AT News KABUL: The dead bodies of the two young girls were found in Jabal-Siraj district of Parwan province, officials said on Saturday. Provincial Governor Spokeswoman, Wahida Shahkar said that the corpses were found on Friday evening in Taglar village of Jabl-Siraj. The motive behind the incident is unclear, she …
Read More »Afghanistan covid-19 cases surge past 28K
AT News KABUL: With 546 new positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now has 28,424 cases across the country since the outbreak of the virus started around three months ago. The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday said that 1,459 suspected samples were tested in which …
Read More »Afghan forces hunt Taliban in Logar; 9 insurgents killed in counter-attack
AT News KABUL: At least nine Taliban insurgents were killed and three others wounded after reprisal by the Afghan security forces after their security check points were came under attack in eastern Logar province on Friday night, officials said on Saturday. The Taliban militants had coordinately attacked the Afghan National …
Read More »Karzai condoles death of late King’s aide
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed deepest sorrows for the death of Aziz Ahmad, who used to serve as the head of office for the Father of Nation Late King Zaher Shah. Karzai remembered Ahmad as “a very dear and old friend”, saying that he was a polite, …
Read More »68 Ministry of Finance officials put on exit-control list
AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani in a verbal order, barred 68 personnel of the ministry of finance from overseas travel. The ban includes three deputy ministers and heads of some departments. Sources in the government said Wednesday that Mohammad Esmail deputy minister for administration, Habib Zadran deputy minister in …
Read More »Continued attacks on health facilities threaten millions: Red Cross
AT News KABUL: The recent rise in violence in Afghanistan, combined with targeted attacks against health-care facilities, threatens to reduce or prevent access to health services for millions of Afghans that more than ever need health services with the outbreak of COVID-19, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
Read More »Taliban attack police outposts in Kandahar, killing 10
AT News KABUL: At least ten Afghan National Police were killed when their checkpoints came under attack by the Taliban rebels in Kandahar province, a security official said Wednesday. A security source talking in condition of anonymity, said that ten police personnel were killed after the Taliban militants aggressively attacked …
Read More »Indomitable Karzai draws applause of German envoy
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai has been endorsed once again by prominent foreign diplomats for an exemplary leadership during his post-Taliban presidency and in early 2010s before a dramatic American military drawdown. In a recent interview with Hyperbole, Germany’s special envoy to Afghanistan Potzel Markus was asked …
Read More »Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan exceed 26K
AT News KABUL: With 564 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 26,874 coronavirus cases across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that out of 1,126 suspected samples, 564 were tested positive. 650 covid-19 patients have recovered and 13 others died …
Read More »Taliban behind murder of children: NSC
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s National Security Council has reacted to a UN report about the prickly situation of Afghan children, and said that the Taliban have been behind all killings of children in the country. National Security Council issued on Tuesday a statement in reaction to a recent UN report …
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