AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 1,242 cases of the pandemic Covid-19, bringing the total tally to over 125,937. The new cases were recorded out of 4,642 samples tested in the country’s laboratories within past 24 hours. During this period, 84 patients died, while 806 others recovered. The total number of …
Read More »Militants seize more districts in a paroxysmal of unabated violence
AT News KABUL: The Taliban have purportedly captured several districts amid severe offensives raging across the country. However, the ministry of defense said that it recaptured Baharak district of the northern Badakhshan province. A spokesman for the ministry of defense, Fawad Aman said that the security forces inflicted heavy casualties …
Read More »Taliban threats shutter 20 radio stations in north
AT News KABUL: Radio Keshm, a local channel in the remote mountainous province of Badakhshan in the northeast is one of 20 broadcasters which had to stop activities when the area it locates in the district of Keshm fell to Taliban recently. Noor Aqa Noori, the in charge of the …
Read More »UN chief ‘list of shame’ drops Afghan police
AT News KABUL: The United Nations Secretary-General has omitted the Afghan National Police from his List of Shame, the ministry of foreign affairs said. In a statement issued Sunday, the ministry welcomed the removal of Afghan police from the list of shame, saying that the United Nations secretary-general had included …
Read More »Saleh: Taliban can’t seize power
AT News KABUL: In the light of worsening security and advances Taliban are trumpeting, First Vice President is trying to assuage growing public fears, saying that the resurgent Taliban are “never able to occupy Afghanistan and seize power”. “I see a great and historic opportunity for unity. Every single community …
Read More »Last British troops leave Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The UK is expected to bring home the last of its troops in Afghanistan this weekend, which would bring an end to Britain’s official role in the 20-year conflict. According to reports, the final 750 soldiers, who are currently part of a NATO training mission, are said …
Read More »Editorial: Chaos in the offing
Afghan people are languishing in the shadows of terror and melancholy in these dark days. The country is beleaguered by a growing insurgency and militarism and stands on the precipice of a devastating war. In the one hand, the tentacles of Taliban are spreading fast as they continue to be …
Read More »Editorial: War in Afghanistan
There are some efforts to term the war in Afghanistan as an ethnic war- with describing the Taliban’s identity to a specific tribe. The foreign policy published an article, in which, the writer believes the Afghan war will lead to an ethnic conflict. The Afghans have gone through severe conflicts …
Read More »Abdullah fears Afghanistan could become a terrorist haven
AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, warns that Afghanistan could turn once again to a safe haven for terrorist groups, saying there is “nothing to guarantee that the country would not change to terrorists’ sanctuary”. The concerns are expressed while the international troops …
Read More »US ‘may vacate’ embassy in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Amid security turmoil and political hue and cry, the Wall Street Journal reports that US officials have stepped up work on a possible evacuation of the US embassy in Kabul due to fears that security situation could deteriorate, which could endanger the lives of survivors, diplomats and …
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