AT News KABUL: Several rockets fired from the outskirts of Kabul targeted the city on Monday morning, according to reports, amid the speedy withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan that is expected to end on Tuesday (August 31). The reports cited eyewitnesses who said that the rockets hit the …
Read More »‘Discussions continue for inclusive govt in Afghanistan’
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 …
Read More »International community assures Afghans at risk can freely travel outside Afghanistan
Brussels: We are all committed to ensuring that our citizens, nationals and residents, employees, Afghans who have worked with us and those who are at risk, can continue to travel freely to destinations outside Afghanistan. We have received assurances from the Taliban that all foreign nationals and any Afghan citizen …
Read More »Seven killed two attacks near Kabul airport
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 …
Read More »World warns Taliban of isolation
AT News KABUL: NATO, UN and Britain have warned the Taliban will be isolated if they continue to take power by force as Afghanistan is slipping out of control in the face of rapid Taliban gains. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement after a meeting of the North …
Read More »Customs revenue shrink as Taliban seize nine ports
AT News KABUL: There has been no customs activity in nine ports in the country which have fallen in the hands of the Taliban, said the Ministry of Finance on Saturday. Mohammad Rafi Tabe, a spokesman for the ministry, has said that the Ministry of Finance had suspended customs operations …
Read More »First group of US troops arrive in Kabul
AT News KABUL: The first group of US troops has arrived in Kabul to help evacuate thousands of American diplomats and staff daily from Kabul. Official sources said on Saturday that on a special flight from Herat to Kabul this morning, government officials who had fallen to the Taliban were …
Read More »UN chief urges Taliban to stop attacks on Afghan cities
AT News KABUL: The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Taliban militants to “immediately” stop attacking on the cities of Afghanistan and avoid efforts to seize the power by force. Taliban’s lightning advances have made the people of Afghanistan and international community worried about a dark and violent …
Read More »Four more provinces fall to Taliban
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 …
Read More »Editorial: The silence of world on Afghan chaos
Afghanistan- a country of around 5,000-year long history has gone through a lot of ups and downs in various eras of the history. But this country has remained steady and strong despite becoming victim of the global games for several times. In the meantime, another similar scenario is about to …
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