AT News KABUL: Shharifullah Khosti, commander of police special forces was killed in clashes with Taliban in the northern province of Baghlan, provincial officials confirmed. Javid Basharat, provincial police spokesman said Friday that the police special forces confronted with Taliban fighters late Thursday in the outskirts of provincial capital Pol-e-Khomri …
Read More »Afghan student granted scholarship to Harvard University
AT News KABUL: Muqtader Omari, an Afghan national got the chance to study in Harvard University after seven years. He received the scholarship as no Afghan had been able to achieve it in the last seven years. Omari 18 completed his primary education in the Afghan-Turk high school in Kabul. …
Read More »Polio drive halts in Nangarhar after three female vaccinators shot dead
AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health delayed the vaccination drive in the eastern Nangarhar province after three female medical employees were shot dead in Jalalabad, provincial capital city. On Tuesday, a number of unidentified gunmen shot three female vaccinators dead in two separate attacks in PD 4 and …
Read More »Turkey continues efforts for Afghanistan’s lasting security via NATO-led RS mission
AT News KABUL: Turkish Brigadier General Selçuk Yurtsizoğlu assumed command of the NATO-led Train, Advise, Assist Command-Capital, receiving his flag from Lieutenant General Nicola Zanelli, Deputy Commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission on 30 March 2021. Brigadier General Yurtsizoğlu replaced Brigadier General Ahmet Yaşar Dener. NATO Senior Civilian Representative …
Read More »No discussion on U.S. troop extension: Taliban
AT News KABUL: The Taliban group has denied the reports leaked on media about the U.S. discussion with the group to forge a new deadline for the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan. Former Chief of National Directorate of Security, Rahmatullah Nabil earlier in a series of tweets said that the …
Read More »Head of Takhar’s Ulema council killed
AT News KABUL: Head of the Takhar Ulema Council, Abdul Samad Mohammadi was killed in a magnetic bomb blast attached to his vehicle that went off in Taliqan, the provincial capital city, local officials said on Wednesday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Khalil Aseer said that the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon …
Read More »Mullah accused of rape gives his five-year old daughter to plaintiff
AT News KABUL: A mullah (religious scholar) accused of raping gave his five years old daughter to the complainant family as compensation, provincial official said. Giving a girl of the family to the plaintiff is casual in Afghanistan. This is called as ‘bad’ in the society and the girls are …
Read More »Why Xinjiang become a hot topic in western countries
AT News KABUL: Some former U.S. state officer and experts believe that the U.S. and western allies are worried about the economical grown of China and therefore, it has been accusing Beijing of genocide of Uyghurs Muslims in Xinjiang state of the country. Former Chief of Staff for the U.S. …
Read More »No discussion on U.S. troop extension: Taliban
AT News KABUL: The Taliban group has denied the reports leaked on media about the U.S. discussion with the group to forge a new deadline to prolong Washington’s military presence in Afghanistan. Former Chief of National Directorate of Security, Rahmatullah Nabil earlier in a series of tweets said that the …
Read More »Heart of Asia summit: Ongoing war in Afghanistan is illegitimate
AT News KABUL: The two-day regional summit held in Tajikistan to discuss peace efforts in Afghanistan denounced the ongoing war in the country as illegal. The summit titled Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process, issued a statement at the end of its second day session on Wednesday that condemns targeted killings, attacks …
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