AT News KABUL: The Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan and Pakistan held a phone call on Sunday, where they pinned high hop on the upcoming Istanbul Conference that can help make the ongoing Afghan peace process “result-oriented.” During a phone conversation, Afghan FM Haneef Atmar and Pakistani FM Shah Mehmood Qureshi …
Read More »Afghan journalists demand media freedom assurances in peace talks
AT News KABUL: A group of Afghan journalists who have established the “House for Freedom of Expression” call on the peace negotiating sides to support the freedom of speech in their talks. The aim of establishing of thee House for Freedom of Expression is called to gather journalists under an …
Read More »Germany to offer refuge to Afghans who helped military
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The German defense minister says she wants to help bring some Afghan employees of her country’s military to Germany as it prepares to leave Afghanistan after nearly 20 years. NATO allies including Germany are set to join the United States in pulling their remaining troops out …
Read More »Gunmen kill family of eight in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: Eight members of a single family were killed after unknown gunmen opened fire on them at a mosque in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial officials said on Sunday. The shooting happened on Saturday night, and according to the officials, the killings took place apparently over a land dispute. …
Read More »Editorial: No backwardness
In the wake of US troop withdrawal salted for September 11, a false prospect that Taliban could overrun the country and once again establish Islamic Emirate is making the rounds. Obviously, the foreign troop pullout would make things tough with leaving Afghanistan with an uncertain future, but the Taliban should …
Read More »COVID-19: 105 new cases, six deaths reported in one day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 105 new cases of coronavirus, and six deaths in the past 24 hours across the country, the health ministry said Sunday. The total tally since the outbreak of the pandemic reached 57,898 cases around the country. The ministry said that the new patients cases …
Read More »Roadside bomb leaves two civilians dead in Ghazni
AT News KABUL: A roadside bomb blast left two civilians dead and one more wounded in Qarabagh district of central Ghazni province, officials said Sunday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Fahim Amerkhil said that the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon after a vehicle hit a roadside mine in the Laiq area of …
Read More »Senior police officers detained on charges of corruption in Balkh
AT News KABUL: Four senior police officers of northern Balkh province were detained on charges of corruption by the Anti-Corruption forces, sources said on Sunday. The source privy to issue talking on condition of anonymity, said that the detainees included Zamari Ikramzada, deputy director of security, Syed Bashir Sadat, logistic …
Read More »Conflicts displace 300 families in Badakhshan
AT News KABUL: At least 300 families have fled their homes in Badakhshan as violence is escalating in the northeastern province that borders Pakistan, China and Tajikistan. The displacement this time takes place in the provincial capital of Faizabad city, provincial officials say. The provincial department of refugees and repatriates, …
Read More »39 Taliban rebels killed in fresh ops
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have launched large scale military raids across the country in the past 24 hours, killing at least 39 Taliban rebels while 28 others were wounded, defense ministry said on Sunday. The operations were conducted as part of the counterattacks by the Afghan security …
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