AT News KABUL: Ministry of Interior fired a police officer for lashing a woman in the eastern province of Nangarhar. Tareq Aryan, spokesman of the interior ministry said Sunday that the officer was deprived from service for ever. “Beating a woman is the culture of Taliban and whoever beats women …
Read More »AAF member gunned down in Kabul
AT News KABUL: An Afghan Air Force member, Sefatullah Faqir, was killed in an attack by unknown gunmen in Paghman district in west of Kabul city, a source said. The incident took place in Bagh-e-Daud area in Paghman district on Saturday night when gunmen attacked the Air Force member’s vehicle, …
Read More »Disabled people must have role in peace process
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said that people with disabilities were the main victims of this relentless war and must have key role in reconciliation process. AT News KABUL: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has called for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the ongoing Afghan peace process. …
Read More »Herati farmers fear drought as rainfalls drop significantly
AT News KABUL: Officials in the western Herat province have warned of severe drought challenges in the ongoing year as rainfalls have vastly dropped across the province. Head of provincial agricultural department, Bashir Ahmad Ahmadi said that the reduction in precipitation rate would pose serious drought challenges for agriculture and …
Read More »Afghanistan records 28 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths in a single day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 28 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths around the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Sunday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 56,322 cases across the country. The new cases were reported …
Read More »Ministry of Defense’s reaction to Taliban warning; Continuation of war is not the answer
AT News KABUL: The government reacted to a fresh Taliban threat, saying that continuing of war and violence by Taliban only harms civilians. Taliban earlier threatened to intensify violence if the United States keeps troops in Afghanistan beyond May that was expected to withdraw all soldiers under an agreement Washington …
Read More »Police arrests Taliban commander disguised in women clothes in Kunar
AT News KABUL: Officials in the eastern province of Kunar say that security forces recognized and arrested a Taliban commander disguised in women clothes. In a statement, provincial governor’s office said that the arrested commander was identified as Malek Jan and was arrested along with four his comrades; Provincial Governor …
Read More »Healthcare instructions not observed in schools
AT News KABUL: The new educational year just began this week in the country’s provinces with cold weather where schools are open in spring and summer. But a number of students say that healthcare orders are not observed in their schools while the Corona virus still takes victims from people. …
Read More »20 Taliban rebels killed in latest raids
AT News KABUL: At least 20 Taliban rebels were killed and 14 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 carried out an operation in …
Read More »Editorial: Eyes on Istanbul conference
Though the people of Afghanistan are not much optimism to meetings, sessions and conferences that have been and are held in different countries where participants talk on peace in the war-hit country, but this time the views look to be different and that is about the upcoming conference that is …
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