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AT News KABUL: The Taliban have set 700 attacks from several directions on Lashkarga, the capital city of southern Helmand province, military officials said. Commander of 215 Maiwand corps, Sami Sadat said that the al-Qaeda fighters also jointed the Taliban rebel in fighting against the Afghan security forces in Helmand. …

As the U.S. and NATO forces are exiting Afghanistan, the Afghans expect the peace negotiations to reach an early conclusion that will end the bloodshed and relentless violence. But, the expectations remained cold as the Afghan security forces and Taliban have been trying to step up pressure on each other, …

AT NewsKABUL: Afghanistan on Tuesday announced 1,045 new cases of coronavirus with 33 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said.The new cases reported positive out of 3,614 suspected samples tested in different laboratories nationwide during the same period of time.33 patients have lost their …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) sacked Asghar Afghan as from the national team captaincy, blaming him for losing the test match against Zimbabwe in March at Abu Dhabi.The ACB said in a statement that Afghanistan Cricket Board members approved the proposition to go ahead with split-captaincy for …

AT Monitoring Desk Kabul: The Afghan government and the Taliban are set to soon resume peace negotiations in Qatar, which have remained stuck for over five months, to try and end nearly two decades of war in Afghanistan, officials told EFE on Monday.“It’s planned that the intra-Afghan talks will begin …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan eyes strengthening friendly relations with Turkey, the country’s national security adviser said during a meeting with the Turkish ambassador in the capital Kabul.In a little over a week since taking charge, Turkey’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Cihad Erginay met with a number of top Afghan officials, assuring …

AT News KABUL: Officials in the eastern province of Nangarhar say that the Taliban fighters set a district market at blaze that caused heavy financial damages to the residents. Provincial Governor’s Spokesman, Attaullah Khogiani said that the Taliban looted the goods and stocks of the bazaar during one last week …

AT News KABUL: At least 60 Taliban insurgents were killed and 34 others wounded in a series of military operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, the ministry of defense said Tuesday.Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan security forces have …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA) on Tuesday said five million Afghan children are vulnerable across the country.Speaking in a ceremony celebrating “World Children’s Day”, Deputy of MoLSA Ghulam Haidar Jailani said that five million children are at risk, which includes 23 categories such as …