AT News KABUL: Sources in the government say that Kabul complained the the United Nations over the Pakistan rocket attacks in the eastern areas. Meanwhile, the parliament summoned acting foreign minister, chief of army and deputy head of intelligence to answer lawmakers’ questions over the Pakistan rocket attacks on Afghan …
Read More »Differences between Ghani, Abdullah deepening
AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and his electoral rival Abdullah Abdullah signed a political agreement in May, apparently ending a political crisis. The deal obliges the two to share the cabinet, provincial governor posts and other power parts. But Ghani and Abdullah have still deep differences even as the …
Read More »Escalating violence increases Afghans’ pains
By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: War in Afghanistan, especially after the US signed a peace agreement with the Taliban in Doha on February 29th, has changed its silhouette and has further added insult to the Afghan injury. The country’s big cities have seen a reduction in major bombing attacks somehow …
Read More »A young girl kills two Taliban insurgents in Ghor
AT News KABUL: Qamar Gul, a young girl in the western Ghor province has killed two Taliban fighters and pushed back several others in Tewri district of the province. Gul and her brother killed these insurgents after the Taliban fighters attacked a security forces checkpoint, in which two public uprising …
Read More »170 worshippers killed, 272 others wounded in 17 armed attacks since October
AT News KABUL: The unrelenting war has continued to take the lives of innocent Afghans, including the women and children in the past four decades. The Afghan masses have been bearing the brunt of war that no end sees in sight. This war is turning more vicious as even did …
Read More »Police nabbed 16 criminals in Kabul
AT News KABUL: 16 suspected criminals were detained in the latest crackdowns conducted by the Kabul police beef up security situation in the city as the residents are worried over its deterioration. The arrests were made from 5th, 10th, 15th, 16th 17th and 19th PDs of Kabul city, the Ministry …
Read More »Afghanistan records 174 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours
AT News KABUL: With 174 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 35,463 coronavirus cases across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Sunday said that out of 633 suspected samples, 174 were reported positive during the period. 17 patients have lost their lives …
Read More »Two Afghan trucks enter India for 1st time after Pak allows transit
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Amritsar Six days after Pakistan announced the resumption of Afghan exports to India through the Attari-Wagah border to facilitate transit trade, the first consignment of goods crossed over to India in two trucks on Saturday. All covid-19 related protocols were followed. “Two trucks of licorice (mulethi) …
Read More »Badghis blast kills 3 of a family
AT News KABUL: Three members of a single family lost their lives after a motorcycle they were traveling in, hit with a roadside mine in northwestern Badghis province, official said on Saturday. The blast occurred on the Qala-i-Naw Abkamari highway, provincial official said. Parents and their children were killed in …
Read More »Abducted Sikh man rescued
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: An Afghan Sikh named Nidan Singh Sachdeva who was kidnapped by the Taliban from Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan, almost a month ago, has been rescued. The incident happened when he was performing community service at a gurudwara. He was reportedly abducted by four men when …
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