Corruption is a menace that continues to bedevil war-weary Afghanistan. Earlier there were reports of embezzlement in the COVID-19 pandemic funds by the relevant ministry and now the reconstruction of a mere 70-meter-long boundary wall at the Afghan Embassy to the US has cost over $1.8 million. This comes as …

AT News KABUL: The number of positive coronavirus cases in Afghanistan has fallen in recent weeks in the lowest level, but the deaths have remained high. 28 patients have lost their lives in the past 24 hours, the Afghan health ministry said on Monday. 154 fresh cases of covid-19 were …

AT News KABUL: At least 21 Afghan security forces have lost their lives and several others wounded in the fight against the Taliban insurgents in the Northern provinces of Afghanistan, officials said on Monday. Kunduz governor spokesman, Ismatullah Muradi said the Taliban stormed the security forces checkpoints in Imam-Saib and …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned mine explosions and rockets attacks in the provinces of Wardak and Ghazni, in which a number of civilians were killed and wounded. Karzai expressed concerns over the increasing violence and civilian casualties. “Continuation of war and military operations does not resolve …

AT News KABUL: Hundreds of families in the central province of Ghor who had to displace from their villages to the provincial capital of Firoz Koh city, voice for peace. Bibi Koh, a lady who has lost her family’s breadwinner in a Taliban attack on her village, says that she …

AT News KABUL: Kam Air, a private airline in Afghanistan has restarted flights to foreign destinations. The airline said on Sunday that their flights to Turkey’s cities of Ankara and Istanbul were normalized, while their air taxis have one flight per week to Islamabad of Pakistan. The Kam Air has …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban group on Sunday rejected the call for humanitarian ceasefire and reduction in violence in a bid to start the intra-Afghan talks. “If anyone seeks ceasefire before talks then such is illogical,” Taliban Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said. In a series of tweets, he said that war …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces repelled a coordinated Taliban attack in Dawlat Abad district of northern Faryab province, and killed 14 fighters, officials said. Taliban fighters had massively attacked security checkpoints on Saturday evening which faced a timely response by the alert Afghan security forces, said 209 Shaheen …

Time has come for the Taliban to renounce violence and enter the peace process genuinely AT News KABUL: The Taliban group has failed to reduce violence and continued with their orgiastic killing of the Afghan civilians with unrelenting attacks against the Afghan security forces in the recent wave of sadism …

AT News KABUL: The Editor-in-Chief of “Islah”, a government newspaper, Dad Mohammad Anabi has lost his life battling the coronavirus, NIA—Supporting Free Media announced on Sunday. According to NAI, six journalists have so far died of the virus. Anabi’s relatives said that he died on Sunday morning in Afghan-Japan hospital. …