AT News KABUL: At least 62 Taliban insurgents were killed and 58 others wounded during crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in several provinces in the past 24 hours. The ministry of defense said in a statement on Monday that the raids were conducted in Laghman, Ghazni, Zabul, …

Kabul Based Diplomatic Missions Reiterate Support to Afghan Journalists and Media AT News  KABUL: The Afghan government will preserve the achievements gained in freedom of expression, Second Vice President Sarwar Danesh said, adding that all parties involved in the Afghan peace process should pay attention on this aspect. Danesh cited …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has issued an order that sentences those people who smuggle medical equipment to abroad to 20 years in prison. There are reports of stealing and smuggling of medical equipment including ventilators to the neighboring Pakistan. The equipment were donated by friendly countries last year …

AT News KABUL: Residents in the northern provinces of Samangan and Daikundi suffered huge financial losses in flash flood that hit several parts of the provinces. A spokesman of the state ministry for natural disaster management, Ahmad Tamim Azimi said that more than 20 houses were completely destroyed and 10 trucks damaged as flood …

The US is claiming to have degraded al-Qaeda’s presence in Afghanistan. US President Joe Biden has used the 10th anniversary of the raid that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden to support his decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan.  The terrorist group was the mastermind of 9/11 attacks. The …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 275 new Covid-19 cases and six deaths within past 24 hours, health ministry said on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic hit the country reached to 60,563. The ministry said that the new cases were recorded out of 1,911 suspected samples …

AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the high council for national reconciliation warns that Taliban militants would be more heartened to continue war once the US-led foreign troops leave Afghanistan. The United States has already begun troop withdrawal and is expected to pull all its 2,500 soldiers out of …

AT News KABUL: Three Afghan security forces have lost their lives on the combat line and nine Taliban insurgents were killed in a clash erupted between them in southern Zabul province, officials said Sunday. Head of Provincial Council, Ata Jan Haqbayan said the clash erupted when the Taliban set attacks …

Return to violence would be senseless and tragic, US Gen. Scott Miller warned, adding they have the military means to respond forcefully to any type of attacks against the coalition and the military means to support the Afghan security forces AT News KABUL: As the American and NATO Forces are …

AT News KABUL: Mohammad Qassem Halimi, minister for hajj and religious affairs severely criticized Taliban for destructive activities including the Friday car bombing in Logar province. “These enemies of the religion carry out suicide attacks at the iftar time (evening time to breaking fast). Which religion is this? Which jihad …