AT News KABUL: Afghanistan National Security Council said that at least 25 civilians were killed and nearly 100 others wounded by the Taliban during one last week of the holy month of Ramadan. According to the security officials, the militants killed over 17 civilians at the first week of Ramadan …
Read More »Airstrike killed 7 civilians in Jawzjan
AT News KABUL: A local official in northern Jawzjan said that at least seven civilians, including women and children were killed in an airstrike conducted by the Afghan security forces in Muridan district of the province. The official, who wished to go unnamed, said that the victims included four children, …
Read More »Many Taliban militants are infected with coronavirus
AT News KABUL: A number of the Taliban militants have infected by the pandemic covid-19 in the western Herat province, where the group has been making hurdles against the medical implementations to combat the coronavirus since the virus spread widely and turned the province as epicenter of the epidemic. Based …
Read More »China Delivers Food Aid to Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: China delivered another batch of food assistance to Afghanistan on Thursday to help the needy people celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month Ramadan. This is the fourth batch of assistance China has provided to Afghanistan since the outbreak of COVID-19 in February. …
Read More »Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic and Building a Community of Shared Future for Mankind
By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world with unprecedented ferocity. No country can stay out of it and keep safe alone. Nothing is better than the global public health crisis to reveal the objective reality that all human beings are bound to …
Read More »UN report on civilian deaths unnerves Karzai
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed his deep concerns over a report issued by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) that says of an increase in civilian casualties. Karzai emphasized on reduction in violence. UNAMA’s report blamed the increase of civilian casualties on Taliban, Daesh terrorist …
Read More »Taliban attack “Afghanistan Times” Distributer
AT News This is not the first time that Afghanistan Times workers has come under attack. We have received threats from different groups in the past.Taliban attack the Afghanistan Times distributer, Abdul Wahed Qazizada. The incident occurred in the highly secured Afghan capital on early Monday morning, 20 May 2020.As he was distributing the …
Read More »Lockdown in Farah brings rise in violence against women
AT News KABUL: Officials in the western province of Farah say that the Corona virus pandemic has caused increase of violence against women. Kobra Azimi, head of provincial women’s affairs department, said Wednesday that they had registered 25 cases of violence against women in last month. She called the Corona …
Read More »Afghan officials say Taliban and associates behind civilian deaths
AT News KABUL: Violence and hostility of the armed group Taliban has surged since a U.S. peace deal with them in March, with hundreds of civilians killed in the crossfire and deadly attacks. National Security Council says the Taliban and its associate terrorist groups were behind civilian deaths and casualties. …
Read More »Taliban leader fears peace derailing, asking US to stick on deal
AT News KABUL: The leader of the Taliban group, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada in his Eid message has called on the United States to not let anyone make the US-Taliban peace deal failed with posing hurdles and delay in the process. He said that the US-Taliban peace deal is worldwide confirmed …
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