AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the terrorist attack in front of a girls’ school in Kabul’s neighborhood of Dasht-e-Barch. The attack that targeted the Sayed-ul-Shuhada school, in which more than 50 people mostly school girls were martyred and over 100 wounded. Karzai denounced the terrorist attack …
Read More »Taliban intensify attacks in Herat
AT News KABUL: The Taliban have staged more than 110 attacks on several districts in the western province of Heart, local officials said. Provincial Governor, Sayed Abdul Wahid Qatali has told a press conference that the Taliban sought to deteriorate the security situation in western zone “but they were failed” …
Read More »Intense Clashes continuing in Baghlan, Ghazni
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces and the Taliban engaged into unceasing clashes in the provinces of Ghazni and Baghlan that also left 27 security forces killed. The representative of Ghazni people in the lower house of the parliament (Wolesi Jirga), Arif Rahmani said that the insurgents overrun three …
Read More »Taliban fail to capture several provinces
AT News KABUL: Hamdullah Moheb, President Ghani’s National Security Adviser claims that that Taliban’s efforts failed to capture seven provinces. The insurgent group recently launched large scale offensives on the provinces of Baghlan, Kunduz, Ghazni, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Farah and Helmand. Moheb said Sunday that the militants are endeavoring to take …
Read More »Journalists’ union reacts to Taliban’s threat
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Journalists’ Center (AFJC) termed the recent statement by Taliban as ambiguous regarding the security of journalists. The AFJC called on Taliban to clearly announce their position about journalists and open media. A Taliban official, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai discussed the insurgents’ policy, peaceful settlement of …
Read More »Seven people die in a roof collapse in Kapisa
AT News KABUL: At least seven members of a family lost their lives after a roof collapsed due to heavy rainfall in the northern Kapisa province, officials said on Saturday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Qais Qaderi said that the accident happened in Zindakhil district of Nibjrab district. The death includes women …
Read More »Intelligence agency arms Baghlan residents to stand against Taliban
AT News KABUL: The National Directorate of Security provided a former jihadi commander with weapons to fight against the Taliban in the northern province of Baghlan, sources said Saturday. The sources, who wished to go unnamed, said that hundreds of people including public uprising forces and former jihadi fighters have …
Read More »Karzai condemns civilian casualties by Helmand air attack
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the airstrike that killed and injured civilians including women and children in the southern province of Helmand. Karzai denounced the attack as cruel and inhumane act. He called on the ongoing war in Afghanistan only killing of Afghans, asking the two …
Read More »1k Taliban insurgents killed, wounded in latest clashes: Official
AT News KABUL: Afghan top security brass said that Afghan security forces were killed and wounded at least 1,000 Taliban insurgents in recent clashes in different provinces. Speaking in a joint press conference on Saturday, acting defense minister Yasin Zia said that conflicts have been intensified in the last few …
Read More »China Stands Ready to Share with the World its Secret of Success in Poverty Reduction
By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan On 6 April, the State Council of China published a white paper titled “Poverty Alleviation: China’s Experience and Contribution”. The white paper reviews the great journey of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to unite and lead the people in fighting and winning …
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