AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Monday said that it has recorded 408 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 7,072 across Afghanistan. Health Ministry said that out of 858 samples, 408 were tested positive. 162 cases were recorded in Kabul, …
Read More »30 Taliban rebels killed in military stings
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Defense on Monday said that 30 Taliban fighters were killed in the latest series of crackdowns in five provinces of Afghanistan. MoD Deputy Spokesman Fawad Aman said that 18 Taliban rebels were killed in airstrikes in Kunduz and Maidan Wardak provinces on Sunday night. He …
Read More »Taliban staged 3,800 attacks since US peace deal
AT News KABUL: The government alleges that Taliban militants have carried out 3,800 attacks in the first three months of the current year, while the insurgents have lately begun spring offensive, a wave of attacks annually begins in April or May. Intelligence Director, Ahmad Zia Seraj said Monday that the …
Read More »9 killed in Taliban car bombing in Ghazni
AT News KABUL: At least nine civilians have been killed in Taliban’s powerful Humvee truck bombing on Monday morning in southern Ghanzi province. It was around 4:00 local time when insurgents carried out bombing targeting a security forces facility near Saqafat Islamic Center in Ghazni city, said provincial governor office …
Read More »Karzai hopes for eternal peace in Afghanistan
“Last Tuesday, eyes of our children that had just opened to this world were shut. Our painful reality can’t get more painful than this,” Karzai AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai said that peace process in Afghanistan should be governed by Afghans to bring an immediate end to war …
Read More »Insurgents kill guards of Logar copper mine
AT News KABUL: The Taliban rebels have attacked checkpoints of security forces – guarding the country’s biggest copper mine in southeastern Logar province – and killed eight guards and wounded five others. Spokesman for the ministry of mines and petroleum, Abdul Qaddir Mustafi said, “It was not the first time, …
Read More »Afghan forces kill 37 Taliban rebels in Paktia
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 37 Taliban insurgents in southern Paktia province days after Afghan government had ordered them to go to offensive from defense posture that they were since peace deal signed between US and the Taliban in Qatar on February. 68 other …
Read More »Kabul police nabs seven criminals in a day
AT News KABUL: Seven suspected criminals have been arrested in an operation conducted by the police in Kabul, the capital city and its districts in the past 24 hours. The detained culprits are accused of murder, robbery, looting people’s valuable goods, mobile and stealing vehicle plate numbers, Kabul Police Press …
Read More »Thousands stand against Taliban, recapture checkpoints in Faryab
AT News KABUL: Hundreds of residents of northern Faryab province has stood up against the Taliban rebels and had overrun their checkpoints in Shirin-Tagab district of the province. Shirin-Tagab District Governor, Zainullah Zaki said that the residents have seized weapons and ammunition and besieged a big sanctuary of Taliban in …
Read More »Afghanistan’s political dispute ends as Ghani, Abdullah sign power-sharing deal
Abdullah Abdullah who challenged legitimacy of president Ghani for months will – according to the agreement – undertake leadership of the High Council of National Reconciliation, with an active presence in the cabinet. AT News KABUL: Finally the warring Afghan leaders—President Ashraf Ghani and his estranged ally Abdullah Abdullah—signed on …
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