AT News KABUL: Three members of senate have been arrested for receiving bribe, the attorney general office said Monday. The senators were arrested by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives while taking bribe in Balkh province, the office said in a statement. “The NDS operatives arrested three senators during …
Read More »Taliban abduct six civilians in Ghazni
AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have taken six civilians hostage in Ghazni province, officials said Monday. The people taken hostage are residents of the Jaghoori and Qara Bagh districts and the incident happened in Dasht area of Jaghoori, said Aref Bahonar, district governor for Jaghoori. “Four of them were …
Read More »Police arrest six people on charge of journalists’ killings
AT News KABUL: Police have arrested six people on the charge of killing journalists in Kabul and some provinces, interior minister said. A statement issued by Vice President Sarwar Danesh’s office on Monday, said that the joint government-media committee held session chaired by VP Danesh, where interior minister said that …
Read More »COVID-19 cases: 140 new infections, nine deaths reported in a single day
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health has announced 140 new cases of Covid-19 with an additional fatality of nine people. The cases were recorded out of 1,699 suspicious samples during the past 24 hours, the ministry said in a statement. During this period, 279 people were recovered, bringing …
Read More »Foodstuffs, Health Packages Distribute to 1,000 Destitute Families in Kabul
AT News KABUL: German Aids for Afghan Children Organization have been distributed foodstuffs and health packages to 1,000 destitute families in Kabul, the capital city on Sunday. Since the beginning of coronavirus outbreak until now the organization have covered about 10,000 poor and needy families in Afghanistan. German Aids for …
Read More »Editorial: Our region deserves peace and friendship
The people of Afghanistan have always wanted to enjoy friendly relations with the world. This goodwill especially includes the regional nations and particularly our dear neighbors who have been partners in our grieves and happiness in the course of history. Afghans believe that what happened in the past, has passed …
Read More »Taliban Exhume, Behead Former Police Chief’s Body
AT News TARINKOT: A member of Meshrano Jirga, Amanullah Azeemi on Sunday blamed Taliban militants for taking out the dead body of Dehrawud district police chief from grave and then chopped off his head. Dehrawud District Police Chief, Shah Mohammad was killed in a bomb explosion four months ago. Jan …
Read More »Nine civilians killed in five days of violence
AT News KABUL: At least nine people have lost their lives and 17 others received injuries in the five days of miserable violence across the country, human rights watchdogs said on Sunday. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said about nine security incidents which included IED blasts and armed attacks …
Read More »11 al-Qaeda Members Killed in Helmand Airstrikes
AT News LASHKARGAH: The Afghan Air Forces conducted airstrikes in Nawa district of southern Helmand province, killing nine al-Qaeda terrorists, including two key members of the Taliban and wounded two others, said Defense Ministry on Sunday. AAF stirkes killed 11 al-qaedad and to Taliban’s senaioor members, and wounded to more …
Read More »No foreigners detained in Kabul crackdown: Saleh
AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh on Sunday said that no foreigners were arrested during a security operation conducted in Khairkhana area in PD 15th of Kabul city. This is as a photo had earlier went viral on social media showing a number of Chinese nationals being …
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