By: M. Parwiz Arian KABUL: At least four civilians were killed on Tuesday morning after unknown gunmen opened fire on a car in western parts of Kabul city, sources said. The incident took place Tuesday morning at 9:20am in Bagh-e-Dawoud area of the PD-5 of Kabul city when the victims …
Read More »Nangarhar police seized hashes, arrested five traffickers
By: M. Parwiz Arian KABUL: Nangarhar police have seized 33 packs of hashish during a search operation on Monday in Koat district of the province, officials said Tuesday. Police intercepted the hashish from a private corolla car during a search operation in Forokhshakhil area of Koat district of the province …
Read More »One killed, five wounded in Parwan bomb blast
AT News KABUL: A service member of the intelligence agency was killed and five of his colleagues wounded when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle Monday in Parwan province, north of Kabul, provincial officials said. Abdul Wasi Rahimi, head of provincial intelligence department told newsmen that the target of the …
Read More »303 polio cases registered in 2020 in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health confirmed 303 cases of polio in 2020 across the country. Wahidullah Mujroh, deputy health minister called commuting between the two sides of the Durand line as the main reason for the rapid spread of the disease in Afghanistan. He said that insecurity …
Read More »Annual healthcare report: 177 people dead, 13,000 injured in traffic accidents
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) registered 491 traffic accidents in the outgoing Persian Year (March 2020 to March 2021) saying that 177 people died and 13,000 other injured. Masooma Jafari, spokeswoman of the ministry of public health, said on Monday that the figures were recorded since …
Read More »Fearing Daesh attacks Afghan Sikhs, Hindus flee home ‘forever’
AT News KABUL: Harindra Singh alongside his family was worshiping in a gurdwara (Sikh temple) when gunmen stormed the religious place and opened fire on the worshippers. Singh says his family members were in front of his eyes. “I lost my father, wife and daughter in the attack on the …
Read More »Daily Covid-19: 27 infections, one death in one day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 27 new infections and one another fighting the pandemic died in the past 24 hours, said Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 55,386 cases in the country. Ministry said that out of …
Read More »Tens of Taliban fighters killed in fresh operations
AT NewsKABUL: At least 93 Taliban fighters were killed and 38 others wounded during operations carried out by the Afghan national security forces in different provinces over the past 24 hours. Afghan national defense and security forces supported by the air forces targeted Taliban hideouts in the districts of Panjwae, …
Read More »Al-Qaeda recruitment In-charge detained in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: The recruitment in charge of the al-Qaeda terrorist network was arrested during an operation carried out by the national police in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said. “Police managed to arrest al-Qaeda terrorist network recruitment in-charge during a crackdown conducted by police in Sorkh road district of eastern …
Read More »Two wounded in Kabul bomb blast
AT News KABUL: At least two people were wounded after a sticky mine hit a vehicle in Kabul city, officials confirmed on Sunday. A magnetic mine targeted a Hilux model vehicle in the Fourth Microrayon area, Police District 9 which as result two people received injuries, said a statement issued …
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