AT News KABUL: A Membes of the Afghan negotiating team blamed the Taliban for prolonging violence, saying that the group believed “it can win the war militarily”. An Afghan negotiator, Abdul Haffiz Mansoor said that the group was reluctant to agree on “any of government’s offer” and that it still …
Read More »Afghan forces kill 210 Taliban fighters in counterattacks, as violence mounting
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces killed 210 Taliban insurgents in a series of operations across Afghanistan, the latest flare-up in violence as the two sides intensified hostilities in the wake of a fragile peace process. The surge in violence took an upsurge after foreign troops withdrawal announcement made …
Read More »11 criminals nabbed in Kabul
AT News KABUL: The Kabul Police Cell has arrested 11 criminals who are charged for different crimes in latest crackdowns around the city in the last 24 hours. The captured people are accused of killing, robbery, looting of citizens’ mobile phones, selling drugs and stealing of vehicles in 1st, 2nd, …
Read More »Egypt Mufti says Afghan war is illegal
AT News KABUL: Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Shawki Ibrahim Abdel-Karim Allam has given a fatwa on Friday, an Islamic directive, saying the ongoing war in Afghanistan is illegal and has no root in Sharia law. Killing of one innocent human being is considered as killing of all humanity, the …
Read More »PTM leader says peace in Afghanistan means peace in world
AT News KABUL: The leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, Manzoor Ahmad Pashteen termed the Afghan peace as peace for the world, saying that if the government and Taliban asked the movement to mediate “it will be ready to do it”. Pashteen, who is a Pashton rights activist on the …
Read More »Afghanistan records 1,741 COVID-19 cases, 37 deaths in last two days
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 1,741 cases of Covid-19 with 37 deaths during the past two days, health officials said Friday, warning that the third wave of the pandemic is circulating across the country. During the past two weeks, the numbers of positive cases have rapidly surged as the people …
Read More »Unrest at Torkham, most busy crossing point
By Shamim Shahid At once the most busy, prosperous and progressive crossing point between Pakistan and Afghanistan at Torkham from last several years ahead with worst kind of crises. Through one or the other reasons, the crossing point either remain shuttered for travelling, pedestrians and bilateral trade or even experiencing …
Read More »23 Taliban rebels killed in Balkh airstrike
AT News KABUL: At least 23 Taliban insurgents were killed as fighting planes struck their hideouts in Sholgara district in northern Balkh province on Thursday, army spokesman in the northern region, Mohammad Hanif Rezai said on Friday. The airstrike launched Thursday afternoon in Bodana Qala village of the restive Sholgara …
Read More »UNHCR assures continuation of support to Afghans
AT News KABUL: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in a statement on Friday called for greater support from the international community for Afghanistan’s people, including those displaced within its borders and refugees seeking safety outside the country. The appeal comes at the end of a four-day visit …
Read More »Afghan, Turkmen border governors stress on expediting trade
AT News KABUL: The embassy of Afghanistan in Ashgabat has initiated a video conference of Afghan and Turkmen border governors with the aim of strengthening economic, trade, transport-transit, cultural, humanitarian and people to people relations between the two countries. The conference was attended by Sayed Abdul Wahid Zahed Qatali, Governor …
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