AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an aerial attack in Wardak province and a truck bomb in Laghman province, in which civilians were killed and wounded. The airstrike targeted civilians in Wardak’s district of Nerkh, while the truck bomb went off in the Alishang district of …
Read More »Pak denies high tariffs on Afghan pomegranates
AT News Report KABUL: After some Afghan traders have expressed concerns over Islamabad’s high tariff on the Kandahar pomegranates, the Pakistan embassy in Kabul on Tuesday said the country has not implemented any such measures. The Kandahar Chamber and Commerce Department has earlier said that Pakistan has tripled the tariff …
Read More »‘National, international consensus key to Afghan peace process’
AT News Report KABUL: The National Security Council (NSC) has said that National and International consensus have been accelerated regarding Afghan peace process that such efforts would play an important role in the peace quest. According to the NSC’s spokesman, Kabir Haqmal, the National Security Advisor, Hamdullah Mohib in a …
Read More »More Afghans migrating to Europe than Syrians: Report
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: More Afghans than Syrians have migrated to the European Union so far this year, according to the latest data from the EU border agency Frontex. While the EU fears a new wave of asylum-seekers from Syria following Turkey’s attack this week on the northeastern region of …
Read More »Japan provides $7.2m for non-formal education project
AT News Report KABUL: A new agreement for a Project for the Improvement of the Quality and the Promotion of the Accelerated Non-Formal Education Programme (ANEP) through effective alternative delivery approaches was signed at the Embassy of Japan in Kabul between the Government of Japan and the United Nations Educational, …
Read More »Dry fruits smugglers to be prosecuted
AT News Report KABUL: The Presidential Palace on Wednesday said that President Ghani in a decree has banned the smuggling and illegal trafficking of Afghan pine nuts, pistachio and saffron, and the smugglers will be faced the music if caught red-handed. According to the decree, the security forces have been …
Read More »Eight drug dealers detained in Kabul, Nangarhar
AT News Report KABUL: Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) cell on Wednesday have arrested eight drug dealers during crackdowns in Kabul, the capital city, and eastern Nangarhar province. CNP conducted anti-drug operations in 4th, 10th PD and Nasaji Bagrami area of Kabul, in which four drug retailers arrested, said Kabul Police …
Read More »62 militants killed in latest raids
AT News Report KABUL: At least 62 militants were killed and 30 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 Wednesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »Taliban truck bombing leaves two dead, wounds dozens
AT News Report KABUL: A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least two people and wounded 26 others, including 20 students on Wednesday morning when he set off explosives in a Mazda model vehicle in first check point of Ali Shing district’s police headquarter of Laghman province. Two police officer were …
Read More »7 killed in army chopper crash
AT News Report KABUL: Seven members of the Air Force were killed after their chopper crashed in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. The chopper crashed after suffering technical problems in Hairatan area of the northern Balkh province on Tuesday afternoon around 5:30 pm local time. The chopper which …
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