AT News KABUL: The parliament blames government for not doing enough to prevent the increasing insecurity around the country. Parliament Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani, called Taliban’s attack on Ghor province as “barbaric”, saying they would summon security officials for explanation about the Sunday attack in provincial capital Firzo Koh that …
Read More »Pakistani rockets kill a child in Kunar
AT News KABUL: A child was killed and four other members of the family were wounded in rocket attacks fired by the Pakistani military. The rocket landed in a residential house in eastern Kunar province, killing the child, officials said on Monday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Ghani Musamem said that 16 …
Read More »Hekmatyar in Pakistan in quest for peace
AT News KABUL: The Leader of Hezb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar on Monday landed in Pakistan to discuss the Afghan peace process with the Pakistani officials. He held a meeting with the Pakistani minister of foreign affairs, Shah Mahmood Qureshi and they exchanged views on the Afghan peace process. According to Pakistani …
Read More »Commandos break siege, reinforced ANA base in Wardak
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Defense said that Afghan commandos broke the siege and reinforced Afghan National Army (ANA) base in central Maidan-Wardak province. The Afghan commandos had successfully accomplished the mission to break the siege of an ANA base in Jalriz of central Maidan Wardak province on Sunday …
Read More »Government to expand intelligence activities in Kabul
AT News KABUL: First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh says that the government has begun “street to street and neighborhood to neighborhood” intelligence coverage all around Kabul city, a move to apparently prevent the widespread crime cases that threatens people’s lives and properties. He was given responsibility for the capital’s security …
Read More »Hairatan business port resumes functioning
AT News KABUL: The Hairatan business port has resumed functioning after being closed for eight months due to the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic, officials said Monday. Head of the Afghanistan Entrepreneurs Board, Haji Agha said that the establishment of Hairtan port with Uzbekistan has been beneficial and put a …
Read More »Editorial: Delicate peace deal
Spiraling of violence could be proven risky to the fragile peace deal between the US and the Taliban group. Shelving nearly months of silence over unprecedented levels of violence around Afghanistan, the US point-man for peace has raced up the escalation of violence, believing inflammatory rhetoric does not advance peace, …
Read More »Key Daesh member killed, another detained in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: The IS-K or so called Daesh’s kangaroo court judge was killed and another key member was detained in an operation carried out by the operatives of the National Directorate of Security in eastern Nangarhar province. Provincial Press Department in a statement said that Mohammad Nabi known as …
Read More »87 new infections recorded in last 24 hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 87 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 40,287 throughout the country. The Ministry of Public Health said Monday that these cases came positive from 523 suspected samples tested during this period. 25 new cases were …
Read More »US brushes off reports that Bagram airbase is being demolished
AT News KABUL: The US forces in Afghanistan brushed off reports that they are demolishing the Bagram airbase amid a hasty withdrawal of American troops from the country. “We have not destroyed any part of Bagram,” US Forces Spokesman Col Sonny Leggett told Afghanistan Times. The base, located in Bagram …
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