AT News KABUL: As the withdrawal of US troops in well on track, the first group of interpreters and local assistants to the US Army has been evacuated from Afghanistan to the United States with their family members, according to reports on Friday. The group, which includes 2,500 people, will …
Read More »Watchdog calls for protection of journalists; Aihrc demands release of journalists by NDS
AT News KABUL: Free Media Support Organization, NAI, has called on the Afghan warring parties to protect media community. The media watchdog said in a statement on Friday that the Taliban fighters have purportedly raided the office of local radio station after they overrun the Dehraud district of southern Urozgan …
Read More »Watchdog calls for protection of journalists; Aihrc demands release of journalists by NDS
AT News KABUL: Free Media Support Organization, NAI, has called on the Afghan warring parties to protect media community. The media watchdog said in a statement on Friday that the Taliban fighters have purportedly raided the office of local radio station after they overrun the Dehraud district of southern Urozgan …
Read More »Sigar on the tragic fallout of U.S.-Taliban deal; “Afghanistan teeters on the brink amid Taliban surge”
A SIGAR report says that Afghan government faces an “existential crisis” amid militant advance and that Afghan forces will not be able to weather Taliban hostilities after departure of US-led forces. It further states government has lost a whopping one third of its revenues after the fall of its strategic …
Read More »UN condemns attack on its Herat headquarters
AT News Kabul: The United Nations in Afghanistan on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the attack on its main compound in Herat in which an Afghan police guard was killed and several others injured. The main UN compound in the capital of the western Afghan province of Herat was …
Read More »Sweden donates 124,000 vaccine doses to Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: A batch of 124,000 doses of Astra Zeneca vaccine donated by the Swedish government has arrived in Kabul, the public health ministry said on Friday. The vaccination process will begin today (Saturday), according to the ministry. An official of the ministry, Dr. Dastagir Nazari, who was appointed …
Read More »Karzai condemns killing of comedian by Taliban
AT News KABUL: Former president Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the killing of a famous comedian, Nazar Mohammad Khasha, by the Taliban militants in southern Kandahar province earlier this week. The former president said his killing was against Islamic teachings, calling on warring parties to stop the war, which he said …
Read More »People should rise against Taliban atrocities; Omar
AT News KABUL: Senior Presidential advisor, Wahid Omar, condemning the killing of popular Afghan comedian, Khasha Jawan, said that the Taliban showed that they are in pursuit of bloodshed. Omar called on people to raise their voice against Taliban atrocities. According to reports, Taliban dragged Khasha Jawan out of his home …
Read More »Over 95% of US troops out of Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: About 95 percent of US troops have left Afghanistan, according to US Central Command. US Central Command said in a tweet on Tuesday evening that since the beginning of the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense has withdrawn 984 C-17 aircrafts from Afghanistan …
Read More »‘Ansarullah’ opens new Pandora’s Box; Pro-Taliban Tajik militants deploy along border stronghold
AT News KABUL: A 200-strong group of pro-Taliban Tajikistan militants are now controlling areas along Afghan-Tajik border after the Taliban afforded them control of the key strategic border region in recent days, according to officials on Wednesday. Weeks after capturing key strategic areas and security outposts, Tajik authorities have said, …
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