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Afghan leaders believe tactics used in the ISIS-claimed attack resembles those used by a Taliban splinter group known as ‘Fateh Zwak’. But insurgent leadership denies any involvement By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh has blamed a Taliban splinter group for attack on Monday on Kabul University campus …

AT News KABUL: At least two security forces were killed and eight others received injuries in a car bomb blast in Imam Sahib district in northern Kunduz province, officials said Tuesday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Islmatullah Muradi said that the blast was followed with hours of gun fighting between the security …

AT News KABUL: Vice President, Mohammad Sarwar Danesh said Tuesday that increasing terrorist attacks in the country could be the direct element of of the ongoing peace negotiations’ failure. Danesh’s statements come one day after armed assailants stormed the Kabul University and opened fire at the students, lecturers and everyone …

AT News KABUL: Out of 457 suspicious samples, 95 cases were tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours across the country, the health officials said Tuesday. The cases were registered in Kabul, Nangarhar, Kandahar, Balkh, Takhar, Bamiyan, Kundoz and Baghlan provinces. 13 patients were recovered and another three …

‘You can’t kill us, you will run out of bullets’ Many foreign embassies flew their flags half-mast in tribute to students massacred in Kabul University By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Hundreds of people including students protested in Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul, on Tuesday to condemn the brutal massacre of students in …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s chief peace negotiator, Masoom Stanekzai, said the Taliban must accept ceasefire if they are committed to end violence. Stanekzai tweeted Tuesday that “the horrific attack on young students of Kabul University displays the stigma of disgrace marked on the brows of terrorists who brought shame to …

AT News KABUL: At least 81 Taliban rebels were killed and 37 others were wounded during a latest crackdown carried out by the Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar province, defense officials said Monday. The Afghan National Security and Defense Forces through the frame of active defense posture in counterattacks …

AT News KABUL: Responding to recent criticism on Afghan security forces, First Vice President Amrullah Saleh has lashed out describing it as “relentless” and “poisonous propaganda”. Saleh in his Facebook said poisonous propagandas against Afghan forces would be not tolerated. Earlier, an individual at a religious seminary in Kabul stated …

AT News KABUL: As the weather is getting cold in the capital city, people are deprived from electricity for several hours a day as their power is cut many times in 24 hours and they have to spend nights in blackout. “We do not have regular electricity as the power …

This is the second deadly attack on education institutions recently in Kabul. A suicide bomber near a tutoring center a fortnight ago killed 24, most of whom teen students. This is a brazen attempt by enemies of education to plunge Afghanistan into darkness By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: A group of …