AT News KABUL: The health ministry has reported 72 new cases of coronavirus across the country within the last 24 hours. The ministry in a statement said Saturday that the new tally was recorded out of 1,175 suspicious samples. The total number since the outbreak of the epidemic reached 57,793 …
Read More »Report blames most of civilian casualties on Taliban
AT News KABUL: A report released by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission holds Taliban responsible for most of civilian casualties. It calls for an immediate cease fire to put an end for killing of civilians. 31,113 civilians have been killed since the beginning of 2009 and another 62,662 wounded, …
Read More »Armed men kill two brothers in Baghlan
AT News KABUL: A number of unknown gunmen shot two brothers dead in Pul-e-Khumri, the capital of northern Baghlan province, security officials said on Saturday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Ahmad Jawid Basharat said that the gunmen were succeeded to escape from the area. The security forces are yet to identify the …
Read More »44 Taliban rebels killed in latest raids
AT News KABUL: At least 44 Taliban insurgents were killed and eight others wounded in fresh military strings conducted by the Afghan security forces in central Ghazni and western Nimroz provinces during the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Saturday. The ministry in a statement said that Afghan air …
Read More »Commando forces free 20 military members from a Taliban prison in Nimroz
AT News KABUL: At least 20 security force members were released from a Taliban prison during a raid conducted by the Afghan security forces in southern Nimroz province. The Ministry of Defense said that Afghan army conducted an operation over Taliban prison in Khash Rod district of Nimroz province, in …
Read More »U.S. Troops to Leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11
The US will not meet the May 1 deadline agreed upon by the Trump administration and the Taliban Afghan govt. says it will respect any decision taken by the US govt. with regards to their troops AT News KABUL: The United States President Joe Biden will leave US troops in …
Read More »UN reports 29pc increase in Afghan civilian casualties
“Every possible opportunity for peace must be seized. If levels of violence are not immediately reduced, thousands of Afghan civilians will continue to be killed and injured by fellow Afghans in 2021,” said Deborah Lyons, head of UNAMA. AT News KABUL: The United Nation Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on …
Read More »Taliban shun ‘any peace conference’ till complete foreign pull out
Abdullah says Taliban shouldn’t miscalculate U.S. Sept. 11 withdrawal deadline and avoid wasting time for negotiation AT News KABUL: The Taliban on late Tuesday announced that they would not attend any peace conference until all foreign troops leave Afghanistan. They also refused to attend a summit on Afghanistan’s future to …
Read More »Delay in US troop withdrawal complex Afghan peace: Russia
AT News KABUL: Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov on Wednesday said that delay in withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan would further complicate the ongoing Afghan peace process. Kabulov termed the postponement of foreign troops withdrawal as a clear violation of the Doha agreement inked between the US …
Read More »Armed robbers kill man in Kabul
AT News KABUL: A number of armed robbers stormed into a house in PD 5th of Kabul city, killing a man and wounded three other members of a family, security officials said on Wednesday. Kabul Police Spokesman, Firdaws Faramarz said that the incident occurred on Monday night in the Afshar …
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