AT News Report-KABUL: A man has been arrested in connection with the abduction and killing of a child in eastern Nangarhar province. Provincial officials said the Afghan intelligence operatives arrested the suspect in the vicinity of the 4th police district in Jalalabad city. The provincial government media office said in …
Read More »Joint military drills kill 19 insurgents
AT News Report-KABUL: At least19militants were killed and18others woundedinmultiple extensive military crackdownswithin past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defensesaid thatthe army in collaboration with the policeand National Directorate of Security personalconducted joint operations against insurgents in different areasNangarhar, Kapisa, Khost, Logar, Paktia, Maidan Wardak, Kandahar, …
Read More »De-facto borderline skirmish: Death toll of Pakistani forces rises to 14
AT News Report-KABUL: In the deadly clashes in southern Khost province, at least 14 Pakistani military forces were killed and 17 others wounded after they attempted to assault borderline checkpoints in Zazai Maidan district, defense ministry said. Khost officials have also said that five dead bodies of Pakistani border soldiers …
Read More »5 Iranian inmates in Afghanistan sent home
AT News Report-KABUL: Five Iranian inmates in Afghanistan jails were sent back on Monday to Iran after a transfer agreement was entered into by both states. Most of them had been convicted of drug-induced crimes. The transfer of Iranian inmates was made at the Kabul airport, said an Iranian consulate …
Read More »Terrorism has no link to Islam
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The 29th Arab Summit — Al-Quds Summit — has strongly condemned attempts to link terrorism to Islam, a religion that sets great store by peace. Leaders and heads of Arab countries, who met in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, issued the call in a unanimous declaration on Sunday “We …
Read More »‘Tajikistan an important country in region’
AT News Report-KABUL: Foreign Minister, Salahuddin Rabbani on Monday met with the President Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, in which both sides discussed political, economic, security and cultural cooperation–bilateral relations and regional consensus, a statement from the foreign ministry said. Thanking the government of Tajikistan for the high level participation in RECCA, …
Read More »Army attends Gulf military maneuvers
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s army has attended the last day of the Joint Gulf Shield Military exercises in Saudi Arabia, the ministry of defense said on Monday. The exercise that was kicked off on March 18 in Saudi Arabia, has brought military personnel from 24 countries under one roof, and …
Read More »ED: Investment taking up again
Only boosting foreign domestic investment could help Afghanistan to overcome current fragile economy situation—and the government efforts is quite visible with doing level best to attract investment to capitalize on its untapped potential and also in other areas. Afghanistan is a land that has countless opportunities and gradually changing into …
Read More »Schools, now militant strongholds
AT News Report-KABUL: Both, the Afghan security forces and their anti-group–Taliban and other militant outfits—have been taking shield in schools while battling each other, a tutoring official said on Monday. Commenting on the issue with expressing concerns over it, spokesman for the Ministry of Education, Kabir Haqmal said about 67 …
Read More »Afghan, U.S. Special operations decimate IS-K in north
AT News Report-KABUL: Afghan Special Security Forces eliminated 22 IS-K fighters attempting to defend IS-K’s strategic center of Darzab district, Jowzjan province, a statement from US forces said on Monday. The operation occurred six days after Qari Hekmatullah, the IS-K emir for northern Afghanistan, and his bodyguard were killed by …
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