AT News KABUL: Kabul police have detained two women charged for extortion from rich and famous men in the Police District 4th of Kabul city on Sunday. First Vice President Amurullah Saleh on Facebook identified the arrested women as Hasina and Shima. He said that the women dressed in modern …
Read More »Two Female Judges Shot Dead in Kabul in Latest Targeted Killings
The wave of assassinations continues to rock Afghanistan in recent months – earlier three female Army Officers killed in similar incident in Balkh province AT News KABUL: Two female judges of the Supreme Court were shot dead in Kabul on Sunday morning in the latest in a series of attacks …
Read More »Dostum’s daughter swears as Senator
AT News KABUL: Rahila Dostum took oath as a designated senator in the Upper House of the Parliament on Sunday. She is the daughter of Abdul Rashid Dostum, who was granted with an honor rank of Marshal last year as part of the power sharing deal concluded between President Ashraf …
Read More »US Officials Meet Taliban Leaders in Doha
Kabul seeks regional and international support for Afghan peace quest to end the conflict AT New KABUL: A multilateral meeting was held between the Taliban and top US officials, where they discussed the ongoing peace negotiations between the Afghan government and militant group. A spokesman for the Taliban Qatar based …
Read More »Ghani to Dismiss Balkh Security Officials ‘if Fail to Free Abducted Child’
AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has warned Balkh security officials to set free the long been abducted child or they will be dismissed from their posts. A 9-year old child, Abdul Rauf was kidnapped about three months ago from Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city of Balkh. The kidnappers are asking …
Read More »Interior Minister warns Taliban of “defeat” if not accept ceasefire
AT News KABUL: Interior Minister Massoud Andarabi warns the Taliban militants that there are several other ways to defeat them if they would not agree on a cease fire. A statement issued Sunday by the ministry of interior quoted Andarabi as saying that Taliban are not adherent to peace and …
Read More »Saleh regrets releasing criminals as Kabul security worsen
AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh regrets releasing the criminals from the prisons amid the pandemic coronavirus outbreak, saying that their releasement posed an upswing in criminal activities in Kabul. The government last year freed thousands of prisoners to avoid further spread of the coronavirus. “At that …
Read More »Afghan Forces Stand Firm against Militants
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces are fully prepared to conduct anti-militant operations across the country, defense authority said on Sunday, hinting to the U.S. troops downsizing to 2,500 in Afghanistan. A spokesman for the ministry of defense, Ruhullah Ahmadzai said that the Afghan security was capable of filling …
Read More »Polio Campaign Launches to Vaccinate 9.9m Children
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday said it has launched a five-day anti-polio immunization drive to vaccinate 9.9 million children in 34 provinces. The anti-polio campaign launched by the MoPH in cooperation with the WHO and UNICEF, which through 9.9 million under five years age …
Read More »COVID-19: 81 New Cases, Four Deaths Reported in a Single Day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 81 new positive cases of coronavirus and four fatalities in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health on Sunday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has now reached to 54,062 cases across the country. The …
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