AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces are fully prepared to conduct anti-militant operations across the country, defense authority said on Sunday, hinting to the U.S. troops downsizing to 2,500 in Afghanistan. A spokesman for the ministry of defense, Ruhullah Ahmadzai said that the Afghan security was capable of filling …
Read More »Polio Campaign Launches to Vaccinate 9.9m Children
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday said it has launched a five-day anti-polio immunization drive to vaccinate 9.9 million children in 34 provinces. The anti-polio campaign launched by the MoPH in cooperation with the WHO and UNICEF, which through 9.9 million under five years age …
Read More »COVID-19: 81 New Cases, Four Deaths Reported in a Single Day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 81 new positive cases of coronavirus and four fatalities in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health on Sunday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has now reached to 54,062 cases across the country. The …
Read More »Editorial: Press Freedom at Risk
Without doubt, media outlets in Afghanistan have flourished after the collapse of the Taliban regime nearly 20 years ago. There are hundreds of media in Kabul and in provinces, plus thousands of social media users who often focus on the current situation of the country. At the outset, media workers …
Read More »Violence Surged Amid US Troops Drawdown
Wave of violence hit Afghanistan even as the Kabul and Taliban negotiators engage in peace talks to end the nearly two-decades-long war AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants just intensified violence in different parts of the country just hours after the United States reduced its troop level to 2,500. The …
Read More »Reactions to US Troop Reduction in Afghanistan
Kabul says it has no negative impact as 96pc operations conducted by Afghan security forces. Taliban welcome the move as good advancement and practical measure AT News KABUL: The drawdown in the number of the foreign forces does not put a negative impact on the war in Afghanistan, authorities said …
Read More »Wahidullah Shahrani, a Victim of Political Rivalry
By Jamshid Fedaie I found out after collecting information from different sources that a false file and trial of former mines and petroleum minister, Wahidullah Shahrani has had different dimensions: In September, 2018, the Supreme Court asked Wahidullah Shahrani to go to the court. Shahrani met Zaman Snagari, Barat Ali …
Read More »The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads
AT News KABUL: The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads is an article published in “The Intercept”. Its writer Andrew Quilty, concluded a research on the CIA backed Afghan unit and its American partners’ operations that are sometimes directed at health clinics, madrassa dormitories, or civilian homes, resulting in killings of civilians …
Read More »Gunmen Shoot Two Policemen Dead in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: A number of unknown gunmen have shot two police officers dead in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Ziaulhaq Amerkhail said that the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon in Narenjbagh crossroad of Jalalabad city. The gunmen were riding a motorbike, he added. …
Read More »Afghanistan Records 46 New Infections, Three Deaths in Last 24 Hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 46 new positive cases of coronavirus and three fatalities in the last 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic, has now reached to 53,981 across the country. The …
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