AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have repelled Taliban attack in northern Kunduz province, and killed 27 Taliban fighters, said security officials on Sunday. The Taliban armed insurgents attacked parts of Khanabad and Dasht-e-Archi districts in Kunuz on Saturday night that pushed back in a defensive posture by Afghan …
Read More »Kapisa attack leaves four security forces dead
AT News KABUL: Local officials in northern Kapisa province said that Taliban have killed four members of the public uprising forces in Nijrab district. Police Spokesman Shayiq Shorish said the incident took place on Friday evening in Afghania village of the district. Meanwhile, some sources, who wished to go …
Read More »‘Commercial ports open with all neighboring countries’
AT News KABUL: As the price of foodstuffs have jumped to sudden spike amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, the ministry of transportation has said that all commercial ports with neighboring countries have remained open for transit trucks. Last week, to avoid the spread of covid-19, Pakistan has closed its two …
Read More »5,000kg explosives seized in Samangan
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have seized a truck full of explosives, and detained one person in northern Samangan province. Operatives of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) had seized a truck full of 5,000-kg explosives during a preemptive crackdown in Dasht-e-Alasha area of Hazrat Sultan District of …
Read More »Herat laboratory begins covid-19 tests
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Saturday said the covid-19 tests is now available in laboratory of western Herat province—it will help accelerate the fight against the pandemic virus that has killed 100,000 globally so far. “The current samples are under process in the laboratory,” Spokesman for …
Read More »Zabul attack the deadliest incident after US-Taliban peace deal
AT News KABUL: The Thursday attack on an army and police joint checkpoint in the southern province of Zabul in which more than 20 soldiers and police were killed, is considered the deadliest security incident since a peace deal was signed late February between the United States and Taliban that …
Read More »Coronavirus spurs push for protection of prisoners
Authorities have tightened the crackdown on coronavirus, barred private-owned hospitals from virus testing, shut down restaurants, swimming pools and wedding halls By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health said Wednesday that the private hospitals were not allowed to diagnose the pandemic coronavirus, following announcement of some Kabul-based …
Read More »U.S. airstrikes continue despite Taliban peace accord
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US airstrikes in Afghanistan continued at a steady rate in February, despite reaching a peace deal with the Taliban, as counter-terror operations targeted Daesh and al-Qaeda. According to Air Forces Central Command statistics released March 12, in February, US manned and unmanned aircraft dropped 360 weapons—the lowest monthly total …
Read More »Washington ties Afghan peace accord to Taliban commitment
Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: Following the Taliban’s statement over its strong standpoint against the malicious terrorist group, IS-K or so called Daesh, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad – who had signed a peace deal with the Taliban’s deputy leader around two weeks ago in the Gulf …
Read More »Kabul postpones biometric identification of Taliban prisoners
AT News KABUL: The biometrics process in the Pol-e-Charkhi[Ma1] central prison has been postponed, sources in the government said, a move that could make another bump on the road to peace process and intra-Afghan talks. The sources said Tuesday that 780 Taliban fighters are held in Pol-e-Charkhi prison, their lists …
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