AT News KABUL: The US President Joe Biden has brushed aside speculations that US troops will withdraw ahead of the September deadline, saying the “pullout from Afghanistan continues but will not end in the next few days”. Recently, some reports quoting US officials suggested withdrawal of US troops would end …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health warns about the outbreak of the Black Fungus disease in Afghanistan, saying that it had registered so far three positive cases in the provinces of Kabul, Baghlan and Samangan. Earlier this week, reports said that a 30 years old man and a …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 1,272 new cases of coronavirus and 92 deaths in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Saturday. The new cases were recorded out of 4,670 suspected samples tested during this period of time across the country, the ministry added. Another …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban have purportedly overrun ten districts- most of them in northern Badakhshan- as severe clashes ensuing between the security forces and Taliban across the country. According to unnamed sources quoted by TOLONews, the militants took control of Kishm, Darayim, Tishkan, Tagab, Wardooj, Shahr-e-Bozorg, Raghistan, Jorm and …

AT News KABUL: Three civilians including children were killed and six others wounded after a mortar shelling targeted a residence in the northern province of Baghlan. The incident occurred on Friday night in Dand-e-Ghori district of the province, residents claimed, adding that the mortar hit house of a family who …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan should not lead to a redeployment of U.S. and NATO military infrastructure to Central Asia, Russia’s Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said. “This process cannot and should not turn into a redeployment of US and NATO military …

AT News KABUL: At least 228Taliban were killed and 116 others wounded in operations conducted by the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours across the country, defense ministry said on Saturday. The ministry said in a statement that the raids were carried out in Logar, Paktika, Kandahar, Herat, Badghis, …

AT News KABUL: Pentagon has announced that the top general leading U.S. military operations in Afghanistan will transfer his command to the head of U.S. Central Command by July end as the United States winds down its longest-running war. Pentagon’s spokesperson, John Kirby, on Friday announced plans to switch over …

AT News KABUL: The US Charge d’ Affaires in Kabul Ian McCary says that Taliban insurgents threaten the people of Afghanistan on the social media by using violent propaganda. McCary said Saturday that Taliban use violent propaganda to attack Afghans. “Taliban use hatred and violent literature on the social media …

AT News KABUL: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday raised concerns that Islamic State militants are reinforcing and regrouping in northern Afghanistan as U.S.-led troops leave the country. According to Russian media, Lavrov said that Islamic State was gaining territory in Afghanistan against the backdrop of the U.S. withdrawal, heaping scorns on …