AT News KABUL: At least 104 Taliban militants were killed and 68 others wounded during latest military stings of the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Tuesday. The latest military crackdowns conducted in Ghazni, Zabul, Herat, Farah, Badghis, …
Read More »14 criminals nabbed in Kabul
AT News KABUL: The Kabul Police have arrested 14 people on the charge of different crimes during the latest crackdown carried out around the city in the past 24 hours. These suspected criminals are accused of offenses in different PDs of Kabul city, Kabul Police Press Desk said in a …
Read More »COVID-19: 94 new cases, two deaths reported in last 24 hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 94 new cases of coronavirus and two 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 has reached to 56,873 cases nationwide. The new cases were reported …
Read More »Committee formed to offer Kabul’s peace plan in Turkey conference
AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan says it has formed an “authorized committee” to offer Kabul’s plan on peace in the upcoming conference in Turkey. The committee consists of former and present government officials. Feraidoon Khozon, spokesman at the reconciliation council, said Monday that the committee evaluates different opinions …
Read More »Afghanistan still most affected by landmines
AT News KABUL: Aqa Jan, 15, was wounded by a landmine while shepherding in Kandahar province. “I was injured in hand and my thighs,” said Jan, who hit the mine in the Khakriz district. It was only him to have been victim of landmine, many other teenagers have lost their …
Read More »Continuation of acting ministers unacceptable: Lawmakers
AT News KABUL: Some lawmakers on their Monday’s session lambasted the government for keeping the acting ministers on position. Speaker of the parliament, Mir Rahman Rahmani called on the government to behold the constitution and put an end to the acting ministerial process. Continuation of acting ministerial process is unacceptable, …
Read More »Hydropower dam project completed in Badakhshan
AT News KABUL: The project of Shorabak hydropower dam was completed and is to be inaugurated soon by President Ghani, officials at the ministry of water and energy said. Shorabak is located in the northeastern province of Badakhshan and is the second dam to be inaugurated in 1400 (Current Persian …
Read More »22 members of security forces killed in Helmand: Sources
AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants attack on a security checkpoint in Nahersiraj district of southern Helmand province left 22 members of Afghan security forces dead. The militants took hostage another 14 security forces, sources said. A source privy to the issue, who wished to go unnamed, said that the …
Read More »NAI calls on Taliban to not attack media family
AT News KABUL: NAI- Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan on Monday called on the Taliban group to refrain from attacking journalists and media activists in Afghanistan. In a statement referring to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission’s report on the civilian casualties, NAI expressed its concerns regarding the targeted-killings of …
Read More »Man commits suicide in Balkh
AT News KABUL: A 25 years old man committed suicide in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city of northern Balkh province, police said on Monday. The man jumped off the 5th floor of a building in a bazaar, according to the police. Provincial Police Spokesman, Adel Shah Adel said the incident occurred …
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