AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the assassination of Dawa Khan Menapal, head of the government media and information center. “I was sadly aware that head of the government media and Information center, Dawa Khan Menapal was martyred as a result of a terrorist attack- which has …
Read More »385 Taliban “terrorists” killed in crackdowns
AT News KABUL: At least 385 Taliban terrorists were killed and 210 others wounded during crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. Afghan security forces succeeded to kill 385 Taliban militants during clashes and counters attacks in …
Read More »Karzai displeased, saddened over killing of historian in Uruzgan
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed sorrow over the “martyr” of a historian, Abdullah Atifi who was tortured and killed by armed men in Taliban-controlled area in the southern province of Urozgan. Office of the former president said in a statement that late Atifi had national views and …
Read More »Dawa Khan Minapal assassinated in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Director of government’s media and information center was assassinated by the Taliban terrorists in Kabul – in the latest in a string of attacks against senior Afghan officials in the wake of increased air strikes by Afghan forces. Minapal, a former presidential spokesman and head of the …
Read More »Taliban storm provincial capital of Nimroz
AT News KABUL: Taliban fighters entered Zaranj city, the provincial capital of Nimroz in the southwest of country on Friday. Media reports and videos on social networks showed tens of fighters holding guns walking at the entrance of provincial governor’s office and the police department in Zaranj city. Government officials …
Read More »Five civilians killed in Wardak rocket attack
AT News KABUL: At least five civilians including women and children were killed and three others wounded when a rocket fired by the Taliban hit a public transportation in central Wardak province, an official said on Friday. Provincial Police Chief, Mohammad Mustafa Mayar said the incident happened in the Chahar …
Read More »21-year-old girl shot dead by Taliban in Balkh
AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have shot a 21-year old girl dead, blaming her for not wearing a veil in Balkh district of northern Balkh province, an official said on Wednesday. Provincial Police spokesman, Adil Shah Adil said that the incident happened on Tuesday in Samarkandian area of Balkh …
Read More »Afghanistan records 428 daily virus cases
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that it has recorded 428 new cases and 28 fatalities countrywide since Tuesday. Ministry said that out of 2,946 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 hours, 428 were reported positive. The total tally since the outbreak of …
Read More »285 attacks foiled, 643 Taliban killed in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: More than 285 attacks of the Taliban militants have been repulsed and 643 terrorists were killed by Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province in the past two months, according to officials. According to a statement issued by Nangarhar Press Disk, Nangarhar Police Chief Sultan Dawod said …
Read More »Soldier killed in car bomb in Wardak
AT News KABUL: One security force member was killed and number of others wounded in a car bombing carried out by Taliban- that also inflicted casualties on civilians in Maidan Shar, the capital city of central Wardak province. Provincial Police Spokesman, Mohammad Mustafa Mayar said that gunfire erupted between security …
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