AT News KABUL: The two back-to-back blasts targeting two public transportation vans killed seven civilians on Saturday afternoon in west of Kabul, interior ministry said. The first blast occurred in Dasht-e-Barchi are PD 13 of west of Kabul city. The second explosion took place in less than 30 minutes in …
Read More »Editorial: World Day against Child Labor
June 12 is marked as World Day against Child Labor. The Afghan Children have not been spared of relentless violence during the past four decades of war. Thousands of children are forced to do hazardous work. Based on official statics1.2 million Afghan children are engaged in hard work. Child Laboring …
Read More »Karzai discuss peace efforts with UN envoy on Afghanistan, Regional Issues
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Saturday met with Jean Arnault, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy on Afghanistan and Regional Issues, discussing the Afghan peace process and regional cooperation in support of the process. Office of Former President said in a statement that UN Secretary-General’s representative for …
Read More »Taliban shoot five people dead in Paghman
AT News KABUL: The Taliban shot five people dead in Paghman districts of capital Kabul, the interior ministry said on Saturday. A spokesman for the ministry, Ahmad Zia Zia said that the insurgents abducted these individuals and then opened fired on them. These individuals were kidnapped while they were on …
Read More »Afghanistan sees biggest spike in COVID-19 deaths as lockdown tightened
Health ministry reported 67 deaths, 973 new infections in last 24 hours AT News KABUL: Afghanistan reported 67 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 3,527, marking the biggest spike in single-day death toll as the country already began a two weeks lockdown to stop the wild …
Read More »Afghanistan to resume COVID-19 vaccination drive
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan would resume COVID-19 vaccination drive as on Saturday it received a batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by China amid a surge in infections and deaths, the Presidential Palace (ARG) said in a statement. According to the statement, the Chinese government has donated 700,000 doses of Sinopharm …
Read More »152 Taliban fighters killed in latest military stings
AT News KABUL: At least 152 Taliban insurgents were killed and 74 others wounded in a series of military operations carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said on Saturday. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan security …
Read More »Child rescued as 10 people drowned in Nangarhar’s river
AT News KABUL: Ten people including a woman and child were drowned after a boat capsized off in a river in eastern Nangarhar province. Provincial Spokesman Ataullah Khogyani said Saturday on Twitter that the boat was capsized off on Saturday morning after the cable “hold the boat was slashed” in …
Read More »Karzai saddened by well-known academic figure’s death
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai expressed sadness over the death of a well-known university instructor and archeologist, Mohammad Rasool Bawari. Former President in a statement called late Bawari’s death a tragedy, saying that he provided an academic work on archeology and as well as educational service for children …
Read More »COVID-19: 2,606 infections, 93 deaths in 48 hours
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health reported 2,606 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with additional fatalities of 93 deaths within the past two days. The tally was recorded across the country and during this period, 725 patients were recovered. According to the health ministry, the Thursday’s pandemic cases were …
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