AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 139 new cases of coronavirus and five deaths around the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached 58,037 cases across the country. According to the ministry, the …
Read More »Clashes in Ghazni displace 1,000 families
AT News KABUL: Intensive clashes between Taliban and government forces in Ghazni province have forced 1,000 families to flee their villages, officials confirm. The incident took place in the Qara Bagh district where Taliban carried out massive attack on the district center, provincial officials said Monday. Wahed Jomazada, provincial spokesman, …
Read More »39 civilians killed in five days of deadly violence
AT News KABUL: At least 39 civilians were killed and another 40 injured in last week’s five days of violence across the country, said the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission. In a statement released on Monday the commission said that women and children included the dead and injured that took …
Read More »26 Taliban militants killed in fresh military stings
AT News KABUL: At least 26 Taliban rebels were killed and 20 others wounded during latest military stings conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Monday. The Afghan Air Forces targeted Taliban gathering in Imam Sahib district of northern …
Read More »Pakistan should choose friendship or enmity with Afghanistan: Ghani
AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani said that it would be up to the neighboring Pakistan to be either a friend of the people of Afghanistan or their enemy. Speaking at the presidential palace on Sunday Ghani said that this is the first time in the contemporary history that Afghanistan …
Read More »Govt., Afghan forces ready to defend system, reassures Mohaqeq
AT News KABUL: Many senior government officials including President Ashraf Ghani and his aides have been assuring after the US withdrawal announcement that they would defend the current governing system against Taliban’s probable attacks. This time, Mohammad Mohaqeq, President Ghani’s senior adviser on security and political affairs, assures that both …
Read More »Afghan journalists demand media freedom assurances in peace talks
AT News KABUL: A group of Afghan journalists who have established the “House for Freedom of Expression” call on the peace negotiating sides to support the freedom of speech in their talks. The aim of establishing of thee House for Freedom of Expression is called to gather journalists under an …
Read More »Gunmen kill family of eight in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: Eight members of a single family were killed after unknown gunmen opened fire on them at a mosque in eastern Nangarhar province, provincial officials said on Sunday. The shooting happened on Saturday night, and according to the officials, the killings took place apparently over a land dispute. …
Read More »COVID-19: 105 new cases, six deaths reported in one day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 105 new cases of coronavirus, and six deaths in the past 24 hours across the country, the health ministry said Sunday. The total tally since the outbreak of the pandemic reached 57,898 cases around the country. The ministry said that the new patients cases …
Read More »Roadside bomb leaves two civilians dead in Ghazni
AT News KABUL: A roadside bomb blast left two civilians dead and one more wounded in Qarabagh district of central Ghazni province, officials said Sunday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Fahim Amerkhil said that the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon after a vehicle hit a roadside mine in the Laiq area of …
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