Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday reported 1,531 new cases of coronavirus and 80 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. According to the Ministry’s data, the new cases were reported positive out of 4,994 suspected samples tested in different laboratories during the same …
Read More »Taliban claim capture of 5 districts, govt denies
AT News KABUL: The Taliban claims to have captured five districts across Afghanistan but the government officials denied it, expressing ambiguity over the collapse of the districts. The insurgents’ spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid said that Chak and Sayedabad districts of central Wadak fall to them. At least 39 Afghan security forces …
Read More »Dostum urges soldiers to fight Taliban ‘tooth and nail’
AT News KABUL: Amid worsening security situation in northern Afghanistan, former Vice President Marshal Abdul Rashid Dostum has urged his soldiers and supporters to fight the Taliban fiercely and stop them from invading more territory. Enayatullah Babar Farahmand, deputy chief of the High Council of National Reconciliation, in a tweet …
Read More »Editorial: It is up to us
President Ghani and his entourage have capped their two-day visit to Washington with some defending the presidential trip as highly productive for the country’s future. Indeed when you see the concept, the United States would still offer security assistance, as well as diplomatic and humanitarian aid. This is what the …
Read More »Taliban shipping out Afghan military gear to Pakistan
AT News KABUL: With the U.S.-led forces withdrawing and the Taliban expanding foothold, fears are mounting that the militants are shipping out what they steal from Afghan security forces to Pakistan including armored tanks and huge caches of arsenal. A senior Afghan security official has claimed that the country’s military …
Read More »Over 190 Taliban killed in Afghan raids
AT News KABUL: At least 193 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 110 others wounded during a series of military operations carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said on Sunday. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan …
Read More »Pakistan seeks Taliban help to avert TTP attacks
Pro-Taliban and anti-Afghanistan fervor is deeply ingrained in Pakistan and many call the hardliner Taliban their ‘guardians’. This bunker mentality and chauvinism comes as little surprise, because thousands of Pakistanis fought in Afghanistan on the Taliban side – after I.S.I founded the group in 1990s in pursuit of strategic depth …
Read More »DABS teams struggle to restore power amid clashes in Baghlan
AT News KABUL: Electricity remained cut off as the technical teams unable to fix the snapped power cable due to the ongoing severe clashes erupted in the northern province of Baghlan, Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat said on Sunday. DABS on Saturday repaired the two pylons that had been blown up …
Read More »Saleh warns Pakistan of ‘huge consequences’ for supporting Taliban
AT News KABUL: First Vice President, Amurullah Saleh warned Islamabad of paying high price if it continued providing support to the Taliban. “Pakistan-as a host of the Taliban since group’s foundation -could play a significant role in the peace process, and therefore become a reliable partner of the Afghan nation,” …
Read More »Taliban furious at US for plans to keep residual troops
AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have threatened to attack on the US troops in case they stay back after Washington pulls its soldiers out of Afghanistan. The Associated Press reported this week that the United States plans to keep 650 troops for the security of its diplomatic bodies in …
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