AT News KABUL: A provincial police head of Paktika was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, said the Interior Ministry, amid a string of premeditated targeted killings and a rise in overall violence. Convoy of Mohammad Asef Tokhi, security head of Paktika police, hit a roadside bomb in …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 27 Taliban militants including Pakistanis in southern Ghazni province, officials said Saturday. A group of armed Taliban insurgents among them a number of Pakistani militants, had designed to massively attack security bases in Askar Kot areas of QaraBagh district. …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan government and Taliban negotiating teams are yet to officially begin talks after one week of the opening ceremony. The progresses have been very little in this regard and the two sides’ contact groups have discussed to resolve technical problems. Najia Anwari, spokeswoman at the state …

Indeed, gains of the Afghan women over the past 20 years have been promising and crucial, yet fragile with their implementation erratic more often than not. The Taliban have so far been harshly criticized for their treatment of women during their regime as they used to deny girls access to …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has signed a contract worth a whopping $2.2 billion with China to maintain original status of pine nuts and develops its markets globally. “Although the pine nuts were exported globally, but they never got known as Afghan-product since it was smuggled to neighboring countries through illegal …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 22 new coronavirus positive cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 38,919 across the country. The Public Health Ministry said that out of 95 suspected samples, 22 of them were reported positive – 17 cases were recorded in Balkh, three …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has once again called on the Taliban to agree to a ceasefire in the country. He said this after unidentified gunmen shot dead the deputy chairman for provincial council of southeastern Paktia province on Saturday. Ayub Gharwal came under attack when he was on …

AT News KABUL: A car bombing in northern Afghanistan killed one Afghan security service member and wounded eight, police authorities said. A security forces member was killed in a car bombing that happened on the outskirts of Dehdadi district, said provincial police spokesman, Adelshah Adel. He said the bombing targeted …

Police say 4 men convicted of raping a teenager in Balkh who were sentenced to 3 months in prison had served their time AT News KABUL: A teenage girl has objected to a court ruling two years against four men convicted of sexual assault in northern Afghanistan. Police officials say …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has signed a contract worth a whopping $2.2 billion with China to maintain original status of pine nuts and develops its markets globally. “Although the pine nuts were exported globally, but they never got known as Afghan-product since it was smuggled to neighboring countries through illegal …