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AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces busted a gang of armed robbers in Kabul city and arrested four people, security authorities said Wednesday. They were detained from Bagh-e-Rais area, in PD 7th in Kabul city, Kabul Police Press Disk said in a statement. According to the statement, the captured …
Read More »Perpetrators of recent attacks to be tried, executed
AT News KABUL: First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh said that the perpetrators of suicide attacks, who are sentenced to death by the Supreme Court, would be executive in the near future. He also said that the security forces thwarted 850 suicide attacks in capital city of Kabul. “The Taliban and …
Read More »Government operation to retake Kandahar dam causes water shortage in several districts
AT News KABUL: The government forces have launched an operation to retake control of the Dohla dam in southern province of Kandahar from Taliban, but it has caused water shortage in seven districts as Taliban cut the water supply system from the dam to the residential areas before leaving the …
Read More »100 Taliban rebels killed in latest crackdowns
AT News KABUL: At least 100 Taliban insurgents were killed and 50 others were wounded in a series of latest crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said Wednesday. The Afghan security forces backed by the …
Read More »NATO calls Afghan security situation “challenging”
AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg called the Afghanistan security situation “very difficult and challenging”. Talking to a new conference in Brussels, Stoltenberg said that the decision to exit NATO forces cause risks, but the organization remaining “would have implemented risks for our Alliance with more fighting, potentially …
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Read More »Taliban stage 700 attacks on Helmand capital in nearly 1month
AT News KABUL: The Taliban have set 700 attacks from several directions on Lashkarga, the capital city of southern Helmand province, military officials said. Commander of 215 Maiwand corps, Sami Sadat said that the al-Qaeda fighters also jointed the Taliban rebel in fighting against the Afghan security forces in Helmand. …
Read More »COVID-19 surges rapidly; 1,045 new cases, 33 deaths in 24 hours
AT NewsKABUL: Afghanistan on Tuesday announced 1,045 new cases of coronavirus with 33 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said.The new cases reported positive out of 3,614 suspected samples tested in different laboratories nationwide during the same period of time.33 patients have lost their …
Read More »Taliban set district bazzar at fire in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: Officials in the eastern province of Nangarhar say that the Taliban fighters set a district market at blaze that caused heavy financial damages to the residents. Provincial Governor’s Spokesman, Attaullah Khogiani said that the Taliban looted the goods and stocks of the bazaar during one last week …
Read More »5 million vulnerable Afghan children at high riskUNICEF terms Afghanistan as World’s “Worst” Country for Children
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA) on Tuesday said five million Afghan children are vulnerable across the country.Speaking in a ceremony celebrating “World Children’s Day”, Deputy of MoLSA Ghulam Haidar Jailani said that five million children are at risk, which includes 23 categories such as …
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