AT -KABUL: Kunduz residents Thursday held protest to condemn army airstrike on a gathering near to a religious madrasa in Archi district, what they called attack against religious students and civilians. Hundreds of residents of Dasht-e-Archi district where the strike was carried out Thursday marched toward Kunduz city but were …
Read More »Kabul, Islamabad discuss tense ties
AT News Report-KABUL: Amid strained relations of Kabul and Islamabad, President Ashraf Ghani met with Pakistan Premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the Presidential Palace on Friday and confided about violations along the Durand Line. Abbasi’s visit comes upon an official invitation extended by Ghani for a face-to-face dialogue to have …
Read More »War causes devastation: Activist
AT News Report-KABUL: After a sit-in set up for peace in Helmand province, several other provinces are following the suite, as peace activists in the capital of central Uruzgan province on Friday called on the conflicting parties to halt hospitalities immediately. Noting the current war that has been taking huge …
Read More »India to supply four Mi-24 assault helicopters to Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: India will underwrite the supply and delivery of four refurbished Russian-built Mil Mi-24 assault helicopters by Belarus to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) over the next few months, a news agency Jane’s has reported. “The Indian government has agreed to source these helicopters from …
Read More »5 Pakistani advisors among killed in Dasht-e-Archi airstrike
AT News Report-KABUL: Five senior Pakistani military advisors supporting the Taliban insurgents were among a bevy of terrorists killed in the famous Kunduz airstrike—a move that has sparked uproar in Pakistan. The latest findings of the Afghan National Army has revealed that five Pakistanis who visited Dasht-e-Archi district to help …
Read More »25 rebels killed in raids
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 25 militants have been killed and 20 other received injuries in different crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security force across the country in the past 24 hours, security official said on Friday. In a statement issued here, the Ministry Defense (MoD), said that during the …
Read More »Editorial: Healthcare system improved
Growing rate of sufficient access to quality health care is something to be celebrated widely because health is wealth. After the collapse of the Taliban regime, Afghanistan inherited a devastated health system and some of the worst health statistics in the world. After 2001, the darkest area of the Taliban …
Read More »Upcoming vote, an impossible milestone in face of insecurity: Parliament
AT-KABUL: The Parliament on Wednesday summoned officials of the independent election commission for a briefing about the upcoming elections and security threats. Most of the lawmakers however believed that the upcoming vote will be an impossible milestone in the face of the ongoing countrywide aggravation of insecurity. Recently the Lower …
Read More »Editorial: Civilians under fire
Escalation of violence, carnage and insurgent attacks is now the stark inevitability. This year is proving to be yet another bloodiest year, as civilians in hundreds are slain in execution-style massacres, bombings, and sadly government interdiction operations. The situation is getting out of hands. The death toll of civilians is …
Read More »US supports Afghan peace offer to Taliban
AT-KABUL: The United States supports Afghan government’s peace offer to the Taliban, calling on the insurgent group to accept the constitution and government’s achievements and stop violence, the US deputy ambassador to Kabul, Annie Pforzheirmer said. In a meeting with the Afghan national security adviser, Hanif Atmar on Wednesday, Pforzheimer …
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