AT News KABUL: A member of Afghan security forces was killed and three others received injuries after a roadside mine struck their vehicle and went off in Paghman district of Kabul on Sunday morning. Confirming the incident, Kabul police said that an IED blast hit a Ranger vehicle in Qagha …
Read More »Civilian casualties in Afghanistan worrying: Watchdog
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has expressed concerns on prolonging the civilians’ casualties across the country. The commission in a statement said that 21 civilians including 10 children and eight women were wounded in Alishing district of the eastern Laghman province. The findings of the commission …
Read More »Editorial: Peace building and spoilers
As violence continues to escalate around Afghanistan, some individuals and circles have been tagged as spoilers in the road to a dignified peace. It has raised many eyebrows as why and how do some groups actively seek to spoil the peace process. Some prospect is that imposed or ill-conceived peace …
Read More »Afghanistan records 11 COVID-19 related deaths in a single day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 41 new cases of coronavirus and 11 deaths around the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said Sunday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached 56,717 cases. The new cases come positive out of 1,692 …
Read More »27 civilians killed, wounded in past 24 hours
AT News KABUL: At least 27 civilians were killed and wounded within the past 24 hours across Afghanistan, security officials said on Saturday. A spokesman for the ministry of interior affairs, Hamid Roshan said that these casualties were inflicted on civilians due to roadside blasts planted by the Taliban in …
Read More »Ghani will not run in any eventual election
AT News KABUL: The Afghan National Security Advisor, Hamdullah Mohib said that President Ghani would not run as candidate in the early election proposed by the government to reach a political deal with the Taliban as part of the reconciliation process. Talking to a press conference on Saturday, Mr. Mohib …
Read More »Ghori youths struggle to find jobs as unemployment rate soaring
AT News KABUL: Ismail Rezayee completed his higher education but lack of job opportunism forced him to work as a shoemaker in Ferozkoh, the capital city of western Ghor province. 27 years old, Rezayee secured a degree at Ghor Institute of Higher Education. He was dreaming for a prosperous life …
Read More »12 civilians suffer casualties in east, south Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: At least five civilians were killed and seven others, including women were wounded in separate roadside bomb blasts in the southern province of Helmand and western province of Herat. Kandahar Governor Spokesman, Omar Zwak said that a vehicle hit a roadside bomb in the provincial capital city …
Read More »Editorial: Covid-19’s 3rd wave brewing
While the world is trying to prevail in the tough challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic with the implantation of vaccines made by several top companies, Afghanistan is facing the possible third wave of the virus. Although the pandemic put the whole world in a chaos, its primer effects have been …
Read More »Daesh recruitment head captured in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: Daesh recruitment head, along with his nine associate terrorists have been captured during latest operation in eastern Nangarhar province. The Afghan Special Forces carried out an operation in Pachiragam district, where Daesh recruitment in-charge along with nine terrorists was detained, Nangarhar Press Disk said in a statement …
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