88 cases of violence against journalists—12 injuries—seven arrest—three kidnapping—34 threat and insult AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has been once again labeled as a deadly country for media workers and journalists as still they are being threatened and killed. 88 cases of violence against them were registered in 2019, including 10 …
Read More »Taliban’s deputy shadow district chief killed in Balkh
AT News KABUL: In the wake of ongoing air and ground operations, the Afghan security forces on Sunday have killed Taliban’s deputy shadow governor for Kushenda district of northern Balkh province and his four associates. 209 Shaheen military corps said that the Afghan security forces conducted crackdowns against Taliban militants …
Read More »60 militants killed in crackdowns
AT News KABUL: At least 60 Taliban militants have been killed and 10 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »Taliban key commander arrested in Helmand
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have detained an important commander of the Taliban group in southern Helmand province. Ministry of Interior on Sunday said that Haji Raees, a key commander of Taliban militants arrested during a clearance operation carried out by GCPSU in Nawa district of the province. …
Read More »Billions of Afs transferred from Central Bank to finance ministry
AT News KABUL: The Integrity Watch Afghanistan says that government has transferred 15 billion Afs from Central Bank to the ministry of finance without any transparency. The Watchdog said Saturday that besides some legal considerations over the money transfer from Central Bank, the government had not provided information to anybody, …
Read More »MPs criticize govt. over security deterioration
AT News KABUL: As insecurity has been intensifying all over the country, some members of the Parliament on their Saturday session have decided to summon the top security authorities and hold them accountable for the ongoing security tensions across Afghanistan. After serious criticism by the lawmakers, speaker of the parliament, …
Read More »Elderly man fasting for 40 years in hope of peace
AT News KABUL: A 131-year-old man in western Farah province has been fasting over the past 40 years for the sake of the establishment of peace and stability in the country. Apart from Tuesday, the elderly man has been observing fast six days a week since the invasion of former …
Read More »Editorial: An armistice on the horizon
Although there is not much hype surrounding the US-Taliban peace talks since they were paused earlier this month in the wake of a Taliban attack on Bagram Air Base, it seems the talks have been quietly forging ahead and some developments have been made. According to a Wall Street Journal …
Read More »Taliban extorts 600,000 Afs a month from Jawzjan residents
AT News KABUL: A number of inhabits in northern Jawzjan province has said that Taliban militants have situated monthly 50 Afs extortion per family in Manjang district of the province. If the residents didn’t pay, the Taliban would not allow them to live there. The Taliban have established the checkpoints …
Read More »Parliament allegations over corruption in procurement commission
AT News KABUL: The parliament alleges of vast corruption in the national commission of procurement, saying that head of the commission was not ready to answer the MPs’ question in a summon session. Parliament Speaker, Mir Rahman Rahmani, said Saturday that neither the acting commerce minister nor head of procurement …
Read More »