AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A ceremony was held in Torghundi city of the Afghanistan’s Herat province to mark the transfer of high capacity electrical equipment from Turkmenistan for the needs of the Afghan economy, Trend reports referring to Turkmen Altyn Asyr TV. In particular, a transformer with a capacity of …
Read More »Russia says Daesh fighters arriving in Afghanistan through Pakistan
Around 4,000 Daesh fighters still in Afghanistan AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh fighters are arriving from Syria and Iraq primarily through Pakistan, a top Russian security official said Wednesday. Speaking at Regional Security Dialogue in Tehran, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said that …
Read More »Karzai condemns Nangarhar attacks on civilians
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned night raids and airstrikes in the eastern province of Nangarhar that killed and injured civilians in the Khogyani district. Karzai denounced cruelty and military operations against civilians, calling for an immediate stop in military operations on villages and residential areas. The …
Read More »Neighboring countries need to take steps toward a peaceful Afghanistan: Chinese envoy
AT News KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister for Management and Resources, Naheed Esar on Wednesday has met with the Chinese Ambassador to Kabul Mr. Wang Yu, where they focused a range of issues of mutual interest and bilateral arrangements. At the outset, the two sides recalled the traditional ties between the …
Read More »120 tons of drugs set alight in Ghazni
AT News KABUL: The Afghan authorities have burned about 120 tons of drugs and busted seven heroin factories during an overnight anti-narcotic crackdown conducted in southern Ghazni province. Ministry of Interior in a statement said that Afghan Counter-Narcotics Special Operation Police backed by Afghan Air Force (AAF) conducted an overnight …
Read More »30 militants killed in fresh ops
AT News KABUL: At least 30 Taliban militants have been killed and 10 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 the Afghan National Army …
Read More »Afghan forces repel Taliban’s Ghazni attack, killing 11 rebels
AT News KABUL: Afghan security forces “repelled” a coordinate Taliban attack on a joint army-police security checkpoint in Ghazni province, provincial police chief said, adding that 11 Taliban fighters were killed in the failed offensive. The attack against the checkpoint in Shahbaz area on the Kabul-Kandahar highway was occurred on …
Read More »Afghan forces kill 55 Taliban rebels in Ghor
AT News KABUL: At least 55 Taliban militants have been killed during joint operations carried out by the Afghan security forces in western Ghor province, ministry of defense said on Wednesday. These Taliban militants were killed during a joint clearance operation carried out by Afghan National Defense and Security Forces …
Read More »Neighboring countries need to take steps toward a peaceful Afghanistan: Chinese envoy
AT News KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister for Management and Resources, Naheed Esar on Wednesday has met with the Chinese Ambassador to Kabul Mr. Wang Yu, where they focused a range of issues of mutual interest and bilateral arrangements. At the outset, the two sides recalled the traditional ties between the …
Read More »Violence across Afghanistan underscores urgency of ending conflict: Aisha Khurram
Complete speech of Aisha Khurram, Afghanistan’s Youth Representative of the United Nations at UNSC. One early morning a young father was having a walk with his children, in the quiets of his village. As the father slowed to fix his ride, his children being told so went ahead. Not a …
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