AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan’s foreign minister confirmed that his country refused to give any military base to the U.S. for monitoring Afghanistan after foreign forces’ withdrawal from Kabul, local media reported on Tuesday. Speaking to Geo News, a Pakistani broadcaster, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said his government, led by Prime …
Read More »Faltering peace talks prompt calls for world support
AT News KABUL: Head of the Afghan government’s negotiation team, Masoom Stanekzai, has called for international support to revive peace talks with the Taliban, amid growing uncertainty and the looming withdrawal of U.S. troops. As part of peace efforts, chief and members of the government’s negotiating team in a meeting …
Read More »Schools, colleges to remain shut for 2 more weeks amid COVID surge
54 deaths and 1,724 new cases recorded AT News KABUL: Schools and Universities will remain closed for another two weeks in 16 provinces in the view of a surge in positive cases of COVID-19 with the health authorities scrambling to tame the third wave of the virus that is rapidly …
Read More »20 dead, 80 troops defect to Taliban as clashes intensify in Faryab
AT News KABUL: Nearly 100 security forces have been captured by the Taliban as severe clashes linger across the province of northern Faryab. There is no information whether these forces are alive or killed by the insurgents. After the militants staged attacks on Qaisar district compound from various directions, …
Read More »Afghanistan continues to explode in a paroxysm of terrorist violence
Taliban capture key district in Faryab AT News KABUL: In a string of terrorist attacks on strategic regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban have captured a key district in northern Faryab province on Monday evening, an official said. Taliban insurgents have overrun Dawlat Abad district in Faryab after all security forces …
Read More »With U.S. halfway out of Afghanistan, Washington mulls options for embassy’s security
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The U.S. has completed over 50 percent of Afghan withdrawal as the American officials said that the exit would be completed by July 4 while they also work on plans for securing the U.S. embassy in Kabul. The Associated Press says that as early as this …
Read More »Gunmen shoot dead 3 including policemen in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Three people including two policemen were shot dead by gunmen in Kabul city on Monday, an official said, as violence mounted across the country amid a hasty U.S. troop withdrawal. Spokesman for Kabul Police, Firdaws Faramarz, said three people including two policemen were killed in two separate …
Read More »Judge shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Kandahar
AT News KABUL: A judge of a primary court was shot dead by unidentified gunmen Sunday night in Kandahar, local authorities said. The supreme court of Afghanistan confirmed assassination of the judge who was shot dead on his way to home from mosque on Sunday night. Unknown gunmen killed Mohammad …
Read More »24 people captured by local commander freed in Takhar
AT News KABUL: A local commander freed 24 people whom he has taken hostage in Fatehbangali district of the northern province of Takhar. Provincial Governor, Abdullah Qarloq said that the commander captured the residents – who were mostly farmers- on charge of helping the Taliban after 20 of his fighters …
Read More »Afghanistan records highest single-day toll of 56 COVID-19 deaths
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan on Monday reported the highest single-day toll of 56 COVID-19 related deaths and the biggest worry along with the spike in nationwide positive cases which is increasing on a daily basis. It also followed with another record daily surge of coronavirus as the country registered 1,582 …
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