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AT News KABUL: The NAI, an agency active in supporting the open media in Afghanistan expresses concerns over an increase in targeted killings of media workers, accusing the government of neglecting to bring the attackers to justice. Mujeeb Khalvatgar, head of the agency said Tuesday on the World Press Freedom Day …

AT News KABUL: Officials in the southern province of Helmand say of the killing of 106 militants including 22 al-Qaeda affiliates, adding that another 37 wounded. Provincial Governor Mohammad Nabi Ilham said that the Taliban staged attacks on several security outposts in the districts of Nawa, Nehr-e-Seraj and Garmsir as …

AT News KABUL: Hundreds of families have been displaced as armed conflicts between the Afghan security forces and Taliban rocked the southern province of Helmand, officials said. Head of Provincial Department of Refugees and Repatriates, Sayed Mohammad Amin said Tuesday that Taliban attacks forced over one thousand of families to …

AT News KABUL: A group of three people were arrested on the charge of stealing vehicles in Kabul city. Police carried out an operation against the vehicle thieve gang in the PD 17, which as result three people accused of committing vehicles theft were arrested, said a statement issued by …

AT News KABUL:  Flash floods have killed 22 people in western Herat province and caused serious damages to the residents’ properties and livestock with sweeping out agricultural forms, officials said Tuesday. A wave of muddy water engulfed Rokha village of Adraskan district and some parts of Obai district after heavy …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 234 new infections and six patients fighting the pandemic passed away across the country over the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 60,797 cases in the country. …

AT News KABUL: At least seven soldiers were killed when Taliban militants attacked an army base in the western province of Farah, provincial governor confirmed Monday. Governor Taj Mohammad Jahed, said that the attackers dag a tunnel to reach the army base and they managed to blast it. He said …

AT News KABUL: At least 62 Taliban insurgents were killed and 58 others wounded during crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in several provinces in the past 24 hours. The ministry of defense said in a statement on Monday that the raids were conducted in Laghman, Ghazni, Zabul, …

Kabul Based Diplomatic Missions Reiterate Support to Afghan Journalists and Media AT News  KABUL: The Afghan government will preserve the achievements gained in freedom of expression, Second Vice President Sarwar Danesh said, adding that all parties involved in the Afghan peace process should pay attention on this aspect. Danesh cited …

AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has issued an order that sentences those people who smuggle medical equipment to abroad to 20 years in prison. There are reports of stealing and smuggling of medical equipment including ventilators to the neighboring Pakistan. The equipment were donated by friendly countries last year …