AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned a strike conducted by the US air force in the western province of Farah. The strike killed five civilians all shopkeepers and venders in the provincial capital. In a statement, Karzai denounced military operations against civilians launched under any title, calling …
Read More »Gunfire left two U.S. and one Afghan soldiers dead in East
AT News KABUL: A firefight broke out in Sherzad district of eastern Nangarhar province after a small US Special Operations forces were leaving a compound, in which two U.S. service members and one Afghan National Army soldiers were killed and nine others – six foreign and three Afghan soldiers were …
Read More »Taliban ready for talks with Afghans after US deal
AT News KABUL: Russian special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov said after signing a peace deal with US, the Taliban are ready to hold direct talks with Afghan government and politicians, where a short time ceasefire would be also considered. “The peace agreement’s platform is unclear. A short time or …
Read More »Editorial: Avoid actions that entail apology!
Afghanistan is at a stage now where its people’s emotions oscillate between being dispirited and, at the same time, hopeful. The positive vibes coming from the Doha talks raise their hopes, but the insecurity and unabated violence are there to take them away. Recently, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan …
Read More »52 insurgents killed in ops
AT News KABUL: At least 52 Taliban militants have been killed and 21 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »We are one nation since ages: Arg to Biden
AT News KABUL: In reaction to the US Presidential Candidate, Joe Biden’s remarks about Afghanistan’s nation building, the Presidential Palace (ARG) said that Afghans have always been one nation and that history has witnessed it. Presidential Palace Spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi in a tweet said that Afghans have stand as a …
Read More »Afghan government is corrupt: US presidential candidate Warren
KABUL: Afghan government is a corrupt government, US Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said on Friday. “What has all these years of war brought us? Right now, the Afghan Government controls less than 60% of the land. People don’t have faith in it. It’s a corrupt government. The opium trade is higher …
Read More »What benefit enemies get by killing innocent Afghans?
By Ihsanulah Panjshiri On daily bases, the Afghan media outlets have been reporting on civilian casualties that caused by roadside mines and suicide attacks. Whenever we turn on a TV, a radio and read a newspaper, there are several news about women and children, who have lost their lives or …
Read More »50 civilians killed, injured in airstrikes last month
AT News KABUL: At least 50 civilians have been killed and injured in the past one month in four Afghan and two US air attacks against residential areas in the provinces of Herat, Farah, Laghman, Balkh, Kundu, Badghis and Uruzgan, according to reports. The casualties include women and women. On …
Read More »Taliban explosives cache destroyed in south
AT News KABUL: Afghan security forces have destroyed enemy’s big cache of explosives in southern Paktia province, ministry of defense said on Saturday. A big cache of ammunition belonged to Taliban discovered and destroyed during Afghan commando forces crackdown in Zurmat district of Paktia province on Friday night, the ministry …
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