AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 62 new cases of coronavirus and four deaths around the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached 56,779 cases. According to the ministry, the new cases …
Read More »Targeted-killings forced Nangarhari women to quit jobs
AT News KABUL: The sharp waves of targeted-killings on educated and intellectual women in eastern Nangarhar province forced dozens of them to either resign or stop going to office. 24 years old, Alias Razia quit her job as she witnessed a quick surge in targeted-killings of women in the provincial …
Read More »Turkey conference slated for April 16: Afghan leaders attend “Istanbul Conference” with united standpoint
AT News KABUL: Two senior government officials say that the conference on Afghan peace in Turkey would begin on April 16. The conference will be held in the country’s European city of Istanbul where representatives from Afghanistan, Taliban neighboring, regional and other countries are expected to discuss ways to peace. …
Read More »Taliban shadow district chief detained in Baghlan
AT News KABUL: Taliban shadow district chief and military in-charge for Sabri district of Khost province were arrested during an operation in Baghlan province. Khenjan district police in cooperation with the anti-terrorism police unit have carried out a special operation, in which two key members of laser group of the …
Read More »Over 100 Taliban militants killed in fresh raids
AT News KABUL: More than 108 Taliban fighters were killed and 22 others were wounded in fresh raids carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country within the last 24 hours, defense ministry said on Sunday. The security forces engaged into aerial and ground raids in Panjwaee and …
Read More »Abdullah was absent in important Moscow talks, claims Pedram
AT News KABUL: Political figure Latif Pedram claims that chairman of the national reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah was not present at some important meetings and making decisions in the Moscow session held in March to discuss Afghan peace. The session was held some 20 days ago in the Russian capital …
Read More »Traders affected in Islam Qala fire block Herat highway
AT News KABUL: The traders and truck drivers whose vehicles were destroyed due to a great fire in the Islam Qala port in the west in February, blocked the important Herat highway to protest government’s carelessness to their situation. The protestors want government compensation. Mohammad Hassan, whose tanker was destroyed, …
Read More »First car bombing rips Kabul after five months
Three members of Afghan security forces were killed and 12 more wounded after a Taliban car bomber targeted their convoy in Paghman AT News KABUL: Over 15 people were killed and wounded as a car bomb rips western part of Kabul province for the first time in the past five …
Read More »Danesh warns against ‘another war if a just peace’ not ensured
AT News KABUL: Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danesh urges a just peace in the country, warning that another war would emerge if it was not ensured. “We believe that if a just peace is not ensured, it will not be lasting and will lead to another war by another shape,” …
Read More »Afghan forces take back Darwaz area in Badakhshan’s Nasye district from Taliban after three years
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Defense on Sunday said that the Afghan security forces have freed an area in Darwaz area in Nasye district in northern Badakhshan province after three years under control of the Taliban. The ministry in a statement said that the Afghan security forces supported by air …
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