AT News KABUL: The government has started an investigation over civilian casualties in an airstrike carried out in Nimroz province in the southwest. Some 18 people including women and children were killed when a government aerial attack hit residential area in the Khashrod district, according to provincial officials and witnesses. …
Read More »Karzai welcomes resumption in intra-Afghan talks
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai welcomed the restart of peace negotiations between Afghanistan and Taliban negotiators. The two negotiating teams began the talks on Saturday after three weeks of pause during which they were consulting their leaderships. The former president called on the two Afghan sides to realize …
Read More »Karzai condemns attack on public protection forces
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack on the spokesman for the public protection forces, Zia Wadan and his two colleagues. Wadan and his colleagues were killed Sunday morning after a magnetic bomb attached to their vehicle went off in PD 8 of Kabul. Karzai expressed sadness …
Read More »Bomb blast kills spokesman for public protection forces in Kabul
AT News KABUL: A magnetic bomb attached to the vehicle of the public protection forces in PD 8 of Kabul city, killed three people, including the spokesman of the department. The incident took place Sunday morning. The interior ministry said in a statement that Zia Wadan, the spokesman for the …
Read More »Paper ID cards validated without government verification
AT News KABUL: The National Statics and Information Authority declared the paper identification cards (Tazkira) issued after the Taliban regime valid, saying that the identification cards do not need to be reconfirmed by the Authentication Center. The decision was announced after the people complained on existence of corruption in the …
Read More »Editorial: Civilians are victims to foes and friends’ attacks
The innocent civilians have continuously become the victims of attacks that are carried out by both friendly and enemy forces for nearly two decades. When the Taliban, Haqqani terrorist network, Daesh or al-Qaeda groups kill people, everyone particularly government’s high profile officials say that they are enemies of the people …
Read More »Daily Covid-19: 76 new infections, 9 deaths
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 76 new positive cases of Coronaviurs where nine patients fighting the pandemic succumbed to the disease in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 53,538 …
Read More »14 civilians killed in Nimroz airstrike
AT News KABUL: An airstrike targeted a residential area in the southwestern province of Nimroz, killing 14 civilians including women and children, sources in the least developed province said. A local source talking on condition of anonymity, said that the strike occurred in Manzari village of Khashrod district on Sunday. …
Read More »Ceasefire tops 2nd round of peace negotiations agenda
AT News KABUL: The second round of the intra-Afghan negotiations began Saturday with a lasting cease fire on top of the agenda, a government official said. The Afghan and Taliban negotiating teams discussed peace issues for three months, but gained no achievements. Now they are sitting for the second time …
Read More »Murderer of air-force Pilot in Kabul Detained
AT News KABUL: Police have arrested a man charged for killing a pilot of the air force in Kabul city, with vice president Amrullah Saleh claiming that killing of pilots was part of programs made by Taliban’s masters. A brave pilot of the country was martyred in the Police District …
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