AT News KABUL: The parliaments of Afghanistan and Iran approved an agreement on the international railway link. The agreement will pave the way for a new railway border between the two neighboring states. Abdul Bari Seddiqi, an official of Afghan railway department, said Monday that Kabul and Tehran have railway …
Read More »Residents complain of ‘broken heating system’ in Microrayons
AT New KABUL: Residents in the Microrayon residential complexes complain about the broken heater system, saying that they are bearing a freezing winter. According to the national disaster management authority, Kabul is expected to face a cold freezing winter this year. Sharifa, 60, is living in a family of 10 …
Read More »Daily Covid-19 report: 46 new infections, 13 dead
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 46 new positive cases of Coronaviurs and 13 others fighting the pandemic died in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 53,584 cases in the country. …
Read More »40 Taliban rebels killed in fresh crackdowns
AT News KABUL: At least 40 militants were killed and 15 others wounded during operations launched by Afghan security forces in Farah and Uruzgan provinces in the past 24 hours. Taliban massively attacked Afghan security forces checkpoints in the Poshtrod district of Farah province, where their attack was pushed back …
Read More »44 Taliban rebels killed in raids
AT News KABUL: At least 44 Taliban insurgents were killed and 20 others wounded during crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces within past 24 hours. Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement said that 23 Taliban militants were killed and five others wounded in Arghandab …
Read More »Government to probe civilian casualties in airstrike in Nimroz
AT News KABUL: The government has started an investigation over civilian casualties in an airstrike carried out in Nimroz province in the southwest. Some 18 people including women and children were killed when a government aerial attack hit residential area in the Khashrod district, according to provincial officials and witnesses. …
Read More »Karzai welcomes resumption in intra-Afghan talks
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai welcomed the restart of peace negotiations between Afghanistan and Taliban negotiators. The two negotiating teams began the talks on Saturday after three weeks of pause during which they were consulting their leaderships. The former president called on the two Afghan sides to realize …
Read More »Karzai condemns attack on public protection forces
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack on the spokesman for the public protection forces, Zia Wadan and his two colleagues. Wadan and his colleagues were killed Sunday morning after a magnetic bomb attached to their vehicle went off in PD 8 of Kabul. Karzai expressed sadness …
Read More »Bomb blast kills spokesman for public protection forces in Kabul
AT News KABUL: A magnetic bomb attached to the vehicle of the public protection forces in PD 8 of Kabul city, killed three people, including the spokesman of the department. The incident took place Sunday morning. The interior ministry said in a statement that Zia Wadan, the spokesman for the …
Read More »Paper ID cards validated without government verification
AT News KABUL: The National Statics and Information Authority declared the paper identification cards (Tazkira) issued after the Taliban regime valid, saying that the identification cards do not need to be reconfirmed by the Authentication Center. The decision was announced after the people complained on existence of corruption in the …
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