AT News KABUL: Hundreds of girls have been deprived of education as insecurity recently been intensified in northern Takhar province, provincial officials said on Wednesday. Some of the provincial inhabits have voiced concerns over the Taliban’s active presence in Khwajaghar district. They said the insecurity has deprived scores of …
Read More »25 security personnel killed in Kunduz, Uruzgan ambushes
AT News KABUL: Some 25 Afghan forces have been killed in Taliban ambushes on security outposts in tumultuous Kunduz and Uruzgan provinces, according to provincial councilmembers. The Taliban have taken responsibilities for the attacks. Deputy Chairman of Kunduz provincial council, Safiullah Amiri, said that Taliban staged a pre-dawn group ambush …
Read More »No cases of Coronavirus reported in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Officials in the ministry of public health said there is no case of coronavirus so far in Afghanistan, and also spoke about measures taken by the ministry in its prevention. Dr. Feda Mohammad Moye said passengers that have been directly or indirectly arriving from China in Kabul …
Read More »“Deliberate abandonment of fraud allegations stymied 2018 parliamentary elections”
AT News KABUL: Some election watchdogs are arguing that accusations of fraud which had marred the 2018 Parliamentary Elections had been treated politically in favour of the sitting parliament members. They believe that favoritism in arbitration of election scams has tarnished public trust in elections and the justice system. They …
Read More »Taliban ban medicine supply to Paktia healthcare facilities
AT News KABUL: Officials in the eastern province of Paktia say that Taliban do not allow medicines supply to healthcare centers there. The officials in the districts of Samkani and Aryoub Zazi, said Wednesday that hospitals and other medical facilities had not received medicines for one month, which had made …
Read More »33 insurgents killed in latest military raids
AT News KABUL: At least 33 Taliban militants have been killed and six others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Wednesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »Ghani cancels peace council budget
AT News KABUL: Government has purportedly canceled the budget of the High Peace Council in the wake of President Ghani’s establishing of state ministry for peace to steer peace affairs. Some councilmembers are blasting at the budget cancellation arguing that the council is facing a lack of facilities and budget …
Read More »15 Afghans graduate Czech Republic pilot training
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Fifteen Afghan youth have completed training of fixed wing aircraft operation in Czech Republic. Afghan embassy in Prague, capital of Czech Republic, in a statement on Tuesday said that Afghan Air Force took one step forward by receiving the newly graduated pilots. The source said the …
Read More »Taliban fumble US troop withdrawal bring them victory: Abdullah
AT News KABUL: In reaction to the Taliban’s squash over US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah said the group is making a mistake if it thinks about victory through military means after US troops withdrawal from the country. Talking in a gathering in central Parwan province, …
Read More »Taliban have likely access to modern weapons, say experts
AT News KABUL: Political and military analysts say that Taliban would have been able to get access to sophisticated arms, if so, worrying of intensifying of war. The concerns come a day after a US military plane crashed Monday in Ghazni province, with an Afghan army helicopter making emergency landing …
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