AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed his deepest concerns over the clashes erupted between the Taliban fighters and so-called resistance armed men in the northern province of Panjshir. “Unfortunately, despite efforts of the mediators, military operation and fight erupted in Panjshir, which is a deep concern and is …
Read More »UNICEF: 69 children evacuated without parents
AT News KABUL: UNICEF says that 69 Afghan children have been evacuated abroad without their parents. UNICEF Afghanistan representative HervéLudovic De Lys said the exact number of these children is difficult to be examined. He said efforts are underway to integrate the evacuated children with their parents. He said that …
Read More »UN urges Taliban to allow Afghans travel abroad
AT News KABUL: The United Nations Security Council called on the Taliban to facilitate a safe passage for the people intending to leave Afghanistan. The UNSC in a statement, which was issued after an emergency meeting regarding Afghanistan, didn’t say anything about the formation of a safe zone in Kabul. …
Read More »End of U.S. longest war in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The least remaining of the U.S. Forces late Monday left the Kabul- Hamid Karzai International Airport, ending its longest or so-called endless war in Afghanistan. The U.S. secretary of defense, Lloyd Austin said that Washington put an end to this war with the evacuation of civilian personnel, …
Read More »Afghan children ‘at greater risk than ever’, top UNICEF official warns
AT News KABUL: Afghan Children have paid the heaviest price in recent weeks of increased conflict and insecurity, said the regional director for UNICEF South Asia, George Laryea-Adjei. Not only have some been forced from their homes, and cut off from their schools and friends, they have also been deprived …
Read More »Rockets target Kabul city
AT News KABUL: Several rockets fired from the outskirts of Kabul targeted the city on Monday morning, according to reports, amid the speedy withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan that is expected to end on Tuesday (August 31). The reports cited eyewitnesses who said that the rockets hit the …
Read More »‘Discussions continue for inclusive govt in Afghanistan’
AT News KABUL: Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, a senior member of the Taliban’s political office said on Saturday that consultations are going on with different ethnicities and political parties about the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan. Addressing the country on the national radio and television station, Stanikzai stressed …
Read More »International community assures Afghans at risk can freely travel outside Afghanistan
Brussels: We are all committed to ensuring that our citizens, nationals and residents, employees, Afghans who have worked with us and those who are at risk, can continue to travel freely to destinations outside Afghanistan. We have received assurances from the Taliban that all foreign nationals and any Afghan citizen …
Read More »Seven killed two attacks near Kabul airport
BY: BKS AT-KABUL: Seven people including a suicide bomber were killed and few others were injured after a rocket hit a residential area in north of the city and in a separate attack US forces targeted a suspected suicide bomber near Kabul airport. A suspected suicide bomber was targeted and …
Read More »World warns Taliban of isolation
AT News KABUL: NATO, UN and Britain have warned the Taliban will be isolated if they continue to take power by force as Afghanistan is slipping out of control in the face of rapid Taliban gains. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in a statement after a meeting of the North …
Read More »