AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned a roadside bomb attack that inflicted casualties on civilians in the northwestern province of Badghis. On Saturday evening a roadside bombing struck a passenger mini-bus in Chaklank area of Abkamari district. The casualties included children and women. Karzai expressed his deepest …
Read More »Car bombing on Ghor outpost kills 10
AT News KABUL: Explosions caused by a deadly car bomb in western Ghor province on Saturday night killed at least ten security forces and wounded one with four others gone missing, an official said. A security official said that the car bombing hit security outpost when the Taliban insurgents staged …
Read More »Taliban launch complex attack on Qaisar district of Faryab
AT News KABUL: The Taliban staged a complex attack on Qaisar district of northern Faryab province, local officials said on Sunday. A member of Faryab Provincial Council, Sibghatullah Silab said that the compound of the district was fallen to the insurgents. According to him, more than 40 security forces …
Read More »Afghanistan records highest single-day death toll from COVID-19 for 2nd day in row
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan again reported 50 COVID-19 fatalities in a single day, according to the data released by the Health Ministry on Sunday. This is the second highest every single-day toll as on Saturday 41 COVID-19 patients had lost their lives to the virus, taking the country’s death toll …
Read More »Afghanistan, Turkmenistan agree to accelerate Torghundi-Herat railway project
AT News HERAT: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammad Haneef Atmar and Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan discussed the importance of implementation of the Torghundi-Herat railway project within the framework of the two countries’ joint perspective on regional connectivity. Considering the implementation of this project a good start for the implementation of …
Read More »168 Taliban rebels killed in fresh military stings
AT News KABUL: At least 168 Taliban insurgents were killed and 59 others wounded in a series of military operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said Sunday. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan …
Read More »Police arrest 10 over criminal charges in Kabul
AT News KABUL: 10 people were arrested in Kabul for involvement in criminal offences in latest crackdowns conducted by the Afghan National Police members in Kabul, the capital city in the past 24 hours. The suspects are convicted to murder, robbery, looting of citizens’ mobile phones, and carrying illegal arms …
Read More »27 arrested on criminal charges in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Twenty seven people were arrested in Kabul for involvement in criminal offences as part of police operation fighting crime and drug trafficking in capital city over the past two days. The suspects are convicted of murder, possession of unregistered weapons, disrupting public order, robbery, looting of citizens’ …
Read More »Afghanistan records highest single-day death toll from COVID-19
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan registered its highest every single-day toll of 41 COVID-19 deaths, the ministry of public health said Saturday. The country also reported 1,273 fresh cases of coronavirus, bringing the total tally to 79,236 cases nationwide since the outbreak of the virus started over a year ago. According …
Read More »13 security forces killed in Badakhshan airstrike
AT News KABUL: An airstrike killed 13 public uprising forces in northern Badakhshan province including a commander, residents claimed on Saturday. The airstrike was conducted on Friday in Kohsan district of the province. According Mahmood Rahman, a member of the Badakhshan provincial council, a commander of the public uprising forces …
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