AT News Report KABUL: Members of Swenate criticized government for a prisoner swap in which 11 Taliban inmates were freed, saying this brings the national sovereignty under question. Senators in their Tuesday session also warned the United States that the people of Afghanistan would end their arrogance. Eleven Taliban fighters …
Read More »Taliban military in-charge for 20 provinces killed
AT News Reporter KABUL: Taliban military in-charge for 20 provinces was killed during an airstrike in western Farah province, officials said Tuesday. Based on pre-information, an airstrike targeted a folder model vehicle of the Taliban insurgents in Nal Dasht village of Khak-e-Safid district of Farah on Monday evening that killed …
Read More »CID officer assassinated in Kabul
AT News Report KABUL: The officials in the ministry of interior on Tuesday confirmed the assassination of Abdul Khabir, an officer of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), saying the officer was killed on Monday night in Qarabagh district of Kabul. “Armed men opened fire on Khabir’s vehicle around 10pm local …
Read More »At least 23 students wounded in Ghazni University blast
AT News Report KABUL: At least 23 students, most of them girls, received injuries after a bomb went off inside their classroom in southern Ghazni University which is located on the outskirt of the provincial capital. Ministry of Interior Spokesman, Nasrat Rahimi said that a mine placed by Taliban …
Read More »90 Taliban rebels killed in fresh crackdowns
AT News Report KABUL: At least 90 militants have been killed and 36 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 Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »Al-Qaeda’s South Asia chief killed
AT News Report KABUL: Afghan intelligence agency has confirmed Asim Omar, leader of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), was killed in a joint US-Afghan raid on a Taliban compound in Musa Qala district of Helmand province, while several others captured, including Pakistani citizens. National Directorate of Security (NDS) in …
Read More »A new standard for Afghan elections
AT News Report KABUL: Ambassador of Canada to Kabul, Dave Metcalfe on Tuesday has visited the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) National Tally Centre and met with the leadership of the IEC and its Secretariat. Ambassador Metcalfe had the opportunity to see firsthand how the integrity of the tally sheets is …
Read More »Dozens of rebels killed in Kandahar airstrikes
AT News Report KABUL: At least 47 Taliban militants were killed in foreign forces airstrikes conducted in southern Kandahar province, military official said Tuesday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Jamal Nasir Barakzai said the aerial operations were conducted in Maroof and Arghistan districtss of the province. “37 rebels were killed in several …
Read More »ANDSF pride of the Afghan nation: Kay
AT News Report KABUL: NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan, Sir Nicholas Kay has said that Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) are the pride of the Afghan nation. Speaking to the Youth Consultative Jirga for Peace event organized by Afghan Women’s Network in Kabul, Kay said that NATO …
Read More »Editorial: Seeds of Afghanistan’s future
It has become so much commonplace in Afghanistan to see the spiral of violence tenaciously take its toll on innocent Afghans, especially children, for more than four decades. A recent report by a UK-based children’s rights organization, Save the Children, has revealed that every single child born and raised in …
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