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AT News KABUL:  Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, a senior member of the Taliban’s political office said on Saturday that consultations are going on with different ethnicities and political parties about the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan. Addressing the country on the national radio and television station, Stanikzai stressed …

BY: BKS AT-KABUL: Seven people including a suicide bomber were killed and few others were injured after a rocket hit a residential area in north of the city and in a separate attack US forces targeted a suspected suicide bomber near Kabul airport. A suspected suicide bomber was targeted and …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants reportedly captured four provincial capitals in their lightning advances that speeded up since August 6 when they first took control of Zaranj city, the center of the southwestern province of Nimroz. Reports said Saturday that the insurgent fighters seized Assad Abad, capital of Kunar …

AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Saturday said that it has recorded 87 new cases and seven deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. Ministry said that out of 1,934 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 hours, 87 were reported positive. The total …

AT News KABUL: After an unforeseen seizure of Sheberghan city in volatile Jawzjan and fears of a spillover, Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum has returned to neighboring Mazar-e-Sharif city after a long absence in a last-ditch bid to tame the rapidly advancing Taliban. The former vice president appeared before media before …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Journalists Safety Committee voiced concerns over the Taliban violence and intimidation against the media family. The AJSC said in a statement to Afghanistan Times that the insurgents “committed acts of violence, intimidation and bullying against many journalists in the past two weeks—something that AJSC strongly …

AT News KABUL: At least 439 Taliban militants were killed and 77 others wounded during crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours. Afghan security forces succeeded to kill 439 Taliban militants during clashes and counters attacks in Nangarhar, Laghman, Logar, Paktia, …

AT News KABUL: Taliban fighters flooded Farah city, capital of the province of the same name on Tuesday, totally taking control of seven provincial centers in less than a week, with two in the west. Farah in the west, borders Iran’s province of Southern Khorasan and has been the scene …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed sorrow over the death of a famous writer and poet, Yasin Kahmosh. In a statement, office of the former president, said that late Khamosh worked as deputy minister of information and culture. Khamosh was an academic figure who left poetic and writing …

AT News KABUL: Amidst a rapidly deteriorating security situation, President Ghani in a meeting with political leaders, jihadi figures and the heads of the National Assembly called for quick mobilization of pro-government forces. Ghani said that during the meeting, while supporting the security forces and the survival of the republic …