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Taliban ready for talks with Afghans after US deal

AT News KABUL: Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov said after signing a peace deal with US, the Taliban are ready to hold direct talks with Afghan government and politicians, where a short time ceasefire would be also considered. “The peace agreement’s platform is unclear. A short time or …

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52 insurgents killed in ops

AT News KABUL: At least 52 Taliban militants have been killed and 21 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …

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We are one nation since ages: Arg to Biden

AT News KABUL: In reaction to the US Presidential Candidate, Joe Biden’s remarks about Afghanistan’s nation building, the Presidential Palace (ARG) said that Afghans have always been one nation and that history has witnessed it. Presidential Palace Spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi in a tweet said that Afghans have stand as a …

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What benefit enemies get by killing innocent Afghans?

By Ihsanulah Panjshiri On daily bases, the Afghan media outlets have been reporting on civilian casualties that caused by roadside mines and suicide attacks. Whenever we turn on a TV, a radio and read a newspaper, there are several news about women and children, who have lost their lives or …

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50 civilians killed, injured in airstrikes last month

AT News KABUL: At least 50 civilians have been killed and injured in the past one month in four Afghan and two US air attacks against residential areas in the provinces of Herat, Farah, Laghman, Balkh, Kundu, Badghis and Uruzgan, according to reports. The casualties include women and women. On …

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Taliban explosives cache destroyed in south

AT News KABUL: Afghan security forces have destroyed enemy’s big cache of explosives in southern Paktia province, ministry of defense said on Saturday. A big cache of ammunition belonged to Taliban discovered and destroyed during Afghan commando forces crackdown in Zurmat district of Paktia province on Friday night, the ministry …

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10pc surge in income tax returns filed this year

AT News KABUL: As Afghanistan looking forward to build a sustainable economy, the Ministry of Finance has estimated around 208 billion Afs annual taxable income which shows a ten percent increase compared to last year. Speaking to a news conference in Kabul on Saturday, Mohammad Isa Qudrat said the increase …

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Abdullah urges transparency in election results

AT News KABUL: As election authorities are hewing closer to a conclusion and settlement in regard with contested issues surrounding 2019 elections, the incumbent chief executive Abdullah Abdullah urged the commissions to ensure transparency in tabulation and announcement of the election results. Addressing a press conference in Kabul on Saturday, …

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65 per cent Afghans deprived from government electricity

AT News KABUL: Some 65 per cent of Afghan population are still deprived from government, says the Integrity Watch Afghanistan, two decades after tens of billions of dollars were donated by international community to reconstruction of Afghan infrastructures. Sayed Ekram Afzali, head of the watchdog calls mismanagement in the government …

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Afghanistan to renovate Hindu temples

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan plans to renovate temples of Hindu and Sikh communities – in what is seen as a rare move by the government to address woes of religious minorities who have called this country their home over the centuries. Ministry of Finance has unveiled a $650,000 budget plan …

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