AT News Report KABUL: The kidnapped young cricketer “Ahmad Quraishi” and another child have been released during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province with promises from a young Afghan security official that “kidnapping won’t be left unanswered at all.” After Quraishi’s release, Deputy Security for Interior Ministry, Gen. Khoshal Sadat …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 74 militants have been killed and 14 others received injures in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country within past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …

KABUL- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) after a fierce fighting Tuesday morning recaptured headquarters of the Arghanjkhwa district of northeastern Badakhshan province and imposed heavy casualties on the militants, army officials in north said. The operation to recover the district from the militants was kicked off Monday morning …

AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani assured journalists that any government officials who treat them violently would be introduced to judiciary to punish them. “Information has now entered every sector of economy and society. Economy and society are unable to move on without the help of information,” the president …

AT News Report KABUL: The government rejects a report released by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) that has expressed concerns over women’s rights in the peace process, assuring that achievements gained in this regard would be preserved. The chief executive office emphasizes that “Afghanistan will never goes …

AT News Report KABUL: The US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad arrived Monday in Kabul, in a nearly one-month delay after his fifth negotiation with Taliban representatives in Qatar which the two sides claimed ended with progresses to get close peace in the war-devastated country. Khalilzad who would …

AT News Report KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has shut down Pakistan’s largest lender Habib Bank’s operation in Kabul after violating the laws. The Central Bank of Afghanistan has revoked the operation license of Habib Bank Limted citing non-compliance of the bank with the banking laws of Afghanistan. The Governor …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A British Asian gang of fraudsters may have been involved in misusing billions of pounds of British tax-payers money to fund terrorist networks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, claims a UK media investigation based on police and intelligence files. The gang, based in London, Buckinghamshire, Birmingham, north-west …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in cooperation with partners has kicked off the first round of National Immunization Days (NIDS) for polio eradication that will take five days to target around 9.3 million children under five years of age across the country. During the campaign, around …

AT News Reports KABUL: Nearly 13 acres of lands have wiped out of opium cultivation by the security forces in Koot district of eastern Nangarhar province. Koot’s chief district Najeebullah Rahmani said production of opium have come to zero level after these lands cleared from opium. He said the security …