AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai condemned the “terrorist attack” in Kabul city. In a statement, the former president said that the attack was carried out by the “enemies of peace and stability” in Afghanistan. A bomber blew up his explosive-filled vehicle Saturday afternoon in the busy area of Sedarat crossroad, …
Read More »Jamiat downplays Khalilzad’s remarks as ‘personal view’
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Jamiat-e-Islami political party said that the remarks of the former US ambassador to Kabul, Zalmy Khalilzad regarding the ongoing dispute between the Presidential Palace and Atta Mohammad Noor over the governorship of Balkh province was his “personal view”, Azadi Radio reported. The political party said everyone …
Read More »Editorial: Kabul is bleeding again
Another terrorist attack targeted the people in Kabul city, those who went out of houses and left families to bring bread for them or to solve other personal, family or social problems. The attacker who Taliban claimed was their man had used an ambulance filled with explosives with the pretext …
Read More »Kabul massacre; Taliban car bomber killed 95, wounded 158 people in Kabul city
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 95 people were killed and 158 more wounded Saturday after a car bomber detonated his vehicle near the old building of Ministry of Interior in Kabul city. The attacker used an ambulance to target a heavily-guarded area, where the old building for the ministry of …
Read More »Car bomber targets police vehicle in Kandahar
AT News Report-KABUL: A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-filled car next to a police vehicle patrolling in Kandahar city Friday evening, police and health officials said. The attack took place in the Ayno Mina township in the center of the city. Zia Dorrani, provincial police spokesman said that one police …
Read More »ED: Resolve dispute peacefully
Since accepting the resignation of Balkh governor, Atta Mohammad Noor, controversy between the ousted governor and Presidential Palace is underway. President Ashraf Ghani has introduced Engineer Mohammad Dawood, as new governor to Balkh province, while Atta has been angry and defiant over the decision, taken by the Presidential Palace, and …
Read More »Govt welcomes putting six Taliban officials in US black list
AT News Report-KABUL: The government said it welcomes putting the names of six former Taliban officials in the US black list. The US government said Thursday that it had enlisted the Taliban former officials including Abdul Samad Sani, governor of the Central Bank in the Taliban government. A US official …
Read More »Stop Pashtun Genocide in Pakistan: ‘US should hold Pakistan accountable for Pashtun genocide and human rights violation in FATA’
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The war affected families from Waziristan organized a big rally in Khost province against the ongoing Pashtun genocide in Pakistan, human rights violations in FATA and the extra judicial killing of Naqib Mahsood in a fake police encounter in Karachi. A large number of Pashtuns from Waziristan …
Read More »I am not against the US, I am against what it does in Afghanistan: Karzai
AT News Report-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai has said he would not be against the United States, but “what the US government is doing in Afghanistan, is unacceptable”. “The presence of the foreign troops has caused the increase of corruption and drug production in Afghanistan,” Karzai addressed a gathering in …
Read More »Trump campaigner among dead in Intercontinental Hotel attack: Reports
AT News Report-KABUL: A member of the US president, Donald Trump electoral campaign was among the people killed in the Taliban’s attack on the Intercontinental Hotel, according to reports. In the 15-hour long attack on the luxury hotel that began on the weekend, 25 people were killed, according to the …
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