AT News KABUL: The Northern Alliances Treaty Organization (NATO) has expressed its optimism about a possible peace deal in Afghanistan despite the fragile process in the wave of fresh violence in the country. Talking in a video conference, Stuart Peach, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee has condemned the recent …
Read More »Fighting erupts in Kunduz, 3 policemen killed
AT News KABUL: The intense, but usual fighting has been erupted as Afghan government officially ordered security forces to go back on the offensive from defense posture after wave of attacks across the country that had fatalities. In the fresh clash between Afghan forces and the Taliban fighters, three policemen …
Read More »Leaders distracted in power tussle as lethal insurgents unleash terror
AT News KABUL: No tangible result has emerged from the seemingly counterproductive negotiations between the challenged president and his dissenting opponent to clamber out of the tough political ditch and end the longstanding polarization. This fiasco of the leadership obstinacy and distraction has conceivably led to the resurgence of the …
Read More »Editorial: Don’t loosen up yet!
In spite of the fact that COVID-19 is spreading swiftly and unabated across the country, people are gradually becoming careless and reckless. The recent figures show that Afghanistan recorded a single-day highest number of positive coronavirus cases and deaths from the disease. At least 414 new cases and 17 deaths …
Read More »U.S. blames Daesh for ‘black Tuesday’ attacks
AT News KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has blamed the IS-K or so called Daesh extremist group for the recent deadly attacks in capital Kabul and in the eastern Nangarhar province. “The USG has assessed ISIS-K conducted the horrific attacks on a maternity ward and …
Read More »With 414 cases, Afghanistan sees highest single-day spike
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has registered 414 new covid-19 patients in the past 24 hours—the highest number since the Afghan health ministry boosted its testing capacity to over 1,000 samples per day. The total cases have reached to 6,053 across Afghanistan, according to the Health Ministry data on Friday. The …
Read More »Taliban truck bomb killed 5, injured 30 civilians in Paktia province
KABUL- At least five civilians were “martyred” and another 30 people including five army personnel were injured after a Taliban suicide bomber detonated his truck bomb near a military installation in southeastern Paktia province of the country, officials said. The attack took place around 8:30am in Gardiz, capital city of …
Read More »51 civilians killed on deadly Tuesday
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan was under attack on Tuesday. Taliban and their sponsors killed 51 civilians and wounded 115 including mothers and newborns, doctors and mourners at a funeral, said the nation’s National Security Council on Wednesday. “Tuesday alone, Taliban and their sponsors killed 51 civilians and wounded 115, including …
Read More »Editorial: Enemies sabotaging peace process
Either the peace efforts symbolized by the warring parties aren’t sincere or regional sponsors of proxies and terrorist outfits cannot tolerate to see a peaceful and stable Afghanistan. In a fresh bout of violence, two deadly terrorist attacks inflicted horrors that words could not do justice to. Terrorists stormed a …
Read More »Taliban erupts over resumption of Afghan offensive operations
AT News KABUL: After a longtime defensive poster of the Afghan security forces, President Ashraf Ghani has ordered the military to turn into offensive and engage into aggressive operations against the Taliban and other militant groups in Afghanistan. But the Taliban-with whom the US signed a peace deal about two …
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