AT News KABUL: At least 90 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 45 others wounded in 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 in a statement on Sunday. Backed by the …
Read More »Afghanistan facing surge in new COVID-19 infections; 547 cases, 10 deaths reported in one day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is facing a surge in new cases of coronavirus with the country’s daily infections is on the rise. 547 new cases and 10 COVID-19-related deaths were reported on Sunday. According to the health ministry, the new fatalities were reported in the last 24 hours across the …
Read More »UK variant Covid cases reported in Afghanistan’s 18 provinces
AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health reports of the outbreak of the new UK-variant cases of Corona virus in 18 of 34 provinces, with Mirwais Alizai deputy spokesman for the ministry saying on Sunday that the most cases of the UK-variant disease were found in Nangarhar province in …
Read More »Foreign terrorists fighting Afghan forces in Badakhshan
AT News KABUL: Mohammad Zakariya Sawda, governor for Badakhshan province in the northeast, says that foreign terrorists have come there from the provinces of Faryab and Nangarhar to fight government forces. He said Sunday that the terrorists are in the districts of Wardooj, Jorm and Raghestan. “We arrested a terrorist …
Read More »Editorial: No need fingering others
It’s a clear fact that the Afghanistan war has several internal and external dimensions. Surely, no one can deny proxy war. The regional countries plus the western have their own agenda to pursue in a bid to reach their national interests. This is very common – everyone is trying to …
Read More »Enemies fear of educational development, prosperity: Naderi
AT News KABUL: Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi, State Minister for Peace said that the enemies of Afghanistan, with their recent terrorist attacks on schools and mosques, have shown that they are openly hostile to religion and scholars in order to promote extremism and terrorism. Naderi, who is also a member …
Read More »Faryab Residents GO TO POLLS TO ELECT GOVERNOR, reject laghmani
AT News KABUL: The Deputy of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Enayatullah Babur Farahmand said that the residents of the northern Faryab province held an election to choose provincial governor. Farahmand twitted that the election was set to be held on Sunday. Residents of Faryab rejected Dawood Laghmani who …
Read More »Former Canadian envoy draws attention to ‘Pak’s proxy war’ in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Following the recent truce between Israel and Palestine, former Ambassador and Canadian Cabinet Minister Chris Alexander is asking the world to turn its eyes on Pakistan’s proxy war in Afghanistan. Drawing parallels with the middle-east conflict that ended earlier this week, Alexander lamented on his Twitter, …
Read More »8,000 families displaced amid intensifying violence
AT News KABUL: Over 8,000 families have been displaced across Afghanistan due to ongoing violence amid final foreign troops withdrawal set for September 11. The spike in the deadly incident violence in the recent weeks has claimed casualties to the Afghan security forces and civilians. Heavy clashes are continuing in …
Read More »Ghizaal Haress resigns as presidential ombudsperson
AT News KABUL: Ghizaal Haress, Ombudsperson of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has resigned from her position. She announced her resignation on Sunday. “After nearly two years of serving as the Ombudsperson, and after handing in my resignation twice to the presidency, which unfortunately was not approved, I am stepping …
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