AT News KABUL: A key member of Taliban group has arrested during a fresh crackdown conducted by police in northern Baghlan province. He was arrested during anti-terrorism unit of police operation conducted in Chashma-e-Shir area of Dahana-e-Ghori district of the province, said Baghlan Police Spokesman, Jawid Basharat. He said that …
Read More »16 militants killed within 2-day
AT News KABUL: At least 16 Taliban militants have been killed and two others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Wednesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said that the Afghan National …
Read More »Massive collection of guns seized in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Kabul police on Wednesday has discovered and confiscated massive collection of rifles during fresh crackdown conducted in Kabul. Anti-crime police cell carried out an operation in Kabul, in which discovered and seized 97 rifles of weapons, Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz said. He said that the weapons …
Read More »Editorial: US-Iran confrontation benefits none
One of Iran’s most revered and powerful commander, Qaseem Soleimani was killed in a US strike in Iraq—a smack that intensified unprecedented tensions between US and Iran that possibly it escalates the risk of a new conflict spreading across the region. Iran vowed to revenged, while US military has taken …
Read More »Iran sabotaging Afghan peace process: US
AT News KABUL: In the midst of sever tensions between US and Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a press conference on Tuesday accused Iran of trying to sabotage the Afghan peace process. Pompeo said, “Iran shouldn’t use its connection with the Taliban to derail the peace talk process …
Read More »Presidential race; Investigation into election fraud nears end
AT News KABUL: Electoral complaints commission’s investigation and adjudication of thousands of complaints which allege massive fraud and vote rigging is drawing to a close, according to the tribunal’s spokesperson Qasem Ilyasi. Ilyasi said on Tuesday that a vast majority of complaints – 90 percent – have been adjudicated and …
Read More »Iran’s missile tests cause pause in Afghan flights
AT News KABUL: A UN statement says that flights from Kabul international airport were temporarily stopped due to missile tests by the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Radio Liberty claimed Tuesday it had received the statement released by the United Nations office in Kabul. The news channel said that the …
Read More »Regional confrontations spark fears of proxy war in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Hundreds of people in western Herat province on Tuesday took out to the streets, expressing worries over the recent tension between US and Iran erupted after US killed Iran’s top general in an airstrike in Iraq. They fear of over intensification of proxy wars in Afghanistan. The …
Read More »Senators call for ‘immediate stop’ in operations launched by Special Forces
AT News KABUL: Members of Senate ask the government to immediately stop operations launched by the intelligence agency’s Special Forces Unit, an angry demand following a series of unit’s attacks against civilians which in the most recent case, five people including a former jihadi leader were killed in the weekend …
Read More »Air corridors help 33 per cent increase in Afghan exports
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Commerce and Industry says that merchandise exports have had a 33 percent increase since the air corridors have begun connecting Afghanistan to many regional states. Sameer Rasa, spokesman for the ministry of commerce and industry, said Tuesday that 855 flights exported some 5,300 tons of …
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