AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday reported 1,575 new cases of coronavirus and 86 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. The new cases come positive out of 5,096 suspected samples during the same period of time, according to the health ministry’s data. The …

AT News KABUL: The government officials say they would arm and support those people who want to fight Taliban. Naqibullah Fayeq, the newly-appointed deputy interior minister, who is in Mazar-e-Sharif, a strategic city in the north to evaluate the security situation, said Wednesday that Kabul would support public mobilization against …

The government vows to fuel the residents in fighting against the Taliban as clashes proceeding across the country. The government seems desperate as the Taliban have recently captured several districts in North amid the withdrawal of international forces that arises tensions over an upcoming civil wars. The distribution of weapons …

AT News KABUL: At least 209 Taliban insurgents were killed and 129 others wounded during a series of military operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said on Wednesday. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the …

AT News KABUL: A roadside bombing targeted a public transportation in Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, killing five people and wounding 18 others. Provincial Police Spokesman, Jamal Nasir Barakzai said that a public bus of Nahr-e-Saraj Company hit a roadside bomb in Gach Garez area of Maiwand. He put …

AT News KABUL: A polio vaccination center was destroyed and five medical staffs wounded in mortars targeted a hospital in Asadabad, the capital of eastern Kunar province. Provincial Governor Mohammad Iqbal Sayed said that the incident occurred on Wednesday morning that also inflicted heavy financial damages. “The freezers and vaccine …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan’s former cricketer-turned-commentator Ramiz Raja, in a Youtube video on Wednesday, stated that he would not be surprised if Afghanistan rolled over Pakistan in a T20 game in the future.   The 58-year-old claimed that Afghanistan had talented players, such as explosive batsman Hazratullah Zazai, which made them a dangerous opposition.   …

AT News KABUL: Human Rights Watch has called on the Afghan government to free children detained for allegedly collaborating with insurgent groups in the country and to work with the United Nations and donor countries to bring them back into the community. Hundreds of Afghan children are being held on …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Russia is concerned over the latest developments in Afghanistan and the emergence of a new hotbed along the Tajik-Afghan borders, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, according to TASS news agency.   “In general, of course, the development of the situation in Afghanistan as the …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban now control more than 100 districts across Afghanistan with more territories falling to the insurgents every day, a report by the Long War Journal said Tuesday. Since early May of this year, Afghanistan has been subject to a substantial increase in Taliban attacks with security …