AT News KABUL: At least 65 Taliban insurgents were killed and 59 others wounded in a series of military offensives carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said Wednesday. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan …
Read More »Protest turns violent in Badakhshan; 3 demonstrators killed
AT News KABUL: A protest against insecurity and lack of water and electricity in Fayzabad city of Badakhshan province turned violent on Tuesday as three demonstrators were killed and two dozens injured after security guards of provincial governor allegedly opened fire at them. Shafiq Hamdard, chief doctor at Badakhshan provincial …
Read More »91 militants killed in nationwide raids
AT News KABUL: At least 91 Taliban insurgents were killed and 63 others wounded during fresh military stings carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces around the country in the past 24 hours, the ministry of defense said on Tuesday. The Afghan security forces backed by the …
Read More »Afghan-Pak clerics discuss peace efforts
AT News KABUL: The Afghan and Pakistani religious clerics are to discuss the Afghan peace quest via zoom conference today (Wednesday). The meeting is hosted by the Saudi Arabia and Islamic Countries Organization. The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs said that some Afghan officials would participate the conference. A …
Read More »21 people sentenced to prison for drug trafficking
AT News KABUL: At least 21 drug runners were sentenced to several years behind bars in the past one week after they were found guilty of drug trafficking. In a statement, the Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) has said that seven drug traffickers were sentenced to three-16 years’ …
Read More »Editorial: Is it trustworthy?
The Taliban assured safety for the local Afghan workers, who supported the foreign diplomatic and military mission in Afghanistan, after the U.S. and NATO Forces pullout. Many of them worked as interpreters, cleaners and other entitles. But, how trusty could be the militant’ stance regarding their conducts towards the Afghan …
Read More »Iran, Afghanistan discuss cementing bilateral ties
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Afghanistan and Iran discussed ways for expansion of bilateral relations and exchanged views on the latest developments in the Afghan peace process. Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah in a phone call with Iran’s foreign ministry’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Affairs, Mohammad-Ebrahim …
Read More »Pakistan spurns giving military bases to U.S.
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Pakistan’s foreign minister confirmed that his country refused to give any military base to the U.S. for monitoring Afghanistan after foreign forces’ withdrawal from Kabul, local media reported on Tuesday. Speaking to Geo News, a Pakistani broadcaster, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said his government, led by Prime …
Read More »Faltering peace talks prompt calls for world support
AT News KABUL: Head of the Afghan government’s negotiation team, Masoom Stanekzai, has called for international support to revive peace talks with the Taliban, amid growing uncertainty and the looming withdrawal of U.S. troops. As part of peace efforts, chief and members of the government’s negotiating team in a meeting …
Read More »Schools, colleges to remain shut for 2 more weeks amid COVID surge
54 deaths and 1,724 new cases recorded AT News KABUL: Schools and Universities will remain closed for another two weeks in 16 provinces in the view of a surge in positive cases of COVID-19 with the health authorities scrambling to tame the third wave of the virus that is rapidly …
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