Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: Residents in the northern provinces of Samangan and Daikundi suffered huge financial losses in flash flood that hit several parts of the provinces. A spokesman of the state ministry for natural disaster management, Ahmad Tamim Azimi said that more than 20 houses were completely destroyed and 10 trucks damaged as flood …
Read More »Editorial: Claim of degradation
The US is claiming to have degraded al-Qaeda’s presence in Afghanistan. US President Joe Biden has used the 10th anniversary of the raid that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden to support his decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan. The terrorist group was the mastermind of 9/11 attacks. The …
Read More »COVID-19: 275 infections, six deaths in one day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 275 new Covid-19 cases and six deaths within past 24 hours, health ministry said on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic hit the country reached to 60,563. The ministry said that the new cases were recorded out of 1,911 suspected samples …
Read More »Foreign withdrawal will embolden Taliban: Abdullah
AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the high council for national reconciliation warns that Taliban militants would be more heartened to continue war once the US-led foreign troops leave Afghanistan. The United States has already begun troop withdrawal and is expected to pull all its 2,500 soldiers out of …
Read More »Three police, nine Taliban rebels killed in Zabul clash
AT News KABUL: Three Afghan security forces have lost their lives on the combat line and nine Taliban insurgents were killed in a clash erupted between them in southern Zabul province, officials said Sunday. Head of Provincial Council, Ata Jan Haqbayan said the clash erupted when the Taliban set attacks …
Read More »Taliban warns of attack on foreign troops as ‘withdrawal deadline violated’
Return to violence would be senseless and tragic, US Gen. Scott Miller warned, adding they have the military means to respond forcefully to any type of attacks against the coalition and the military means to support the Afghan security forces AT News KABUL: As the American and NATO Forces are …
Read More »Afghan minister blames Taliban for Logar deadly bombing
AT News KABUL: Mohammad Qassem Halimi, minister for hajj and religious affairs severely criticized Taliban for destructive activities including the Friday car bombing in Logar province. “These enemies of the religion carry out suicide attacks at the iftar time (evening time to breaking fast). Which religion is this? Which jihad …
Read More »81 Taliban rebels killed in latest military stings
AT News KABUL: At least 81 Taliban insurgents were killed and 52 others were wounded during latest military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours. The Afghan forces supported by the Afghan Air Forces conducted operations and counter attacks against Taliban …
Read More »Russia supports sovereign, terrorism-free Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Russia Special Representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov said that Russia does not want Afghanistan to once again become a safe haven for the international terrorist groups. Mr. Kabulov said this during an interview with RBC TV, where he termed international terrorist groups as a threat to the …
Read More »7 killed, 14 wounded in Kabul massive fire
AT News KABUL: A huge fire accident on the northern outskirts of Kabul city killed at least seven people, according to police information. Tareq Aryan, spokesman of the ministry of interior said that the accident happened late Saturday in the Kariz Mir village in Kabul’s northern entrance, adding that an …
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