AT News KABUL: Hajji Din Mohammad, deputy head of the government-run high council for national reconciliation survived an attack carried out by Taliban, sources in the council said. The incident took place Sunday afternoon along the Kabul-Jalalabad highway as Mohammad’s convoy was heading to his birthplace in the eastern province …
Read More »Taliban suffer heavy casualties as fighting drags on in Kandahar
AT News KABUL: Intense clashes have been continuing between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban rebels since last week in Arghandab, Zari and Maiwand districts of southern Kandahar province, officials said Sunday. Provincial Police Spokesman, Jamal Nasir Barekzai said the Afghan National Army and Afghan Air Force jointly launched …
Read More »Police arrest 4 drug dealers in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) has arrested four drug vendors in Kabul, the capital city, officials said Sunday. The detectives of the CNP had carried out an anti-drug dealer operation in 4th, 7th, 10th PDs and Bagrami district of Kabul city, in which four drug sellers were detained, …
Read More »Covid-19 cases on the rise in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Although Afghanistan saw a significant drop in the cases of covid-19 pandemic, the easing of lockdowns and cold weather could likely turn the country towards its second wave. 29 years old, Abdullah Raikh is infected with the virus. He says that he was tested positive after the …
Read More »Taliban red unit commander killed in Helmand
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Defense said Sunday that the Taliban’s red unit commander for Nadali district of Helmand province was killed along with his seven comrades. Abdul Rahman was killed in an airstrike as he and his seven associates were planning to carry terrorist attacks in the district, the …
Read More »261 civilians killed in Taliban attacks in 2 months
AT News KABUL: More than 261 civilians have been killed in Taliban attacks across Afghanistan in the past two months, said the Interior Ministry on Saturday, as the country is seeing a rapid surge in insurgent attacks that continue to take heavy toll on civilians. “As a result of 2,000 …
Read More »5 countries step in to break deadlock in Afghan peace talks
AT News KABUL: Five countries, including Qatar, are mediating to break the deadlock in the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, according to a source within the High Council for National Reconciliation, after weeks of stalemate that broke out in the wake of unresolved disagreements between the …
Read More »Taliban’s deputy military commission killed in Helmand
AT News KABUL: Deputy military commission of Taliban for southern Helmand province along with his eight fighters was killed in an airstrike conducted on Friday, officials said Saturday. The Ministry of Defense said Mullah Amanullah was killed after the Afghan Air Forces (AAF) had targeted him in Nawa district of …
Read More »Ex-security official accuses US of ‘looting Afghan mines’
AT News KABUL: Rahmatullah Nabil, a former intelligence chief claims that the United States and other “players” do not have a real program for peace in Afghanistan, but their goal is just to loot the country’s natural reserves. Nabil said Saturday that the proxy peace in Afghanistan was not only …
Read More »Karzai saddened over university professor’s death
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed condolences for the death of Mahboobah Hoqooqmal, a law professor and former head of political sciences faculty of Kabul University. In a statement issued on Saturday, Karzai called late Mrs. Hoqooqmal as scientific, academic and one of good cadres in Afghanistan who …
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