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AT News KABUL: At least 45 Taliban rebels were killed and 14 others wounded during latest crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Tuesday. The Afghan security forces supported by the Afghan Air Forces conducted operations against …
Read More »11 Afghan security forces killed as violence grips Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: At least 11 security forces were kill when Taliban fighters launched attacks on their outposts in the provinces of Badakhshan, Herat and Faryab, local officials confirmed. Another 19 forces were injured, according to officials.In Badakhshan province in the northeast, eight security forces were killed after Taliban stormed …
Read More »Qatar negotiations continuing on Afghan peace
AT News KABUL: Taliban leaders have been busy in negotiations with the representatives from Turkey, Qatar, the United States and the United Nations in the Qatari capital of Doha for a few days, with sources close to Taliban saying that the parties were trying to build trust between the US …
Read More »Students protest shortage of teachers, textbooks at Kabul school
AT News KABUL: Tens of students at a state-run high school in the west part of Kabul city protested the shortage of teachers and textbooks on Tuesday. Students at the Faiz Mohammad Kateb high school, said their problems have not been solved since the beginning of the new educational year …
Read More »Afghanistan population surpasses 33 million
AT News KABUL: The population in Afghanistan surpasses 33.6 million that consists of 16.5 million females and 17.1 million male, said the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) in its annual report on Tuesday. According to NSIA officials, 70% people were living in the rural areas while the remaining 30% …
Read More »A group of six kidnappers detained in Takhar
AT News KABUL: A group of six kidnappers led by a Taliban released prisoner was detained by the intelligence operatives in the northern Takhar province. The National Directorate of Security in a statement released on Tuesday identified the head of the group as “Mangal”. According to the statement, Mangal was …
Read More »Rising civilian casualties unnerves Karzai
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai was concerned over a report released by the Human Rights Commission about civilian casualties. Karzai urged the immediate end of war and violence, calling on the Afghan sides of war to stop violence because the only victims of the ongoing war are Afghans. …
Read More »Editorial: Ghani’s unrealistic fantasy
Afghanistan is a landlocked country that doesn’t have direct access to water ports. To export or import products, it needs to pass its through neighbors to get connected with the world’s countries. Although, the give-and-take is a normal principle between the neighboring countries in the world, Afghanistan is caught among …
Read More »COVID-19 cases dramatically increasing in Afghanistan
176 new infections, seven deaths reported in past 24 hours AT News KABUL: The new cases of coronavirus has been dramatically increasing in Afghanistan, where in the past 24 hours 176 new cases were reported and seven other patients have lost their lives. According to the ministry of public health, …
Read More »28 civilians freed from a Taliban prison in Helmand
AT News KABUL: The Afghan National Army commando forces have raided a Taliban jail and rescued 28 civilians in southern Helmand province, ministry of defense said Tuesday. The rescue operation was carried out on Monday night in a Taliban prison in Musa Qala district of the province, in which 28 …
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