AT News Report-KABUL: In a series of counterterrorism crackdown operations run by the security forces across Afghanistan, as many as 47militants have been killed andmore 40 sustained critical injuries in the past days. The defense ministry said in a statement that army, police, and intelligence forces had conducted joint operations …
Read More »Stray mortar kills two children in Helmand
AT News Report-KABUL: A stray mortar shell smacked a house in southern Helmand province, killing two children while two others received injuries, officials said on Wednesday. The heart-wrenching incident occurred in Nad Ali district of the province, and provincial police had already launched probe to identify location from where the …
Read More »SIGAR says billions lost in oil theft
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) on Friday released a review of the management and oversight of fuel in Afghanistan and found that fuel theft has become a lucrative business in the country. According to SIGAR, due to the amount of fuel needed for military …
Read More »ED: Civilian lives matter
The Afghan civilians, including the children and women, are becoming casualties of war in alarming numbers, leaving the civilians more at tenterhook with realization of being caught in crossfire of the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. Since civilians have been receiving casualties in large numbers, thus, it seems that all conflict …
Read More »Hostages escape from Taliban captivity in Herat
AT News Report-KABUL: Two policemen and four civilians escaped from the captivity of Taliban after killing two insurgents in western Herat province, said officials on Saturday. The gubernatorial spokesperson Abdul Ahad Walizad said insurgents had kidnapped cops and four residents of Chishti Sharif district on Friday midnight. The captive policemen …
Read More »Officials at helm “reluctant” towards peace conundrum
AT News Report-KABUL: A number of political commentators and former government officials have confided that peace process was bedeviled with a dragging stalemate and the central government and its allies were reluctant towards embarking a meaningful and successful reconciliation. Addressing an event marking the launch of a new political movement …
Read More »Tempers run high in Balkh against Pakistan
AT News Report-KABUL: Yet another sit-in camp was set up in northern Balkh province, demanding militants to renounce violence and embrace peace. Residents and civil society activists also demanded the UN mission to backlist Pakistan as a terror sponsoring state. The activists said their movement was aimed at supporting peace …
Read More »Gov’t seeks to boost quality of education: Abdullah
AT News Report-KABUL: The government is seeking to boost quality of education in educational centers across the country, Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah has said. Abdullah who inaugurated a new complex for Kabul Accounting and Management Institute in Kabul on Thursday said those wicked and blind individuals who destroy schools, …
Read More »Khwaja Omari district chief, security head killed in Taliban ambush
AT News Report-Kabul: District chief and security chief of Khwaja Omari in southern Ghazni province were killed after insurgents staged a predawn ambush in the district on Thursday midnight. The gubernatorial spokesperson Aref Noori said that Khwaja Omari district had come under ambush of insurgents wielding heavy and light weapons …
Read More »US fully supports Afghan Forces: Dunford
“This is going to be the first season where we have had a fully-resourced plan to support the Afghans in conducting counterinsurgency operations inside of Afghanistan” AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Chairman of the United States Army Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Joseph Dunford, said the current war season in Afghanistan …
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