AT News KABUL: At least 41 drug runners were found guilty to drug trafficking and were sentenced to several years in jail terms in the past one week. A statement issued by the court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF), said that eight drug traffickers were sentenced to two and …
Read More »157 Taliban insurgents killed in latest military stings
AT News KABUL: At least 157 Taliban insurgents were killed and 99 others wounded in latest military clampdown conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces around the country in the past 24 hours. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan security forces conducted operation and counter attacks …
Read More »Afghanistan records 315 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths in a day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 315 new cases of coronavirus and three deaths around the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached 62,718 cases across the country. These new cases come positive …
Read More »Flash flood kills 6 people in Takhar
AT Times KABUL: Six people including four children died in a flash flood that also destroyed several residence and agricultural lands in the northern province of Takhar, officials said Tuesday. Provincial director of Disaster Management Department Farid Nikpour said the floods caused closure of roads between Warsaj, Farkhar and Taloqan …
Read More »Khalilzad calls on Afghan warring parties to speed up peace efforts
AT News KABUL: The U.S. appoint man for the Afghan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad urged the Afghan warring parties to accelerate the peace negotiations, saying that the Afghans deserve a political settlement and end to the “senseless” war. He cited the remarks in the reaction to the Taliban’s announcement of three-day …
Read More »13 civilians killed as bombs blow up two buses in Zabul, Parwan
AT News KABUL: At least thirteen civilians were killed and 34 others were wounded in two separate roadside bomb blasts in northern Pawan and restive southern Zabul provinces. This is the latest in a series of deadly blasts, not long after several blasts rocked Kabul that left 85 people, most …
Read More »158 Taliban fighters killed in latest Ops
AT News KABUL: The Afghan defense authorities say that the Afghan security forces have killed at least 158 Taliban insurgents in a series of military offensives around the country in the past 24 hours. Another 37 Taliban insurgents were wounded during the latest military stings conducted in Ghazni, Kandahar, Uruzgan, …
Read More »Karzai condemns multiple terrorist attacks in different provinces
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned bomb blasts in the provinces of Parwan and Zabul as well as a mortar attack in Logar province that killed and wounded a number of civilians. He expressed concerns over increased military operations that cause civilian casualties, emphasizing on the resumption …
Read More »COVID-19: 340 new cases, 12 deaths reported in a day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 340 new cases of coronavirus and 12 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached to 62,403 cases around the country. The new cases reported …
Read More »Death toll in Kabul school bombing rises to 85
AT News KABUL: The death toll from the Saturday bombing outside a school in Kabul has risen to at least 85 people with 147 more injured, officials said Monday. Three explosions outside the school entrance struck as students were leaving for the day in the western part of Kabul city. …
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