AT News KABUL: At least 80 Taliban fighters were killed and 59 others wounded during crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours. “Afghan forces supported by air forces have conducted operation and counter attacks against Taliban rebels in Ghazni, Logar, Zabul, …
Read More »District Police Chief killed in Paktika roadside bombing
AT News KABUL: A roadside bomb blast killed the police chief for Sar Hawza district of southeastern Paktika province, security officials said on Wednesday. Shah Mohammad Ariyan, provincial police spokesman said that the Taliban rebels set attacks on the security checkpoints in Sar Hawza on Wednesday. According to him, the …
Read More »NAI says Afghan media threatened by government, Taliban
AT News KABUL: NAI, a media supporting watchdog expresses concerns over threats made by “the government and Taliban” against the Afghan media outlets. The watchdog said in a statement on Wednesday that it was shocked over the Taliban’s threat to the Afghan media. The Taliban Spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid on Twitter …
Read More »Afghans flee home amid rising insecurity
AT News KABUL: Increasing instability, unemployment and bad economic condition are forcing large number of Afghans to leave the country for a better life in abroad. Hamid and Diana, who married a month back in the western Herat province, say that they decide to leave Afghanistan for Europe due to …
Read More »Khalilzad, Tajik President discuss Afghan peace quest
AT News KABUL: The U.S. envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad met Tajik President, Emomali Rahmon, exchanging views on the Afghan peace process. A statement released by the office of Tajik President, quoted Rahmon as saying that strengthening of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Afghanistan was at “the center of …
Read More »Karzai condemns attack on health workers
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned attack on a minibus carrying the health workers in Kalakan district of capital Kabul. One medic was killed and three others wounded after a minibus carrying the health workers from Kabul to eastern province of Panjshir struck roadside bomb in Kalakan …
Read More »Flash floods claim 50 lives in several provinces
AT News KABUL: Heavy rainfall that caused flash floods in different areas have killed 50 people in several provinces and damaged or destroyed people’s properties and livestock, government officials said on Wednesday. “Following the heavy rainfall, waves of muddy water engulfed 17 provinces, which killed 50 people,” said Tamim Azimi, …
Read More »Editorial: Transitional government is an opportunity to prevent violence
An article written by President Ashraf Ghani was published on Tuesday in the Foreign Affairs in which he has tried to draw a roadmap for the country after the US-led foreign troops leave Afghanistan by the end of this summer. The president for the first time has showed agreement with …
Read More »COVID-19 affects carpet industry in Bamiyan
AT News KABUL: The Corona virus outbreak has severely affected the handmade carpet industry, by infecting those involved in the industry particularly the female carpet weavers in Bamiyan province. The carpet weaver women say that they join the carpet industry due to poverty, unemployment and to earn livelihood. Ruqia Hassaini, …
Read More »Blast targets health workers’ bus, kills one in Kabul
AT News KABUL: At least one person was killed and three others wounded after a mine hit a health worker bus in Kabul, officials. A mini bus carrying personnel of the Panjshir health department, struck a mine in the Kalakan district of Kabul province at around 6:40AM on Wednesday, which …
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