AT News KABUL: MoPH has confirmed second virus-related fatality and over 80 coronavirus cases in Afghanistan so far. Confirmed cases of the coronavirus has surpassed 80, including the only two deaths from the illness so far. At least 34 people have tested positive for the virus, including 33 in Herat, …
Read More »25 dead in ISIS raid on Kabul Sikh temple
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: At least 25 people have been killed and more than 8 wounded, after a suicide attacker stormed a Sikh worshipping site in Kabul on Wednesday, the Ministry of Interior has said, in one of the deadliest attacks on the minority community in the country. The Islamic …
Read More »Gov’t has released nine Taliban prisoners from Wardak jail
AT News KABUL: In a decree, President Ashraf Ghani has set free at least nine Taliban prisoners from a jail in central Wardak province. The releasing made on Tuesday and the prisoners had been reintegrated with their family members. Provincial Governor’s Spokesman Mohibullah Sahrifzai said that these prisoners have committed …
Read More »Karzai denunciates attack on Sikh Gurdwara
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai condemned on Wednesday a terrorist attack on a worshipping site of Sikh minority community in Kabul which killed at least 25 people and left 8 wounded. A terrorist stormed a Sikh temple in Shor Bazar area at around 7:45 am in Kabul on Wednesday, …
Read More »Insurgent shelling kills 3 civilians in Kapisa
AT News KABUL: A mortal shelling fired by the militants in northern Kapisa province left three civilians dead while three others, including a child received injuries, officials said on Wednesday. Provincial Police Spokesman Abdul Shaeq Shorash said the mortals targeted a vehicle in Shahkhost village of Tagab district of the …
Read More »8 killed in Helmand after vehicle hit by roadside bomb
AT News KABUL: At least eight civilians were killed after their vehicle hit in a roadside mine in Musa-Kala district of southern Helmand province. Provincial Governor’s Spokesman Omar Zwak said the incident occurred in Roshan Tawar village of the district. The provincial local officials blamed the Taliban for the blast …
Read More »House hammers Ghani, Abdullah over lingering feud
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Speaker of House of the People Mir Rahman Rahmani hammered Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah on Wednesday for their protracted power-sharing bickering, declaring the Parliament’s intent to broke a reconciliation deal between the feuding leaders. A committee has been assigned to formulate a comprehensive plan and share …
Read More »Abdullah regrets Pompeo’s failure in brokering Afghan election deal
AT News KABUL: Former presidential runner Abdullah Abdullah who lost the polls last year, has expressed regret that the US secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s visit to Kabul did not work as he expected. Pompeo was in Kabul on Monday to help President Ghani and his rival in election Abdullah …
Read More »Taliban sustain heavy casualty in Balkh
AT News KABUL: At least 25 Taliban fighters were killed and 33 others wounded in active defense posture by the Afghan security forces conducted in northern Balkh province. Following enemy attack on the security and defense forces positions in Chamtal and Dawlat Abad districts, the Afghan National Defense and Security …
Read More »Medics suspicious of covid-19 fled Kandahar hospital
AT News KABUL: Talking in condition of anonymity, a source from southern Kandahar’s Maiwand hospital said that two health employees, who were suspicious of coronavirus, have escaped from the hospital. The virus has been spread from a hospitals’ doctor, who was quarantined at the hospital, the source added. The …
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