AT News KABUL: At least eight civilians were killed after their vehicle hit in a roadside mine in Musa-Kala district of southern Helmand province. Provincial Governor’s Spokesman Omar Zwak said the incident occurred in Roshan Tawar village of the district. The provincial local officials blamed the Taliban for the blast …
Read More »Editorial: Gurdwara attack cannot divide us
The Wednesday terrorist attack on our Sikh compatriots in Kabul city that killed at least 25 innocent worshippers inside a Gurdwara (Sikh temple) in the old part of the capital, reminds Afghans of cowardly efforts by the enemies of independent and united Afghanistan who try to divide the Afghan people …
Read More »House hammers Ghani, Abdullah over lingering feud
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Speaker of House of the People Mir Rahman Rahmani hammered Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah on Wednesday for their protracted power-sharing bickering, declaring the Parliament’s intent to broke a reconciliation deal between the feuding leaders. A committee has been assigned to formulate a comprehensive plan and share …
Read More »Abdullah regrets Pompeo’s failure in brokering Afghan election deal
AT News KABUL: Former presidential runner Abdullah Abdullah who lost the polls last year, has expressed regret that the US secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s visit to Kabul did not work as he expected. Pompeo was in Kabul on Monday to help President Ghani and his rival in election Abdullah …
Read More »Four coalition service members tested positive for covid-19
AT News KABUL: Four Coalition Service Members were tested positive for covid-19, said the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, adding that the soldiers have been newly arrived in the country. The Mission in a statement said that the positive tests are making the first case of coronavirus among the NATO …
Read More »US to cut $1bn in Afghan aid as feuding leaders reject push for power-sharing
AT News KABUL: The Trump administration is slashing $1 billion in aid to Afghanistan with threatening further reduction in all forms of cooperation after the two feuding Afghan leaders, (President Ashraf Ghani, and self-proclaimed President Abdullah Abdullah) rejected to form a new inclusive government. “The United States is proud of …
Read More »Taliban sustain heavy casualty in Balkh
AT News KABUL: At least 25 Taliban fighters were killed and 33 others wounded in active defense posture by the Afghan security forces conducted in northern Balkh province. Following enemy attack on the security and defense forces positions in Chamtal and Dawlat Abad districts, the Afghan National Defense and Security …
Read More »Afghanistan has a golden opportunity to fight covid-19
Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: Public Health Minister, Ferozuddin Feroz said Afghanistan is in a better situation than other countries who are severely suffering from novel covid-19, saying that the country has a golden opportunity to fight the virus with taking tremendous steps to control the situation. Expressing frustration about the …
Read More »Medics suspicious of covid-19 fled Kandahar hospital
AT News KABUL: Talking in condition of anonymity, a source from southern Kandahar’s Maiwand hospital said that two health employees, who were suspicious of coronavirus, have escaped from the hospital. The virus has been spread from a hospitals’ doctor, who was quarantined at the hospital, the source added. The …
Read More »Drastic flood hits Farah
AT News KABUL: Local officials in western Farah said Tuesday that a fatal flaw of flood has hit several villages, killing two children and wounding 10 others. Provincial Governor’s Spokesman Ghulam Farooq Barakzai said the flood flawed in Khak-e-Safid district of the province, where it destroyed a number of houses. …
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