AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed condolences over the demise of Hajji Mohammad Karim Shah Khan, a tribal elder from Kandahar province. Karzai called Khan as a home-loving and an honest patriotic person to the country who served for strengthening national unity. The former president called Khan’s death …
Read More »Sima Samar fired as state minister for human rights
AT News KABUL: Sima Samar, state minister for human rights wasa dismissed from her job by President Ghani. She confirmed her dismissal from office on Sunday, saying that the whole ministry was dissolved. Mrs. Samar said that her dismissal was proposed by the administrative office of the president and was …
Read More »Half of Afghan population needs humanitarian aids: OCHA
AT News KABUL: The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warns of increasing number of Afghans in need to humanitarian aids in 2021, saying that half of the country’s population is already needy to the aids. The Office has estimated Afghan population 40 million, while other …
Read More »81 Taliban militants killed in latest military stings
AT News KABUL: At least 81 Taliban rebels were killed and 17 others wounded during the latest military stings of the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar and northern Kunduz provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Sunday. Taliban preparing to attack Afghan National Security and Defense …
Read More »Covid-19 Deaths Increase in Afghanistan
141 new infections, 20 deaths reported in last 24 hours AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 141 new positive cases of coronavirus and 20 fatalities in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday. The total tally, since the outbreak of the epidemic, …
Read More »Dozens of D-30 cannon seized in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Dozens of D-30 cannon bullets have been discovered and confiscated in Kabul, defense officials said on Sunday. 45 bullets of D-30 cannon, which were hidden by terrorists in the Chenar area of Khak Jabar district in Kabul, were discovered and seized by 111 detachment forces, the Ministry …
Read More »Editorial: All are corrupted?
Afghanistan has merely stuck with two big predicaments – the ongoing war and the endemic corruption. Coronavirus pandemic is indeed one the biggest quandary, but its universal phenomenon, and the vaccine is already out. Nevertheless, the war in the country is turning to its most hideous ever. At least 50 …
Read More »Khalilzad laments over Afghan killings as too commonplace
US point-man for Afghan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad said Afghan war and killing have lost their legitimacy in the eyes of the overwhelming number of Afghans who need and yearn for peace and security. AT News KABUL: Reacting to the recent devastating attack in southern Ghazni province that took so many …
Read More »Khalilzad laments over Afghan killings as too commonplace
US point-man for Afghan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad said Afghan war and killing have lost their legitimacy in the eyes of the overwhelming number of Afghans who need and yearn for peace and security. AT News KABUL: Reacting to the recent devastating attack in southern Ghazni province that took so many …
Read More »487 civilians killed in three months of tedious violence
Surging violence and civilian casualties run counter to peace talks AT News KABUL: More than 487 civilians have been killed and 1,049 others received injuries during three months of grave violence conducted by the Taliban rebels around the country, security officials said on Saturday. A Spokesman for the Interior Ministry, …
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