AT News KABUL: At least three police officers were killed in a Taliban attack in the Goldara district, some 30 kilometers north of the capital Kabul. Tareq Aryan, interior ministry spokesman, said Saturday that the attack occurred in the Dasht-e-Naseri village late Saturday. Taliban have not commented on the incident, …
Read More »US envoy’s new regional tour sparks hopes for Taliban talks
AT News KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Peace, Zalmay Khalilzad started a fresh round visits to Afghanistan, Pakistan and Qatar. Khalilzad’s new tour of the region has once again sparked hopes for the all Afghan negotiations among the people who think the talk between President Ghani’s administration and …
Read More »Covid-19 cases surge past 19k
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health recorded 582 new covid-19 patients within past 24 hours across the country. The total tally has reached to 19,551 in Afghanistan. Out of 761 samples tested in the laboratories across the country, the ministry said that at least 582 of them were …
Read More »2 dead in Taliban shelling in Sar-e Pul
AT News KABUL: Presidential security officials in northern Sar-e-Pul said that the Taliban shelling on the residential houses killed two and wounded one women. Noor Agha Faizy said that the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon in Sayedabad village located alongside the Jawzjan-Sar-e-Pull highway nearby the provincial capital city. According to …
Read More »Taliban frees new batch of 38 inmates
AT News KABUL: A new batch of 38 Afghan prisoners in Taliban’s captivity have been released by the militants in western Farah and Nimroz provinces, the Taliban said Saturday. The inmates who have been released were members of Afghanistan defense and security forces, said Suhail Shaheen, spokesman for the Taliban. …
Read More »Blast kills 11 local police in Badakhshan
AT News KABUL: A local police commander along with his 10 comrades were killed after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in northern Badakhshan, local officials said on Saturday. The commander was on en route to Dorkhan village of Khash district to help reinforce Afghan security forces in battlefield, when …
Read More »Police crackdown on crime gains momentum; 22 criminals nabbed in Kabul
AT News KABUL: The Kabul Police arrested 22 people on the charge of different crimes during crackdowns carried out in the city and its districts. Police succeeded in identifying and arresting 22 people accused of killing, robbery, plundering, carrying illegal weapons and stealing vehicles and mobiles of the citizens in …
Read More »Afghans deserve a stable Afghanistan free from terrorism: NATO Envoy
AT News KABUL: NATO’s new Senior Civil Representative to Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo has assured strong support to a peaceful Afghanistan free from terrorism. In his first address to the country, Mr. Pontecorov said: “A stable Afghanistan, free from terrorism, is what the Afghan people deserve and the world expects.” “At …
Read More »Maternity hospital attack; ‘Gov’t refuses to share probe result’
AT News KABUL: The Independent Human Rights Commission accused the government of hiding the results of attack investigations. The commission said Friday that a fact finding delegation investigates every attack, but the results are kept undisclosed. “No report has yet been shared with people by the fact finding teams. We …
Read More »10 soldiers killed in Taliban ambush in Zabul
AT News KABUL: At least 10 army service members were killed Friday when their convoy faced a Taliban ambush in the southern province of Zabul, provincial officials confirmed. Atta Jan Haqbayan, head of provincial council, said that the incident took place in the morning on the Kabul-Kandahar highway near the …
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