AT News KABUL: Intensifying of war by the government and armed opposition groups only claim the lives of civilian Afghans, say political and military analysts, who warn that the intensive war causes increase in civilian casualties. President Ghani ordered army to change the war style by adopting offensive position against …
Read More »Iran wants Afghanistan shore up border defenses in wake of migrants’ drowning
AT News KABUL: Iran called on Afghanistan to get more control on the common border and prevent illegal cross-border by Afghans into Iran, a demand that came after dozens of Afghans who tried to cross the border illegally into Iran soil, were allegedly arrested and drowned in a river by …
Read More »“War causes destruction,” Karzai urges an end to war, political feud
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai urged for an immediate stop of the current war and other acts that cause the deepening of differences among the people of the country. “As the history witnesses, no nation has got felicity through war, but the war has brought them pain, misery …
Read More »Taliban demand probe into Kabul, Nangarhar attacks
AT News KABUL: After waves of reaction to the two recent deadly attacks on a maternity hospital and at a funeral in Afghanistan, the Taliban, who denied their involvement in the attacks, called for an impartial probing into the incidents. The militant said in a statement that attacks on the …
Read More »NATO hopeful for peace deal despite ‘despicable violence’
AT News KABUL: The Northern Alliances Treaty Organization (NATO) has expressed its optimism about a possible peace deal in Afghanistan despite the fragile process in the wave of fresh violence in the country. Talking in a video conference, Stuart Peach, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee has condemned the recent …
Read More »Fighting erupts in Kunduz, 3 policemen killed
AT News KABUL: The intense, but usual fighting has been erupted as Afghan government officially ordered security forces to go back on the offensive from defense posture after wave of attacks across the country that had fatalities. In the fresh clash between Afghan forces and the Taliban fighters, three policemen …
Read More »Leaders distracted in power tussle as lethal insurgents unleash terror
AT News KABUL: No tangible result has emerged from the seemingly counterproductive negotiations between the challenged president and his dissenting opponent to clamber out of the tough political ditch and end the longstanding polarization. This fiasco of the leadership obstinacy and distraction has conceivably led to the resurgence of the …
Read More »Editorial: Don’t loosen up yet!
In spite of the fact that COVID-19 is spreading swiftly and unabated across the country, people are gradually becoming careless and reckless. The recent figures show that Afghanistan recorded a single-day highest number of positive coronavirus cases and deaths from the disease. At least 414 new cases and 17 deaths …
Read More »U.S. blames Daesh for ‘black Tuesday’ attacks
AT News KABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has blamed the IS-K or so called Daesh extremist group for the recent deadly attacks in capital Kabul and in the eastern Nangarhar province. “The USG has assessed ISIS-K conducted the horrific attacks on a maternity ward and …
Read More »With 414 cases, Afghanistan sees highest single-day spike
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has registered 414 new covid-19 patients in the past 24 hours—the highest number since the Afghan health ministry boosted its testing capacity to over 1,000 samples per day. The total cases have reached to 6,053 across Afghanistan, according to the Health Ministry data on Friday. The …
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