AT News Report KABUL: At least four people, including two civilians and two members of the security forces were killed and another 13 were injured after several terrorists attacked a government office in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday. The attack initiated with a suicide bombing against the provincial office of …
Read More »Electoral watchdogs blame candidates for using military facilities in campaign gatherings
AT News Report KABUL: The non-government entities monitoring electoral affairs, criticize presidential candidates for using military places for their campaign meetings. At least 26 people most of them civilians were killed after a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden motorbike into a crowd gathered for President Ashraf Ghani’s campaign on Tuesday …
Read More »We won’t negotiate with Taliban while they continue killing Afghans: Trump
AT News Report KABUL: The United States has strongly condemned the Taliban’s cowardly attacks against the Afghan people, in which dozens of people were killed and wounded, The White House said in a statement, adding President Donald Trump will not carry talks with group until they shun violence. “Today’s (Tuesday) …
Read More »Pentagon identifies Green Beret killed in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Pentagon identified the Green Beret killed Monday in Afghanistan as Sgt. 1st Class Jeremy W. Griffin. Griffin, 40, of Greenbrier, Tenn., was killed by small arms fire while engaged in combat operations in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, the Department of …
Read More »OIC condemns twin Taliban bombings that killed, injured dozens
AT News Report KABUL: Yousof Al-Othaimeen, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the ongoing terror acts in Afghanistan, including the two recent one occurred on Tuesday, killing 48 people and wooding scoreothers. The OIC in statement send to Afghanistan Times said that Al-Othaimeen …
Read More »US, Taliban may resume peace negotiations: MoFA
AT News Report KABUL: In the wake of Taliban negotiating member’s trips to a number of regional countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said Wednesday that the peace negotiation likely to be restarted between the US and Taliban officials. Nearly two weeks ago, US President Donald Trump has called …
Read More »Afghan forces kill 43 Taliban rebels in Ghazni
AT News Report KABUL: At least 43 Taliban fighters have been killed during latest crackdown carried out by the Afghan security forces in southern Ghazni province, official said Wednesday. Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) have conducted operations in Mangori and Niazi villages of Ghazni province, in which 40 …
Read More »Editorial: Get a taste of mere truce!
Dreadful and outrageous figures of death toll and casualties recently tallied and released by BBC reveals the true face of the ongoing horrific war and the devastating impact it has on Afghans. In a data journalism report, the BBC confirmed that 611 security incidents happened in August alone, in which …
Read More »71 Taliban fighters killed in latest crackdown
AT News Report KABUL: At least 71 militants have been killed and 17 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security official said Wednesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said that the Afghan National …
Read More »Dostum accuses Ghani of paying campaign attendees
AT News Report KABUL: Abdul Rashid Dostum, a powerful tribal leader accused President Ashraf Ghani of losing trust inside and outside the country, alleging that the president’s electoral team pays people to attend their campaign rallies and gatherings. Dostum supported Ghani in the past presidential election as his first deputy, …
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