical trials of coronavirus vaccine on humans, media reports said on Monday. Russian Medical University Research Center has officially announced that Russia is the first country in the …
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