AT News KABUL: Abdul Walid Tamim, former head of Afghanistan’s oil and gas regulatory authority has been sentenced to three years in jail-term by the Anti-Corruption Judicial Center, the Supreme Court announced on Monday. Mr. Tamim was accused of misusing his authority while he was at office. He also fined …
Read More »106 Taliban fighters killed in latest military sting
AT News KABUL: At least 106 Taliban militants were killed and 48 others wounded during latest crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours. The Afghan security forces killed at least 106 Taliban militants during clashes and counter attacks in Ghazni, Wardak, …
Read More »Rahmani warns govt. on ‘sensitive appointments’ in provincial offices
AT News KABUL: Parliament Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani warns that the government’s appointments of provincial heads should not face public sensitive reactions. President Ghani replaced Faryab governor Naqibullah Fayeq with Mohammad Dawood as new governor. The appointment that took place on the weekend, was followed by Faryab residents’ reaction who …
Read More »Tens of orphans live with no support in Faryab
AT News KABUL: Tens of orphan boys and girls who have lost their parents in the ongoing war are supported by nobody in the northwestern province of Faryab, where one can find no state-run orphanage. Mohammad Nasim is from Almar district but is now staying at a private orphanage in …
Read More »16 people suffered injuries in Kunar rocket attack
AT News KABUL: At least 16 Afghan civilians suffered injuries after a rocket fired by the Taliban landed in governor house in eastern Kunar province. The incident happened while a holy Quran completion recitation program was underway. Taliban fired a mortar on Assad Abad center on Monday morning that hit …
Read More »Five security force members killed in Kandahar blast
AT News KABUL: A roadside bomb blast took the lives of five Afghan security forces and wounded three others in Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province. The wounded includes police chief of Zhiri district. Provincial Police Spokesman, Jamal Nasir Barikzai said the incident occurred on Sunday evening in Mirakhwar …
Read More »Roadside bomb leaves former district chief dead
AT News KABUL: A former district chief for Ghulran district in western Herat province was killed in a roadside bomb shortly after he handed over the responsibility to the newly appointed district head, officials said on Monday. Provincial Governor, Abdul Wahid Qatali said that the incident took place on Sunday …
Read More »Editorial: What an illusion
Since the process of US troops withdrawal from Afghanistan has begun, the Taliban, a group the Afghan government is trying to seek peace with, and other terrorist groups are now daydreaming with false impressions that they are closer than ever to a military victory. This mindset indeed is dangerous and …
Read More »Govt. considers curfew to tame third-wave of COVID-19
Afghanistan recorded 210 new cases of coronavirus and six deaths in the last 24 hours AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health is planning to impose night curfews, border closures with Iran and Pakistan and suspend flights from India in a bid to prevent the third wave of Covide-19 …
Read More »Afghan, Pakistani forces exchange fire at Kandahar crossing point
AT News KABUL: Reports say that Afghan and Pakistani troops opened fire at each other on Monday morning at a crossing point in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province in the south. Officials in Kandahar confirmed the Monday clashes between Afghan and Pakistani forces, saying it occurred in the Loqman …
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