AT News KABUL: Director of government’s media and information center was assassinated by the Taliban terrorists in Kabul – in the latest in a string of attacks against senior Afghan officials in the wake of increased air strikes by Afghan forces. Minapal, a former presidential spokesman and head of the …
Read More »Taliban storm provincial capital of Nimroz
AT News KABUL: Taliban fighters entered Zaranj city, the provincial capital of Nimroz in the southwest of country on Friday. Media reports and videos on social networks showed tens of fighters holding guns walking at the entrance of provincial governor’s office and the police department in Zaranj city. Government officials …
Read More »Five civilians killed in Wardak rocket attack
AT News KABUL: At least five civilians including women and children were killed and three others wounded when a rocket fired by the Taliban hit a public transportation in central Wardak province, an official said on Friday. Provincial Police Chief, Mohammad Mustafa Mayar said the incident happened in the Chahar …
Read More »Atmar calls on UNSC to convene emergency meeting on Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Afghan Foreign Minister, Hanif Atmar called for a special meeting of the UN’s Security Council to seek ways for peace in his country. Atmar made the call in a phone conversation with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in which they discussed increasing violence, violating of human rights …
Read More »21-year-old girl shot dead by Taliban in Balkh
AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have shot a 21-year old girl dead, blaming her for not wearing a veil in Balkh district of northern Balkh province, an official said on Wednesday. Provincial Police spokesman, Adil Shah Adil said that the incident happened on Tuesday in Samarkandian area of Balkh …
Read More »Afghanistan records 428 daily virus cases
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that it has recorded 428 new cases and 28 fatalities countrywide since Tuesday. Ministry said that out of 2,946 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 hours, 428 were reported positive. The total tally since the outbreak of …
Read More »“nearly 1 million displaced countrywide”
AT News KABUL: Nearly one million people have been displaced within past three months as violence lingers across the country, a human watchdog said on Wednesday. An official of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Binafsha Yaqobi told a press conference in Kabul that around 158,392 families were displaced in …
Read More »“nearly 1 million displaced countrywide”
AT News KABUL: Nearly one million people have been displaced within past three months as violence lingers across the country, a human watchdog said on Wednesday. An official of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, Binafsha Yaqobi told a press conference in Kabul that around 158,392 families were displaced in …
Read More »Editorial: Allahu Akbar – a quarrel against injustice
The people of Afghanistan on Tuesday night connected in such a way that never existed before. Some of Kabul residents climbed on their roof, some others took to the streets with increasing chanting of Allahu Akbar over and over as it became an echoing cry around the city and some …
Read More »Karzai condemns terror attack at defense minister’s house
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned thee “terrorist attack” on the house of Besmellah Mohammadi, acting defense minister. In a statement issued Wednesday, Karzai denounced the attack as inhumane act that was against all human and Islamic principles. According to official reports, eight civilians were killed in …
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