AT News KABUL: Authorities are investigating three people including a police officer who assaulted and beat up two women in an altercation in Kabul. A video circulating in the social media which shows a few men possibly security beating two girls has drawn public anger. The video also shows two …
Read More »Lawmaker rejects peace without religious freedoms
AT News KABUL: A member of parliament rejected rumors that Taliban negotiators want a sole religious jurisprudence be official. Dr. Sayed Abdul Qayyoum Sajjadi, said Saturday that the peace without civil, social and religious freedoms would not last long.According to unconfirmed reports, Taliban are emphasizing on the Hanafi (Sunni) jurisprudence …
Read More »Paktika security official killed by roadside bomb
AT News KABUL: A provincial police head of Paktika was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, said the Interior Ministry, amid a string of premeditated targeted killings and a rise in overall violence. Convoy of Mohammad Asef Tokhi, security head of Paktika police, hit a roadside bomb in …
Read More »Pakistanis among 27 Taliban rebels killed in Ghazni raids
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 27 Taliban militants including Pakistanis in southern Ghazni province, officials said Saturday. A group of armed Taliban insurgents among them a number of Pakistani militants, had designed to massively attack security bases in Askar Kot areas of QaraBagh district. …
Read More »Afghanistan, Taliban negotiating to resolve differences
AT News KABUL: The Afghan government and Taliban negotiating teams are yet to officially begin talks after one week of the opening ceremony. The progresses have been very little in this regard and the two sides’ contact groups have discussed to resolve technical problems. Najia Anwari, spokeswoman at the state …
Read More »Ghani urges Taliban again for ceasefire
AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has once again called on the Taliban to agree to a ceasefire in the country. He said this after unidentified gunmen shot dead the deputy chairman for provincial council of southeastern Paktia province on Saturday. Ayub Gharwal came under attack when he was on …
Read More »Car bombing kills service member in Balkh
AT News KABUL: A car bombing in northern Afghanistan killed one Afghan security service member and wounded eight, police authorities said. A security forces member was killed in a car bombing that happened on the outskirts of Dehdadi district, said provincial police spokesman, Adelshah Adel. He said the bombing targeted …
Read More »Assault victim objects to court ruling
Police say 4 men convicted of raping a teenager in Balkh who were sentenced to 3 months in prison had served their time AT News KABUL: A teenage girl has objected to a court ruling two years against four men convicted of sexual assault in northern Afghanistan. Police officials say …
Read More »Afghanistan inks $2.2b deal with China
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has signed a contract worth a whopping $2.2 billion with China to maintain original status of pine nuts and develops its markets globally. “Although the pine nuts were exported globally, but they never got known as Afghan-product since it was smuggled to neighboring countries through illegal …
Read More »Trump says Taliban are ‘Tough,’ ‘Smart’
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The US President Donald Trump has said that Taliban are “Tough,” and “Smart”, but the US is dealing well with the group. “They’re very tough, they’re very smart, they’re very sharp, but you know it’s been 19 years and even they are tired of fighting, in …
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