AT News KABUL: At least 71 Taliban militants were killed and 41 others were wounded during latest crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Saturday. The Afghan security forces supported by the Afghan Air …
Read More »Ghor governor survive Taliban ambush, seven injured
AT News KABUL: Seven people including a journalist were wounded when Taliban militants opened fire on the convoy of Abdul Zaher Faizzada, governor of Ghor province. Faizzada who has been newly appointed as governor for the remote and mountainous province, said Friday that he was heading to evaluate security outposts …
Read More »Police commander killed in Baghlan
AT News KABUL: Shharifullah Khosti, commander of police special forces was killed in clashes with Taliban in the northern province of Baghlan, provincial officials confirmed. Javid Basharat, provincial police spokesman said Friday that the police special forces confronted with Taliban fighters late Thursday in the outskirts of provincial capital Pol-e-Khomri …
Read More »Polio drive halts in Nangarhar after three female vaccinators shot dead
AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health delayed the vaccination drive in the eastern Nangarhar province after three female medical employees were shot dead in Jalalabad, provincial capital city. On Tuesday, a number of unidentified gunmen shot three female vaccinators dead in two separate attacks in PD 4 and …
Read More »Mullah accused of rape gives his five-year old daughter to plaintiff
AT News KABUL: A mullah (religious scholar) accused of raping gave his five years old daughter to the complainant family as compensation, provincial official said. Giving a girl of the family to the plaintiff is casual in Afghanistan. This is called as ‘bad’ in the society and the girls are …
Read More »Why Xinjiang become a hot topic in western countries
AT News KABUL: Some former U.S. state officer and experts believe that the U.S. and western allies are worried about the economical grown of China and therefore, it has been accusing Beijing of genocide of Uyghurs Muslims in Xinjiang state of the country. Former Chief of Staff for the U.S. …
Read More »No discussion on U.S. troop extension: Taliban
AT News KABUL: The Taliban group has denied the reports leaked on media about the U.S. discussion with the group to forge a new deadline to prolong Washington’s military presence in Afghanistan. Former Chief of National Directorate of Security, Rahmatullah Nabil earlier in a series of tweets said that the …
Read More »COVID-19: 63 new cases, five deaths reported in last 24 hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 63 new coronavirus cases and five deaths around 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 56,517 cases. The new cases come positive out of 2,014 …
Read More »Continuation of acting ministries lead to widespread corruption: Lawmakers
AT News KABUL: The parliament criticizes continued acting in President Ghani’s cabinet, calling for an end to this process as it expands corruption. The members of parliament said in their Wednesday session that the acting ministers are illegally occupying the posts as they were found unqualified by and failed to …
Read More »74 Taliban fighters killed in nationwide ops
AT News KABUL: At least 74 Taliban militants were killed and 38 others were wounded during latest operations carried out by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said on Wednesday. The Afghan security forces conducted anti-Taliban operations in Laghman, Ghazni, Wardak, Helmand, …
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