The people of Afghanistan maybe the only nation in the world that feel the pains of the victims of Sunday’s bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, because Afghans have been the victims of such deadly attacks for a long time. The multiple organized bomb attacks that were dismissed by most of …
Read More »Karzai concerned over government’s carelessness on night raids
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned night raids against civilians in Ghazni province’s district of Gilan and the district of Nerkh in the neighboring province of Wardak, expressing concerns over inattention by the government. A number of civilians were killed and wounded in the night raids. …
Read More »Clashes at the gates of Kunduz city: Local officials
AT News Reports KABUL: Local officials in northern Kunduz province blame the government for not paying attention to the security situation in the provincial city, saying that the clashes were now at the gates of Kunduz city, the provincial capital with the same name. They say that they are worried …
Read More »Seven martyred in MoTIT terrorist attack
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: At least seven people including three security forces were martyred in a terrorist attack on the Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology (MoTIT) Saturday morning, said officials. Kabul Police Spokesman Basir Mujahid said that “five attackers were involved in terrorist attack over MoTIT, where all were …
Read More »250 dead, 300 injured in recent floods across Afghanistan
AT News Report KABUL: At least 250 people have died and 300 more wounded by the flash floods recently targeted different provinces including the capital Kabul, an official said Saturday. Najib Aqa Fahim, state minister for national disaster management, said that also 15 people had gone missing during the flooding, …
Read More »ED: Talks revoked; Kabul relative calm shattered
A fresh round of violence gripped Afghanistan’s capital city where blasts near Ministry of Telecommunication shattered relative calm days in which numerous deadly attacks were carried out. It occurred days after revocation of talks between Afghan delegation and Taliban members to discuss how to end the country’s 18 years old …
Read More »Clerics say govt. responsible for damaging peace process
AT News Report KABUL: Religious scholars say that the peace process was the victim of government’s political goals. These clerics said on Friday in the eastern province of Nangarhar that also there were some certain circles that oppose peace process because of their personal interests. They added that the circles …
Read More »Loya Jirga useless after Qatar talks revocation
AT News Report KABUL: It would be useless to call the Consultative Loya Jirga on Peace after the intra-Afghan dialogue scheduled to be held on Friday in Qatar, was postponed. Some people who were invited in the Qatar conference, say that an important Afghan to Afghan conference was postponed, so …
Read More »Russia claims of Daesh shifting from Syria to Afghanistan
AT News Report KABUL: Russian officials allege that fighters loyal to Daesh terrorist network were shifted to Afghanistan after being defeated in Syria. Russian Defense Minister, Sergey Shoygu, said Friday that a Russian military contingent needed to be deployed in Tajikistan near the border with Afghanistan to prevent the infiltration …
Read More »Three NDS officers killed while defusing bomb in Herat
AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) said its three spy officers were killed as they were trying to defuse an IED embedded to a vehicle. Three officers from Herat’s Directorate of National Security (NDS) lost their lives in the explosion, NDS confirmed in a statement on …
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