AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health confirmed 303 cases of polio in 2020 across the country. Wahidullah Mujroh, deputy health minister called commuting between the two sides of the Durand line as the main reason for the rapid spread of the disease in Afghanistan. He said that insecurity …
Read More »Annual healthcare report: 177 people dead, 13,000 injured in traffic accidents
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) registered 491 traffic accidents in the outgoing Persian Year (March 2020 to March 2021) saying that 177 people died and 13,000 other injured. Masooma Jafari, spokeswoman of the ministry of public health, said on Monday that the figures were recorded since …
Read More »Fearing Daesh attacks Afghan Sikhs, Hindus flee home ‘forever’
AT News KABUL: Harindra Singh alongside his family was worshiping in a gurdwara (Sikh temple) when gunmen stormed the religious place and opened fire on the worshippers. Singh says his family members were in front of his eyes. “I lost my father, wife and daughter in the attack on the …
Read More »Daily Covid-19: 27 infections, one death in one day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 27 new infections and one another fighting the pandemic died in the past 24 hours, said Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 55,386 cases in the country. Ministry said that out of …
Read More »Tens of Taliban fighters killed in fresh operations
AT NewsKABUL: At least 93 Taliban fighters were killed and 38 others wounded during operations carried out by the Afghan national security forces in different provinces over the past 24 hours. Afghan national defense and security forces supported by the air forces targeted Taliban hideouts in the districts of Panjwae, …
Read More »Al-Qaeda recruitment In-charge detained in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: The recruitment in charge of the al-Qaeda terrorist network was arrested during an operation carried out by the national police in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said. “Police managed to arrest al-Qaeda terrorist network recruitment in-charge during a crackdown conducted by police in Sorkh road district of eastern …
Read More »Editorial: Thanks to India for timely donation of Covid vaccines
The ministry of public health announced that they had received a large consignment of the Covid-19 vaccines from India. This is the first vaccine of the deadly disease that we receive while unfortunately, the Corona virus is continuing to infect people and take the lives across the country. As a …
Read More »Two wounded in Kabul bomb blast
AT News KABUL: At least two people were wounded after a sticky mine hit a vehicle in Kabul city, officials confirmed on Sunday. A magnetic mine targeted a Hilux model vehicle in the Fourth Microrayon area, Police District 9 which as result two people received injuries, said a statement issued …
Read More »Kidnapped child’s family demands his release, warns to block roads
AT News KABUL: Tens of people on Sunday staged demonstration in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city for the northern province of Balk to protest the government’s carelessness regarding the release of a child being kidnapped for a long time. They warned to block the roads if the government didn’t release, Abdu …
Read More »One police killed, two wounded in Nangarhar car bomb
AT News KABUL: One police was killed and two other officers wounded in a car bombing in the Chamtala area of Khogyani district in the eastern Nangarhar province on Sunday, provincial officials confirmed. The incident happened at 5: 30am, according to local officials who said that the bomber drove his …
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