AT News KABUL: At least 27 Afghan security forces were killed in fierce overnight fighting between Afghan forces and Taliban militants who attacked multiple checkpoints in the insurgent stronghold of Uruzgan and also Baghlan province, officials said Wednesday. Taliban militants attacked checkpoints in Dehrado district surrounding the city of Trinkot …
Read More »28 Taliban rebels killed in latest crackdowns
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 28 Taliban insurgents in latest military stings in southern Kandahar and Maidan Wardak provinces, the ministry of defense said on Wednesday. 17 Taliban rebels were killed in a counterattack by the Afghan security forces after they attacked their check …
Read More »Man arrested for trying to kidnap a money exchanger in Kabul
AT News KABUL: A man has been arrested after attempting to kidnap a money exchanger in Kabul, said Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz. The failed kidnapping occurred in the 3rd Parwan area in PD 4th of Kabul city on Wednesday morning. Raif, known as Talkhak was also behind different criminal …
Read More »Efforts on to prevent second wave of COVID-19
Afghanistan reports 230 new infections, 16 fatalities in a day AT News KABUL: Afghanistan government is striving to prevent a second wave of coronavirus in the country, said Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday. “We have solid preparations to see there is no second wave of COVID-19 virus,” said Minister …
Read More »The Afghans’ Eyes, Hopes and Hearts for Peace in Doha
By Dr. Matin Royeen As the Afghan peace and reconciliation process between the Taliban and the Afghan Government enters a new phase of substantial discussions, both the Afghan people and their international counterparts are eagerly waiting for an end to violence and war. This difficult journey of peace and reconciliation …
Read More »Parliament to call negotiating team for explanation
AT News KABUL: The parliament plans to call the members of Afghan peace negotiating team to answer the lawmakers’ questions about their three-month long negotiations with the Taliban representatives in Qatar. Maryam Sama, a Kabul representative in the parliament asked her colleagues to call the negotiating team for explanation about …
Read More »Bomb, shooting attack kill three in Kabul as security worsens
Kabul Deputy Governor, his secretary and a police officer were killed on Tuesday morning in separate “senseless act of violence” AT News KABUL: A bombing and a shooting attack have killed at least three people, including the Deputy Governor of Kabul, a capital city where its security situation has been …
Read More »Afghanistan’s Daily COVID-19 Death Toll Rises to 27
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan reported 27 coronaviruses -related deaths on Tuesday, an uptick in the fatalities as the second wave of Covid-19 has rapidly started spreading around the society. Daily tally of the new infection is also increasing – 256 new cases were recorded on Tuesday, according to the Public …
Read More »44 drug traffickers sent behind bars
AT News KABUL: At least 44 drug runners were found guilty of drug trafficking and were sentenced to years of jail terms in the past one week, officials said on Tuesday. A statement issued by the Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF), said that four drug traffickers were sentenced …
Read More »Gunmen attack Afghanistan Times’ Reporters
AT-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of Afghanistan Times reporters, Hekmatullah Aziz, Fahim Habibi, Shoaib Shirzai and their driver on Qargha Street in Kabul on Monday night (December 14th, 2020). On Monday at around 7:30 p.m., four unidentified individuals riding on motorbikes tried to stop the reporter’s vehicle …
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