AT News KABUL: The Afghan negotiating team is discussed the unification of the agendas of the intra-Afghan negotiations. “Afghans want and stress on ceasefire,” said Najia Anwari, a spokeswoman for the ministry on Monday. “Cease fire is one of the important wishes of the Afghans.” She said that the negotiating …
Read More »Five million Afghans to receive electronic ID cards next year
AT News KABUL: The National Statistics and Information Authority announced of distribution of five million electronic ID cards in the next Persian Year (March 21, 2021 to March 19, 2022). Ahmad Javed Rasouli, head of the department, told senators in Meshrano Jirga’s Monday session that they had already distributed 1.7 million …
Read More »Two militants killed by own bomb blast
AT News KABUL: Two Taliban militants were killed after a bomb they were planning to explode against civilians went off prematurely in eastern Logar province. Two militants were killed, when their own mine detonated in Mohammad Agha district at around 9:00am on Monday, said Logar Police Spokesman Shahpoor Ahmadzai in …
Read More »Taliban militants shoot woman dead in Balkh
AT News KABUL: Officials in the northern province of Balkh said that the Taliban fighters shot dead a woman in Zarei district. Zarei district governor Saif Rahman Rahmani said Monday that the militants accused the woman of cooperation with the security forces. The incident took place Sunday night nearby a …
Read More »Karzai condemns airstrike against civilians in Nimroz
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an airstrike in Nimroz province that killed 18 civilians including women and children. Karzai condemned the attack as a cruel act that is against human and Islamic values. He called on the Afghan war parties to stop bloodshed and nullify foreign …
Read More »Afghan-Iran parliaments approve agreement on international railway link
AT News KABUL: The parliaments of Afghanistan and Iran approved an agreement on the international railway link. The agreement will pave the way for a new railway border between the two neighboring states. Abdul Bari Seddiqi, an official of Afghan railway department, said Monday that Kabul and Tehran have railway …
Read More »Residents complain of ‘broken heating system’ in Microrayons
AT New KABUL: Residents in the Microrayon residential complexes complain about the broken heater system, saying that they are bearing a freezing winter. According to the national disaster management authority, Kabul is expected to face a cold freezing winter this year. Sharifa, 60, is living in a family of 10 …
Read More »Daily Covid-19 report: 46 new infections, 13 dead
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 46 new positive cases of Coronaviurs and 13 others fighting the pandemic died in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 53,584 cases in the country. …
Read More »40 Taliban rebels killed in fresh crackdowns
AT News KABUL: At least 40 militants were killed and 15 others wounded during operations launched by Afghan security forces in Farah and Uruzgan provinces in the past 24 hours. Taliban massively attacked Afghan security forces checkpoints in the Poshtrod district of Farah province, where their attack was pushed back …
Read More »44 Taliban rebels killed in raids
AT News KABUL: At least 44 Taliban insurgents were killed and 20 others wounded during crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces within past 24 hours. Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a statement said that 23 Taliban militants were killed and five others wounded in Arghandab …
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