AT News KABUL: Tens of people on Sunday staged demonstration in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city for the northern province of Balk to protest the government’s carelessness regarding the release of a child being kidnapped for a long time. They warned to block the roads if the government didn’t release, Abdu …
Read More »One police killed, two wounded in Nangarhar car bomb
AT News KABUL: One police was killed and two other officers wounded in a car bombing in the Chamtala area of Khogyani district in the eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday, provincial officials confirmed. The incident happened at 5: 30am, according to local officials who said that the bomber drove his …
Read More »First shipment of Indian donated Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Kabul
AT News KABUL: The first shipment of the Covid-19 vaccines donated by India arrived in Kabul Sunday morning. The Corona virus vaccine made by Indian scientists was handed over by the country’s Charge d’ Affairs in Kabul to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), said a statement issued by the …
Read More »Daily Covid-19 cases: 24 infections, three deaths in one day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 24 new infection cases countrywide, while three patients who were fighting the pandemic, died over the past 24 hours, said Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday in a statement. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic in February last year now …
Read More »42 Taliban fighters killed in raids
AT News KABUL: At least 42 Taliban insurgents were killed and one wounded during crackdown carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces over the past 24 hours. Afghan defense and security forces supported by the army’s air force have conducted an operation against the enemies in the …
Read More »Editorial: Serious measures should be taken against corruption
Corruption is considered one of the biggest challenges on the road to good governance, reconstruction projects, foreign relations and the international aids with the donor states blaming Kabul for not doing enough in fighting the vicious phenomenon. Although corruption could be witnessed in almost all government offices and foreign agencies, …
Read More »Cashiers on work strikes to criticize Central Bank’s decision to cancel individual job licenses
AT News KABUL: The Afghan cashiers went on a mass work strike on Saturday to criticize Da Afghanistan Bank’s (Central Bank) decision of revoking the individual currency job licenses. They said that the Central Bank had imposed more tariffs on the cashiers and demand them to forge a union license. …
Read More »US reassures of supporting durable peace in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The United States reassures support for a lasting peace in Afghanistan. The US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a phone conversation of President Ashraf Ghani, said that Washington supports of the peace that be in the benefit of Afghans as well as a permanent cease fire, …
Read More »Ghani’s deputy says of positive change in Kabul-Washington ties
AT New KABUL: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh says about a “positive and considerable” change between Afghanistan and US since Joe Biden took office as president of the US. Saleh cited President Ashraf Ghani and the US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd J. Austin’s phone chat, where they discussed the vacuums …
Read More »24 Taliban rebels killed in fresh crackdowns
AT NewsKABUL: At least 24 Taliban fighters were killed and 21 others wounded during operations carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces over the past 24 hours. Taliban planned to attack Afghan security forces outposts in Baboran and Shiwan areas of Arghandab district and Charkhab area of …
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