AT News KABUL: A local official in northern Jawzjan said that at least seven civilians, including women and children were killed in an airstrike conducted by the Afghan security forces in Muridan district of the province. The official, who wished to go unnamed, said that the victims included four children, …
Read More »Many Taliban militants are infected with coronavirus
AT News KABUL: A number of the Taliban militants have infected by the pandemic covid-19 in the western Herat province, where the group has been making hurdles against the medical implementations to combat the coronavirus since the virus spread widely and turned the province as epicenter of the epidemic. Based …
Read More »China Delivers Food Aid to Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: China delivered another batch of food assistance to Afghanistan on Thursday to help the needy people celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month Ramadan. This is the fourth batch of assistance China has provided to Afghanistan since the outbreak of COVID-19 in February. …
Read More »Fighting COVID-19 Pandemic and Building a Community of Shared Future for Mankind
By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world with unprecedented ferocity. No country can stay out of it and keep safe alone. Nothing is better than the global public health crisis to reveal the objective reality that all human beings are bound to …
Read More »UN report on civilian deaths unnerves Karzai
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed his deep concerns over a report issued by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) that says of an increase in civilian casualties. Karzai emphasized on reduction in violence. UNAMA’s report blamed the increase of civilian casualties on Taliban, Daesh terrorist …
Read More »Lockdown in Farah brings rise in violence against women
AT News KABUL: Officials in the western province of Farah say that the Corona virus pandemic has caused increase of violence against women. Kobra Azimi, head of provincial women’s affairs department, said Wednesday that they had registered 25 cases of violence against women in last month. She called the Corona …
Read More »Afghan officials say Taliban and associates behind civilian deaths
AT News KABUL: Violence and hostility of the armed group Taliban has surged since a U.S. peace deal with them in March, with hundreds of civilians killed in the crossfire and deadly attacks. National Security Council says the Taliban and its associate terrorist groups were behind civilian deaths and casualties. …
Read More »Taliban leader fears peace derailing, asking US to stick on deal
AT News KABUL: The leader of the Taliban group, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada in his Eid message has called on the United States to not let anyone make the US-Taliban peace deal failed with posing hurdles and delay in the process. He said that the US-Taliban peace deal is worldwide confirmed …
Read More »Mosques shooting leaves 11 worshippers dead in Parwan, Khost
AT News KABUL: At least 11 worshippers have “embraced martyrdom” and six others received injuries after armed militants opened fire on them during praying in two mosques in northern Parwan and southern Khost provinces. The terroristic incidents had occurred on Tuesday evening, official said on Wednesday. In continuation of crimes, …
Read More »Coronavirus cases surge past 8k in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that it has recorded 492 new covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 8,145 across the country. Kabul has once again hit worse with 262 new cases from 1,003 samples that had been tested during this …
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