AT News KABUL: At least 36 Taliban insurgents have been killed and 11 others were wounded in fresh military operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Monday. Taliban planned to attack Afghan security checkpoints in Zherai and Arghandab …
Read More »Australia calls on Taliban to agree to a ceasefire
AT News KABUL: The Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morison has called on the Taliban, a group where the Kabul administration is trying to make peace with, to agree to a ceasefire, while expressing his country’s full support to the Afghan-owned peace process. He made this remark during a telephonic …
Read More »COVID-19: 79 Infections, Three Deaths Reported in One Day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 79 new positive cases of coronavirus and three fatalities in the last 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health on Monday. With new infections, Afghanistan now has 54,141 confirmed cases around the country. These cases were reported out of 1,849 …
Read More »Editorial: Safeguarding Afghan Female Activists
As the US is on the edge of withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan to get succeeded its peace agreement with Taliban, ambiguously surrounding the fate of Afghanistan that highly risks the collapse of the past hard-gains. Amid growing uncertainty on the ongoing peace talks in Doha, the capital of Qatar, …
Read More »Police Free Four Abducted Men, Arrest 12 Kidnappers in Herat
AT News KABUL: Police have detained 12 kidnappers, freeing four people from their custody in a Special Operation conducted in western Herat province, local officials said on Monday. Provincial Governor Syed Abdul Wahid Qatali said the kidnapped persons were freed in a special operation by operatives of the National Directorate …
Read More »Kabul optimistic to political settlement with Taliban
AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan seems hopeful to reach a political agreement with the Taliban through negotiations underway now in Qatar. Kabul hopes that the second round of the peace negotiations help the two sides to reach an agreement on peace and stability in Afghanistan. “Any subject that …
Read More »Karzai, Abdullah call for immediate reduction in violence
AT News KABUL: Political figures such as Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation and Hamid Karzai, former president, have urged for an immediate reduction in violence and progress in the peace efforts. The issues were discussed in a meeting between Karzai and Abdullah on Monday. …
Read More »20 Children in Balkh Lose Lives to Pneumonia
AT News KABUL: The severe winter in Balkh province in the north has caused a worrisome pneumonia pandemic. Health officials said Monday that at least 20 children infected with the disease died over the past one month in Mazar-e-Sharif city, provincial capital. The officials said that dozens of other sick …
Read More »Children Rescued Before Shifting to Pakistan for Terror Training
AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amurullah Saleh said Monday that Kabul police have rescued several minor and young children from being transferred to Taliban Madrassas to get training education in Pakistan. “They are reunited with their families,” Saleh wrote in his Facebook page. Mr. Saleh went on saying …
Read More »Saleh Suggests Execution of Detained Taliban as Violence Escalates
AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh has suggested execution of detained Taliban as targeted killings and violence have escalated unprecedentedly in Kabul, the capital city and in provinces. “Taliban detainees are thinking they will be forgiven and go free without punishment. This is the core reason behind …
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