AT News KABUL: Police have carried out raids with suspected criminals in Kabul in a day of action that saw them make 11 arrests. According to officials, police have arrested 11 people in connection to plundering, robbery, carrying illegal weapons and disrupting of public order in 2nd, 3rd5th, 6th, 7th, …
Read More »Police officials barred from media speaking
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Interior has prohibited all police officials from interviewing with the media outlets. Massoud Andarabi, acting interior minister on Monday ordered all police chiefs, commanders and other personnel not to speak to the journalists and avoid expressing opinion officially. The order has been called to keep …
Read More »Pakistan to mark 4 decades of hosting Afghan refugees
AT News KABUL: Pakistani government in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will host an “international conference” to mark “40 years of Afghan Refugees Presence in Pakistan: A New Partnership for Solidarity”, on 17-18 February, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement on Sunday. The two-day conference …
Read More »Afghan forces destroy Taliban strongholds, kill 63 rebels
AT News KABUL: Security officials said Monday that Afghan forces have destroyed several key bases of the Taliban and killed more than 63 insurgents, wounding 14 in military clampdowns, security officials said Monday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the army, police and NDS security soldiers conducted joint operations …
Read More »MoD delegation to probe Nangarhar shooting
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Defense has assigned a delegation to investigate the green on blue attack which took place in eastern Nangarhar province, where two US soldiers have been killed and six others wounded. The attacker has been appeared in Afghan Security Forces’ uniform, said Col. Sonny Leggett US Troops’ …
Read More »17 hostages freed from Taliban prison
AT News KABUL: Afghan intelligence forces stormed a Taliban jail and rescued seventeen people who had been held hostage in northern Kunduz province – which is home to an ever growing unbridled insurgency. National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a statement said that its operatives carried out a preemptive operation …
Read More »Editorial: Biden’s morally bankrupt remarks
During presidential election inter-partisan debates in the United States, it has become customary for the leading candidates to engage in debates where they table topics for discussion which are often the most controversial issues of the time. A recent instance is of a hardcore democratic politician’s remarks regarding Afghanistan, something …
Read More »Biden’s nation-building remarks prompt much Afghan anger
AT News KABUL: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has faced backlash early Monday for delivering a rambling speech about unity and nation-building in Afghanistan in a presidential debate. Afghan leaders are angered by former US Vice President Biden’s remarks, with former president Hamid Karzai referring to it as “irresponsible” and …
Read More »Afghanistan seeks flight connectivity with Sri Lanka
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is seeking to facilitate a direct air corridor with Sri Lanka to improve flight connectivity with the South Asian nation and boost trade ties with other countries. Shamroz Masjidi, the spokesman for the ministry of finance said the move has come into effect in a visit …
Read More »“Peace talks agenda is complicated”
AT News KABUL: The Security and Stability Council of Afghanistan has urged a peace agenda which includes the views of government’s political opponents, people’ representatives and several other facets. Spokesman for the council, Masoud Tarashtwal said, “The conduct of peace talks in a dispersed platform is not in Afghanistan’s interests …
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