AT News Report KABUL: At least three civilians, including a child, were embraced martyrdom and 23 others received injuries after a motorbike borne-bomb detonated in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday morning, official said. It was a Taliban motorbike terrorist attack in Spin Boldak district, said Provincial Police Chief Tadian Khan, …
Read More »Govt. express concerns over civilian deaths
US Gen. rejects UNAMA’s methods and findings AT News Report KABUL: The government of Afghanistan shares UNAMA’s concern about the increase in civilian deaths from the first to the second quarter of 2019, the Office of National Security Council said in a statement on Tuesday. Moreover, a U.S. General in …
Read More »CJTF sentences 32 drug-related suspects to prison
AT News Report KABUL: Over the past one week, at least 32 suspects have pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and have been sentenced to 30 years in prison, a statement from the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said Tuesday. A statement issued by CJTF said that 32 drug traffickers were …
Read More »Absence of specific law marred CRS in Afghanistan
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Afghanistan Institute for Civil Society (AICS) in a report released on Tuesday said that lack of special strategy for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was the main factor, where companies still running away of social responsibilities in the country. AICS with the support of USAID and Counterpart …
Read More »Afghan, American troops killed more civilians than insurgents: UN
AT News Report KAUL: More Afghan civilians were killed by Afghan and NATO coalition forces than the Taliban and other militants across the country in the first half of 2019, the UN mission in Afghanistan said in its latest report released Tuesday. The conflict in Afghanistan continues to have a …
Read More »Teachers’ salaries allocated for election budget
AT News Report KABUL: Billions of Afs from the teachers’ payment was allocated for the presidential election budget, a member of parliament alleged. MP, Nahid Farid said Monday that the money of other educational programs like purchasing of text books and school building projects were also misused for the electoral …
Read More »Karzai condemns ‘terrorist attack’ on political party office
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemned Sunday’s “terrorist attack” on the office of the Green Trend Party, a political party founded by President Ghani’s runner mate for presidency, Amrullah Saleh. According to security and health official, 20 people mostly civilians were killed. Saleh escaped the attack …
Read More »Imran Khan soon in Kabul for peace push
AT News Report KABUL: Pakistan Premier Imran Khan is anticipated to visit Afghanistan in an effort to push the ongoing peace process, a Pakistani newspaper reported on Monday. Khan’s close aides told The Nation that he had promised to play a ‘more positive’ role in the Afghan peace process during …
Read More »Positive polio case registered in Helmand
AT News Report KABUL: A new polio case has been surfaced in a 9-year-old child in Garmser district of southern Helmand province, health officials said Monday. The child has been permanently paralyzed, said spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Amir Jan Rasekh, adding polio vaccine hadn’t been administered …
Read More »Kay dubs violence against civilians ‘unjustifiable’
AT News Report KABUL: NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan Nicholas Kay, on Monday termed the ongoing violence against civilians as ‘unforgivable’, saying time has reached to put an end to this ugly mire of violence. “The surge in violence against civilians in Afghanistan signifies that the war in this …
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