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 …
Read More »Twin blasts killed 12 in west of Kabul city
KABUL: At least 12 civilians were “martyred” and another 13 were injured on Tuesday evening, after two, back to back, blasts hit two mini-buses in west of Kabul city, officials said The first blast, caused by a sticky bomb, took place around 7:30 in PD-3 west of Kabul city in …
Read More »165 Taliban fighters killed in latest military stings
AT News KABUL: At least 165 Taliban insurgents were killed and 85 others wounded in a series of military stings conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said Monday. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan …
Read More »Afghanistan recorded highest-ever COVID-19 cases; 1,566 positive cases, 30 deaths in 24 hours
AT News KABUL: The Afghan health authorities have expressed fears over the third wave of COVID-19 that could now be spreading quickly around the country. 1,566 new cases and 30 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said Monday, showing a rapid increase in positive cases. …
Read More »Taliban cut water supply in Badakhshan district
AT News KABUL: The Taliban fighters have cut water supply in the northeastern province of Badakhshan by which 800 families have been deprived from irrigating their farmlands in the Argo district. Nek Mohammad Nazari, provincial spokesman, confirms the incident, saying that the water supply has been cut by Taliban and …
Read More »Four people released from Taliban captivity in Kunduz
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces freed four captives from the Taliban custody in the northern province of Kunduz, defense ministry said. A spokesman for the ministry, Fawad Aman said that the Afghan commando forces carried out a raid on Taliban’s captivity in Qoshtapa area of provincial capital, in …
Read More »No party can win Afghan war, say MPs
AT News KABUL: A number of members of parliament express concern over continued violence, saying that neither the government nor Taliban could win the ongoing war. Ahmad Javid Jaihoon, a member of parliament, called on the Taliban to agree on cease fire and put an end to the long war. …
Read More »Security Forces retreated two outposts in Wardak
AT News KABUL: The Taliban rebels overran two security outposts in Sayedabad district of central Wardak province, an official said on Monday. Provincial Governor Abdul Rahman Tariq confirmed that the security forces retreated from the outposts after the Taliban staged attacks from various directions. The weapons and ammunition of the …
Read More »100-bed hospital inaugurated for Covid-19 patients in Kabul
Daily Covid-19: Cases 929, deaths 25 AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health on Sunday confirmed 929 cases of Covid-19 with 25 deaths amid the enforcement of lockdowns on schools and university in 16 of 34 provinces to prevent the further spread of the pandemic virus. The cases were …
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