AT News KABUL: Twenty seven people were arrested in Kabul for involvement in criminal offences as part of police operation fighting crime and drug trafficking in capital city over the past two days. The suspects are convicted of murder, possession of unregistered weapons, disrupting public order, robbery, looting of citizens’ …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan registered its highest every single-day toll of 41 COVID-19 deaths, the ministry of public health said Saturday. The country also reported 1,273 fresh cases of coronavirus, bringing the total tally to 79,236 cases nationwide since the outbreak of the virus started over a year ago. According …

AT News KABUL: An airstrike killed 13 public uprising forces in northern Badakhshan province including a commander, residents claimed on Saturday. The airstrike was conducted on Friday in Kohsan district of the province. According Mahmood Rahman, a member of the Badakhshan provincial council, a commander of the public uprising forces …

AT News KABUL: Police in Kabul and Logar have arrested 12 people for aiding and providing logistical support to terrorists in Kabul and Logar provinces. The arrests were made after police officers carried out raids in the provinces of Kabul and Logar. “Special Forces carried out three raids and arrested …

According to a United Nations report, the group’s elusive leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri is “probably alive but too frail to be featured in propaganda.” AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A significant part of the Al-Qaeda leadership resides in the Afghanistan and Pakistan region, including the group’s elusive leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who is …

The Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in which Muslims observe daylong fasting, is supposed to be a time for strict piety, restraint and self discipline. But this year Ramadan saw unprecedented escalation in fighting and bloodshed in Afghanistan as the Taliban continued the ruthless carnage, targeting common Afghans in most …

AT News KABUL: Three districts are purportedly fallen into the Taliban as armed conflicts have been intensifying across the country. A local source in the eastern province of Nuristan, talking on condition of anonymity, said that the security forces retreated from Do Ab and Mandawal districts of the province. The …

Fearing the rapid surge of the Covid-19, the government last month enforced lockdowns on educational centers and institutions. The schools and Universities were closed while the parks, cinemas, wedding halls and other entertainment places remained opened for public. The lockdowns on educational centers become ineffective as the number of corronavirus …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The U.S. on Friday announced more than $266 million in new humanitarian aid for Afghanistan as part of its enduring commitment to the war-torn country while the American Soldiers and NATO forces are exiting the country. The announcement comes amid unrelenting violence and a stalled peace …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned bomb blast in a passenger bus in Kabul city and an airstrike in the southern province of Helmand in which a number of civilians including women and children were killed and wounded. In a statement issued Saturday, Karzai expressed his deep …