AT News KABUL: Finally the warring Afghan leaders—President Ashraf Ghani and his estranged ally Abdullah Abdullah— have agreed to sign a political agreement that will set the motion for a power-sharing or coalition government after months of dispute and marathon mediation bids. The negotiations between the two leaders are finally …
Read More »Covid-19 cases surge to 6,402
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Saturday said it has recorded 349 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 6,402 in Afghanistan. Health Ministry said that out of 1,113 samples, 349 were tested positive within this period. 126 cases were recorded …
Read More »‘Civilian deaths spike as war escalates’
AT News KABUL: Intensifying of war by the government and armed opposition groups only claim the lives of civilian Afghans, say political and military analysts, who warn that the intensive war causes increase in civilian casualties. President Ghani ordered army to change the war style by adopting offensive position against …
Read More »“War causes destruction,” Karzai urges an end to war, political feud
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai urged for an immediate stop of the current war and other acts that cause the deepening of differences among the people of the country. “As the history witnesses, no nation has got felicity through war, but the war has brought them pain, misery …
Read More »Taliban demand probe into Kabul, Nangarhar attacks
AT News KABUL: After waves of reaction to the two recent deadly attacks on a maternity hospital and at a funeral in Afghanistan, the Taliban, who denied their involvement in the attacks, called for an impartial probing into the incidents. The militant said in a statement that attacks on the …
Read More »Fighting erupts in Kunduz, 3 policemen killed
AT News KABUL: The intense, but usual fighting has been erupted as Afghan government officially ordered security forces to go back on the offensive from defense posture after wave of attacks across the country that had fatalities. In the fresh clash between Afghan forces and the Taliban fighters, three policemen …
Read More »Leaders distracted in power tussle as lethal insurgents unleash terror
AT News KABUL: No tangible result has emerged from the seemingly counterproductive negotiations between the challenged president and his dissenting opponent to clamber out of the tough political ditch and end the longstanding polarization. This fiasco of the leadership obstinacy and distraction has conceivably led to the resurgence of the …
Read More »With 414 cases, Afghanistan sees highest single-day spike
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has registered 414 new covid-19 patients in the past 24 hours—the highest number since the Afghan health ministry boosted its testing capacity to over 1,000 samples per day. The total cases have reached to 6,053 across Afghanistan, according to the Health Ministry data on Friday. The …
Read More »Taliban truck bomb killed 5, injured 30 civilians in Paktia province
KABUL- At least five civilians were “martyred” and another 30 people including five army personnel were injured after a Taliban suicide bomber detonated his truck bomb near a military installation in southeastern Paktia province of the country, officials said. The attack took place around 8:30am in Gardiz, capital city of …
Read More »51 civilians killed on deadly Tuesday
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan was under attack on Tuesday. Taliban and their sponsors killed 51 civilians and wounded 115 including mothers and newborns, doctors and mourners at a funeral, said the nation’s National Security Council on Wednesday. “Tuesday alone, Taliban and their sponsors killed 51 civilians and wounded 115, including …
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