AT News KABUL: A 25 years old man committed suicide in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city of northern Balkh province, police said on Monday. The man jumped off the 5th floor of a building in a bazaar, according to the police. Provincial Police Spokesman, Adel Shah Adel said the incident occurred …
Read More »Kabul blast leaves one security forces member dead in Kabul
AT News KABUL: A member of the Afghan security forces was killed and four others were wounded after their vehicle struck a roadside mine in Qara Bagh district of Kabul, the capital city on Monday morning. Kabul police confirmed the incident, saying that the blast occurred in Sabz Sang village …
Read More »MPs criticize Govt. over security deterioration
AT News KABUL: Some members of the Parliament lashed out at the government over deterioration of security situation on the highways, saying that the militants have been overrunning the areas across the country. . Speaker of the Parliament, Mir Rahman Rahmani said that the parliament would summon security officials. “The …
Read More »Editorial: Another election, another debacle
Elections in Afghanistan always present formidable challenges if it fails to produce widely accepted and credible results which did not so in the past two presidential elections that nothing was left for another civil war. Both the key candidates and the current President and the Chairman of the High Council …
Read More »110 Taliban militants killed in fresh crackdowns
AT News KABUL: At least 110 Taliban insurgents were killed and 81 others were wounded during latest operations carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the last past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Monday. The mass number of Taliban insurgents were killed in counterattack in …
Read More »COVID-19: 62 infections, four deaths reported in a single day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 62 new cases of coronavirus and four deaths around the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached 56,779 cases. According to the ministry, the new cases …
Read More »Targeted-killings forced Nangarhari women to quit jobs
AT News KABUL: The sharp waves of targeted-killings on educated and intellectual women in eastern Nangarhar province forced dozens of them to either resign or stop going to office. 24 years old, Alias Razia quit her job as she witnessed a quick surge in targeted-killings of women in the provincial …
Read More »Turkey conference slated for April 16: Afghan leaders attend “Istanbul Conference” with united standpoint
AT News KABUL: Two senior government officials say that the conference on Afghan peace in Turkey would begin on April 16. The conference will be held in the country’s European city of Istanbul where representatives from Afghanistan, Taliban neighboring, regional and other countries are expected to discuss ways to peace. …
Read More »Taliban shadow district chief detained in Baghlan
AT News KABUL: Taliban shadow district chief and military in-charge for Sabri district of Khost province were arrested during an operation in Baghlan province. Khenjan district police in cooperation with the anti-terrorism police unit have carried out a special operation, in which two key members of laser group of the …
Read More »Over 100 Taliban militants killed in fresh raids
AT News KABUL: More than 108 Taliban fighters were killed and 22 others were wounded in fresh raids carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country within the last 24 hours, defense ministry said on Sunday. The security forces engaged into aerial and ground raids in Panjwaee and …
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