AT News KABUL: A report issued by the committee of reporters’ safety blames Taliban and Daesh terrorist group for most of the violent cases in the first half of this year around the country. The report released on Sunday said that the two groups were responsible for 43 per cent …
Read More »University entrance exam held in 17 provinces amid fears of coronavirus pandemic
AT News KABUL: The government announced that the university entrance exam was held in 17 out of 34 provinces, while schools and higher education institutes still remain closed because of the Corona virus epidemic. The exam was held after a five-month delay due to the virus outbreak. Hanif Farzan, a …
Read More »Afghanistan complains to UN for Pakistan shelling
AT News KABUL: Sources in the government say that Kabul complained the the United Nations over the Pakistan rocket attacks in the eastern areas. Meanwhile, the parliament summoned acting foreign minister, chief of army and deputy head of intelligence to answer lawmakers’ questions over the Pakistan rocket attacks on Afghan …
Read More »Differences between Ghani, Abdullah deepening
AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and his electoral rival Abdullah Abdullah signed a political agreement in May, apparently ending a political crisis. The deal obliges the two to share the cabinet, provincial governor posts and other power parts. But Ghani and Abdullah have still deep differences even as the …
Read More »Escalating violence increases Afghans’ pains
By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: War in Afghanistan, especially after the US signed a peace agreement with the Taliban in Doha on February 29th, has changed its silhouette and has further added insult to the Afghan injury. The country’s big cities have seen a reduction in major bombing attacks somehow …
Read More »Kabul, Tehran to beef up medical cooperation
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran University of Medical Sciences and Khatam al-Nabieen University of Afghanistan inked a memorandum of understanding on medical cooperation. The MoU is aimed at enhancing scientific, educational, and research relations between the two universities. This document was signed by the chancellors of both universities. The most …
Read More »A young girl kills two Taliban insurgents in Ghor
AT News KABUL: Qamar Gul, a young girl in the western Ghor province has killed two Taliban fighters and pushed back several others in Tewri district of the province. Gul and her brother killed these insurgents after the Taliban fighters attacked a security forces checkpoint, in which two public uprising …
Read More »170 worshippers killed, 272 others wounded in 17 armed attacks since October
AT News KABUL: The unrelenting war has continued to take the lives of innocent Afghans, including the women and children in the past four decades. The Afghan masses have been bearing the brunt of war that no end sees in sight. This war is turning more vicious as even did …
Read More »Editorial: Children as collateral damage
The Afghan war has taken its fair share of a toll on children, depriving them of their right to living a peaceful life and the right to acquiring their desirable education. There are numerous cases of underage boys being projected into conflicts, especially in areas under the Taliban’s write. These …
Read More »Police nabbed 16 criminals in Kabul
AT News KABUL: 16 suspected criminals were detained in the latest crackdowns conducted by the Kabul police beef up security situation in the city as the residents are worried over its deterioration. The arrests were made from 5th, 10th, 15th, 16th 17th and 19th PDs of Kabul city, the Ministry …
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