AT News KABUL: The death toll of Tuesday’s attack on a maternity hospital in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood, west of Kabul reached to 24, health officials said. Wahid Majroh, deputy public health minister, said Wednesday that a professional midwife was among the dead, calling the incident as attack on health sector. …
Read More »Washington condemns Tuesday’s deadly terrorist attacks
AT News KABUL: The United States has strongly condemned in the strongest terms the two horrific terrorist attacks in Afghanistan. In an unconscionable assault, gunmen seized one of Kabul’s busiest hospitals, which housed a maternity ward run by Doctors Without Borders. In the hospital, the terrorists took the lives of …
Read More »Tehran joins hands with Kabul to probe migrants mass drowning
AT News KABUL: Kabul and Tehran has agreed to jointly probe the issue of Afghan migrants drowning by the Iran border forces in the Harirod River across the borderline with Afghanistan. Spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gran Hewad said that after discussion with the Iranian officials over the …
Read More »Afghanistan’s coronavirus cases surge past 5K
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that it has recorded 259 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 5,226 in Afghanistan. Health Ministry Deputy Spokesman Wahidullah Majroh in a press conference said that out of 619 samples, 259 were …
Read More »China hopeful for a political settlement in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: China has reiterated its full support for a political settlement in Afghanistan amid a longstanding internal bickering and a clumsy negotiation bid to end it. China truly wants to see Afghanistan realize peace and stability at an early date, said Chinese ambassador to Kabul Wang Yu on …
Read More »Editorial: Deadly Tuesday
Tuesday, the 19th Day of Holy Month of Ramadan turned deadly for the Afghan masses after terrorists carried deadly attacks across the country, in which scores of civilians were killed and wounded. Gunmen attacked a maternity hospital in Kabul, killing four, injuring five others—blasts in Nangarhar killed 17, injured 45 …
Read More »China reiterates support for Afghanistan peace, development
AT News KABUL: The Chinese ambassador to Kabul Mr. Wang Yu has assured his country’s support to a stable and developed Afghanistan. “China always stands with Afghanistan by practical actions to safeguard peace and development, and build a community of shared future for mankind,” Ambassador Wang Yu said this on …
Read More »Taliban kills 3 children in crash in Logar
AT News KABUL: Local officials in southeastern Logar province said that three children died after being hit by a Taliban vehicle in Khoshi district of the province, officials said on Tuesday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Shahpor Ahmadzai said the incident took place on Monday afternoon in Gandab village of the district. …
Read More »27 Afghan troops killed in Laghman attack
AT News KABUL: In respond to the Taliban’s attack on the Afghan security forces convey in eastern Laghman, in which at least 27 forces were killed, the Presidential Palace said that continuation of violence by the militants shows their unwillingness to end war in Afghanistan. “The reports of the Taliban’s …
Read More »Afghanistan under attack: Terrorists storm Kabul hospital, killing 16; 24 dead in suicide attack on Nangarhar funeral
AT News KABUL: Tuesday was one of the bloodiest and bleakest days in the nation’s history with hundreds of civilians and military personnel killed and fatally hurt in brutal countrywide terrorist attacks. Terrorists stormed a maternity hospital in west of Kabul on Tuesday morning, killing at least 16 people including …
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