US official says Turkey conference will help Afghan negotiators to make progress in their negotiations, and will complement the peace talks that are currently ongoing in Doha AT News KABUL: The assessment of peace proposals, including the one provided by President Ashraf Ghani has been completed, the High Council for …
Read More »Women in Badakhshan suffering increasing violence
AT News KABUL: Violence against women has had an unprecedented increase in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, provincial officials say. The violence cases include divorce, beating, escape from home and family violence. Sharifa 19, is a resident of the Kohestan district’s village of Pas Pol. She married when she was …
Read More »Nangarhar blast leaves two dead, 18 wounded
AT News KABUL: At least two civilians lost their lives and 18 more received injuries after a roadside mine went off in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday morning, sources said. The blast occurred at around 06:30 morning hours in Jalalabad, the provincial capital city. “The explosion occurred when the Afghan …
Read More »Senior officials’ payments halt for not registering assets
AT News KABUL: The salaries of at least 15 senior government officials have been postponed as they failed to report and register their private properties, the anti-corruption body says. “Under the prevention measures of administration corruption, we have so far received 5,200 forms of asset registrations from which, 1,365 are …
Read More »11 Taliban members involved in targeted-killings detained
AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday said that security forces have arrested 11 members of the Taliban, who were behind differing bombings, including assassination of a prominent journalist Yama Siawash. Mr. Saleh in a series of tweets said that it all started with a tip …
Read More »68 Taliban militants killed in fresh military drills
AT News KABUL: At least 68 Taliban insurgents were killed and 64 others wounded during the latest crackdown conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Wednesday. These militants were killed and wounded in Herat, Faryab, Farah, Badakhshan, Kunduz and …
Read More »Taliban kill a tribal elder in Paktia
AT News KABUL: A tribal elder was shot and killed by the Taliban militants in a wedding party in eastern Paktia province, sources said on Wednesday. A number of Taliban insurgents attacked the wedding party in Ahmadabad district of the province, killing Jan Mohammad, father of the groom. According to …
Read More »Govt. employee assassinated in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Unknown gunmen killed Mohammad Ismail Sahak, head of the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA) in Paghman district of Kabul province on Wednesday morning, security official said. Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz said the incident involving shooting occurred at 6:30AM local time in the Qala Wazir area …
Read More »Afghanistan records 70 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths in last 24 hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 70 new cases of coronavirus and two deaths across the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached to 56,943 cases around the country. The new cases …
Read More »Four passengers killed, 14 wounded in militant roadside bomb in Kandahar
AT News KABUL: A roadside bomb explosion killed four passengers and wounded 14 others in Maiwand district of southern Kandahar province, officials said on Tuesday. The fatalities come as the passenger’s bus hit a militant planted roadside bomb, an official told Afghanistan Times. The blast occurred when the Taliban insurgents …
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