AT News KABUL: State Minister for Peace Affairs, Sayed Mansoor Naderi and the Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan, Wang Yu on Tuesday discussed issues related to the peace efforts, in which ambassador Wang said China firmly support peace process in Afghanistan. “They discussed peace process and condemned barbaric attack at Kabul …
Read More »400 killed in attacks on different educational centers
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, says that 400 people have been killed in attacks carried against different educational centers in the past three years. The Kabul University was the very recent target of terrorists who killed 22 and wounded 27 in a Monday attack, most of …
Read More »Afghanistan blames Taliban splinter group for Kabul University attack
Afghan leaders believe tactics used in the ISIS-claimed attack resembles those used by a Taliban splinter group known as ‘Fateh Zwak’. But insurgent leadership denies any involvement By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh has blamed a Taliban splinter group for attack on Monday on Kabul University campus …
Read More »Mortar kills women in Kunduz
AT News KABUL: A mortar fired by the Taliban trebles landed into a residential house in northern Kunduz province, killing three women and wounding two children, officials said Tuesday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Ismatullah Muradi said the incident occurred in Khanabad district of the province. Violence has been intensified in all …
Read More »Car bombing kills two security forces in Kunduz
AT News KABUL: At least two security forces were killed and eight others received injuries in a car bomb blast in Imam Sahib district in northern Kunduz province, officials said Tuesday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Islmatullah Muradi said that the blast was followed with hours of gun fighting between the security …
Read More »Amid Kabul University attack, Khalilzad calls on govt., Taliban to work for peace, ceasefire
AT News KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has condemned the attack on the Kabul University that left 22 students dead and over 20 others wounded. Khalilzad in a series of tweets called the attack “horrendous” and linked it to the IS-K or so called Daesh …
Read More »Danesh says increasing ‘terrorist attacks’ directly relates to peace talks failure
AT News KABUL: Vice President, Mohammad Sarwar Danesh said Tuesday that increasing terrorist attacks in the country could be the direct element of of the ongoing peace negotiations’ failure. Danesh’s statements come one day after armed assailants stormed the Kabul University and opened fire at the students, lecturers and everyone …
Read More »95 new coronavirus cases records in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Out of 457 suspicious samples, 95 cases were tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours across the country, the health officials said Tuesday. The cases were registered in Kabul, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Balkh, Takhar, Bamiyan, Kundoz and Baghlan provinces. 13 patients were recovered and another three …
Read More »Hundreds protest, condemn Kabul University carnage
‘You can’t kill us, you will run out of bullets’ Many foreign embassies flew their flags half-mast in tribute to students massacred in Kabul University By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Hundreds of people including students protested in Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul, on Tuesday to condemn the brutal massacre of students in …
Read More »Editorial: They can’t drag us into darkness
Our symbol of unity and national identity – most importantly a home of knowledge to our poor and, rich but endowed Afghan boys and girls, the Kabul University, the pride of our country and a place of brotherhood and sisterhood who bond and teach us unity and the way of …
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