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AT News KABUL: At least eight soldiers were killed and nine others wounded after a truck bomber targeted their vehicle in Maidan Wardak province, defense ministry confirmed on Monday. A suicide attacker detonated his truck packed with explosives in Sayed Abad district of the province, the ministry said in a …

Some 800m Afs embezzled in emergency food programs AT News KABUL: The government plans to launch the Dastarkhan-e-Melli (DM) to help the vulnerable and destitute. Prior to this, two similar programs were launched during the Corona virus-related quarantine: The first program distributed wheat to poor people and the second one …

AT News KABUL: At least five police and three soldiers were killed when Taliban militants attacked their checkpoint in the northern province of Kunduz, provincial officials confirmed. Provincial Spokesman Esmatullah Moradi, said Monday that the incident took place in the Shinwari neighborhood of Kunduz city, the provincial capital with the …

AT News KABUL: Some journalists in the northern provinces criticize what they say “problems in access to information”, accusing officials particularly police of not cooperating in providing security information. They say that police spokesmen avoid from taking their phone calls for interview. Mohammad Jan Tamkin, head of reporters’ association in …

AT News KABUL: The parliament has referred Ajmal Ahmadi, Acting Governor of Central Bank to the attorney general office for prosecution as he is accused of illegally dismissing bank personnel and refused to answer lawmakers’ questions. Ahmadi who was appointed by President Ghani as the Central Bank acting governor, immediately …

Afghanistan recorded over 2k cases of violence against women in six months of 2020 AT News KABUL: 2,582 cases of violence against women were registered in Afghanistan during the first six months of 2020. Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Spogmai Wardag said on Monday that majority of …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban has emphasized on the release of their prisoners from Afghan government custody in a bid to start the intra-Afghan talks. The Taliban also accused the Afghan government of forging identities and criminal records of the inmates to sabotage the peace process. A Taliban Qatar-Based Member, …

AT News KABUL: At least four Afghan security forces were killed after the Taliban militants attacked their convoy in Badghis on Sunday night, officials said on Monday. A security source says that the Taliban insurgents had attacked the convoy in Qarcheghi area of Qades district, in which four soldiers were …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has consistently seen to have less coronavirus cases in the past 15 days with 40 fresh cases reported on Monday have pushed the total tally to 35,503 across the country since the start of the infection. Two patients have lost their lives battling the virus and …

An exclusive interview with French Ambassador Mr. David Martinon – If Afghans get united, neighbors can’t dare to interfere – Taliban sending worst signal by keeping up the level of violence – President Ghani has no power to pardon anyone, especially worst terrorists on the earth – We remain consistent …