By Maria Hayat Remember the maternity ward attack? May 12th 2020. Three gunmen stormed into a maternity clinic in Dasht-e-Barchi, a predominately Shia neighbourhood. Maternity. Clinic. Nurses, mothers and newborns were ruthlessly shot and killed. At least 24 deaths. Those who survived continue to suffer from the trauma meanwhile the younger …
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AT News KABUL: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh said that dozens of drugstores keep bribing an official at public health ministry to sell hallucinogenic and psychedelic drugs without restriction. The individual has been identified and is under prosecution. Saleh said drugstores in 9th police district bribe health officials to freely …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan needs a stronger Air Force and more equipments including fighter jets to be able to fight the insurgency. Although the US provided Afghanistan with some military aircrafts and choppers, the Afghan forces mostly depend on US Force’s air support in fighting against militants. The U.S. military …
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AT News KABUL: An improvised explosive device blast in Kabul on Saturday killed at least three civilians including a veteran journalist amid escalating fighting across the country, an official said. Blaming the Taliban for the bombing, Ferdous Faramarz, spokesman for Kabul police, said a magnetic bomb explosion hit a government-owned …
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AT News KABUL: The intra-Afghan negotiations were temporarily stopped amid some developments in Kabul and Washington. The Kabul University came under terrorist attack on Monday that killed more than 20 students. One day after the attack, the US presidential elections began. These two major events caused a delay in the …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned bombing attacks in Kabul as well as in Zabul and Kandahar provinces, in which a number of people were killed and injured. The former president expressed deep concerns over worsening security situation and increasing of civilian casualties in the country, calling …
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Not sure how much the heartbreak Afghan nation could take for the loss of their beloved ones as deadly violence continues on daily basis. Terrible and sad news are making the day of Afghans. Kabul citizens wake up on Saturday morning with yet other heart-wrenching news of a blast that …
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AT News KABUL: Four people were killed and 14 more wounded when a car filled with explosives went off in Zabul province in the south, provincial officials confirmed. The incident took place Saturday in the provincial capital of Qalat close to the provincial council office. Gul Islam Seyal, provincial spokesman …
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AT News KABUL: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh and President Ghani’s National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib refused to attend the parliament session on Saturday to explain the worsening security situation and increasing civilian casualties. The legislators planned earlier to summon Saleh and Mohib for Saturday’s session after a terrorist attack …
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AT News KABUL: Health Officials said that 58 cases of the pandemic Covid-19 were recorded within past 24 hours across the country. Based on the statics of the ministry of health, these patients were recorded out of 218 suspicious samples in Balkh, Smangan, Helmand, Paktia and Nangarhar province. Six patients …
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