AT News Report KABUL: Pakistan summoned Afghanistan’s Charge d’ Affaires in Islamabad on Saturday to protest against killing of three Pakistani soldiers, while one more seriously injured near Durand Line. “A strong demarche was made over the latest incident of firing on a Pakistan military contingent engaged in completion of …
Read More »72pc of Kabul residents don’t have access to potable water
AT News Report KABUL: Kabul Water Supply Department for capital zone has said that seventy-two percent of Kabul residents have no access to the clean water. Sardar Wali Malikzai, head of the department, said that only 28 percent of Kabul residents have access to potable water. He said that the …
Read More »169 Taliban rebels killed in fresh ops
AT News Report KABUL: At least 169 militants have been killed and 39 others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National …
Read More »Taliban revokes ban on ICRC operations in Afghanistan
AT News Report KABUL: The Taliban group on Sunday has removed a ban on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and gave a guarantee of security for its staffers doing humanitarian work in areas under their control across Afghanistan. In April, the Taliban group imposed ban on the …
Read More »Joe Biden, you’re wrong on Afghanistan; “We are one, united nation”
AT News Report KABUL: A US presidential candidate has claimed that Afghanistan had been torn into three parts, speaking on a decentralized system in the war-hit country. Joe Biden, former vice president who now runs for presidency representing the Democrat party, said in an electoral debate that Afghanistan is an …
Read More »11 police officers killed in Kandahar insider attack
AT News Report KABUL: At least 11 police officers were killed by their own comrades in Kandahar province, local officials confirmed. The incident took place Friday night when two officers took guns and opened fire at their colleagues at an outpost in Damani area of the southern province’s district of …
Read More »Convoy of electoral materials attacked in Balkh
AT News Report KABUL: A convoy of trucks carrying electoral materials to Samangan province, came under armed attack in the neighboring province of Balkh, officials in Samangan said Saturday. The trucks were heading to Dara-e-Soof district in Samangan and faced attack in Balkh’s district of Keshenda. Officials said that two …
Read More »Blast on Kapisa volleyball ground leaves three dead
AT News Report KABUL: At least three volleyball players have been killed and same others received injures in a landmine explosion in Tagab district of central Kapisa province, an official said Saturday. Police spokesman Shaiq Shourish said the incident took place in Kakar village on Friday evening. He accused the …
Read More »US forces apologize for civilian deaths in Wardak airstrike
AT News Report KABUL: American forces commander in the southeast apologized for recent civilian deaths caused by an airstrike conducted by collation forces in central Maidan Wardak province, the Afghan military said Saturday. Last week an American drone carried out an airstrike in Sayedabad district, in which nine civilians were …
Read More »Taliban’s bomb making factory destroyed in Helmand
AT News Report KABUL: A Taliban bomb making factory has been destroyed during a crackdown carried out by Afghan security forces in southern Helmand province, official said Saturday. Ministry of Interior in a statement said a Taliban bomb making factory was destroyed following an Afghan National Defense and Security Forces …
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