AT-KABUL: The 15th round of Russia, India and China (RIC) foreign minister’s meeting is going to be held in New Delhi on Monday, in which Afghanistan will be at the top agenda of the meeting. Russian’s foreign ministry said that issues related to Afghanistan will be on the top agenda. …
Read More »31 Taliban insurgents killed, 17 wounded in Kunduz
AT-KABUL: At least thirty-one Taliban insurgents, including two commanders have been killed and 17 others received injures in a clearing operation of Afghan security forces in northern Kunduz province, an official said on Saturday. The clearing operation carried out in Imam Sahib district, in which Taliban insurgent received huge casualties. …
Read More »10 members of a family murdered in Kabul
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 10 members of a single family have been murdered by unknown armed men on Friday evening, it has been reported. One member of the family, Hamid Qaderi, told TOLOnews that the incident took place in Khairkhana area in Kabul’s PD15. He said they lost 10 …
Read More »One dead, eight injured in Nangarhar mosque bombing
AT News Report-KABUL: The mullah of a mosque was killed and eight worshippers wounded in a bomb explosion inside the mosque during the Friday prayers in the Mohmand Dara district of the eastern province of Nangarhar, provincial officials said. “The explosive was hidden in menbar (tribune) of the mosque and …
Read More »US decision on Jerusalem would further escalate violence: Karzai warns
AT News Report-KABUL: The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has strongly reacted to the recent US decision, recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; he believe the move would further escalate violence and instability in the Middle East. Expressing his deep concerns over the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, …
Read More »‘No compromise on women’s rights’: “Discrimination against women is not our culture, and the Afghan women have never been excluded from decision making”
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has stressed the importance of women’s increased role in the country’s affairs and implementation of reforms, saying ‘a small minority cannot prevent positive changes.’ Ghani expressed these views during a meeting with female lawmakers at the Presidential Palace on Thursday evening. First Lady Rula …
Read More »Violence against women: 108 cases in 8 months registered in Nangarhar
AT News Report-KABUL: Nangarhar Women Affairs Directorate has been registered 108 cases of violence against women in past eight months of current year, nearly 100 of them already solved through the tribal local councils. Nangarhar Women Affairs Director, Anisa Emrani, said out of the 108 registered cases only 11 were …
Read More »20 Taliban militants killed in Kunduz operation
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least 20 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 12 other received injures in a Special Forces operation carried out in Kunduz province, local officials said on Friday. “The operation was conducted by the Special Force Unit of the Afghan National Army in Imam Sahib district in …
Read More »Editorial: Conflict is driving students out of school
Without doubt, children in Afghanistan make it to school in the first place, if they do, many do not remain out of schools. However, poverty and the ongoing conflict have made them out of school, which is not their fault. We have lots of students that have not been enrolled …
Read More »Taliban shadow district chief, 14 fighters killed in special operations in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: Taliban shadow district chief for Hesarak district of Nangarhar province along with 14 fighters killed in special operations of the Afghan Special Forces last night, Nangarhar governor press office said Thursday. Abdul Hassan, who was working as Taliban shadow district chief for Hesarak district, was killed last night in …
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