AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 81 new positive cases of coronavirus and four fatalities in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health on Sunday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has now reached to 54,062 cases across the country. The …
Read More »Violence Surged Amid US Troops Drawdown
Wave of violence hit Afghanistan even as the Kabul and Taliban negotiators engage in peace talks to end the nearly two-decades-long war AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants just intensified violence in different parts of the country just hours after the United States reduced its troop level to 2,500. The …
Read More »The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads
AT News KABUL: The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads is an article published in “The Intercept”. Its writer Andrew Quilty, concluded a research on the CIA backed Afghan unit and its American partners’ operations that are sometimes directed at health clinics, madrassa dormitories, or civilian homes, resulting in killings of civilians …
Read More »Gunmen Shoot Two Policemen Dead in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: A number of unknown gunmen have shot two police officers dead in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Ziaulhaq Amerkhail said that the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon in Narenjbagh crossroad of Jalalabad city. The gunmen were riding a motorbike, he added. …
Read More »Afghanistan Records 46 New Infections, Three Deaths in Last 24 Hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 46 new positive cases of coronavirus and three fatalities in the last 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic, has now reached to 53,981 across the country. The …
Read More »21 Taliban Rebels Killed in Latest Military Stings
AT News KABUL: At least 21 Taliban insurgents have been killed and seven others were wounded during latest crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the last 24 hours, defense ministry said on Saturday. Taliban planned to attack over Afghan security checkpoints in Zherai district of …
Read More »The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads
AT News KABUL: The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads is an article published in “The Intercept”. Its writer Andrew Quilty, concluded a research on the CIA backed Afghan unit and its American partners’ operations that are sometimes directed at health clinics, madrassa dormitories, or civilian homes, resulting in killings of civilians …
Read More »Our Security is Interlinked, Pakistan’s Top Diplomat in Kabul says
Kabul, and Islamabad need to focus on shared infrastructures, such as building roads like the Peshawar-Kabul and Quetta-Kandahar motorways, and railways, like connections between South Asia and Central Asia which would go through Afghanistan and Pakistan benefiting the whole region, and making Afghanistan a key connectivity hub. By Farhad Naibkhel …
Read More »Editorial: Good news on cultural activities
The government has recently decided to be serious in maintaining and reconstructing some historical sites and monuments which is good news since the rich culture of Afghanistan had been almost ignored due to war pressures and other problems the government and people of Afghanistan are confronting. The ministry of information …
Read More »2nd Round of Intra-Afghan Talks Facing Deadlock
AT News KABUL: Peace talks between the Afghan and Taliban negotiators are probably on hold at the moment as both sides hang on for the U.S. President-elect, Joe Biden’s policy towards Afghanistan, sources privy to the talks said. Fariddon Khwazon, a spokesman for the high council for national reconciliation confirmed …
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