AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s Civil Aviation Authority on Monday said the country is raking in an estimated revenue of around $100,000 per day after the biggest international airlines began steering clear of Iranian airspace in wake of the flare-up of Iran’s tensions with the US earlier this month. Following the …
Read More »Airstrikes pummel Taliban stronghold in Ghazni, killing 15
AT News KABUL: Afghan Air Forces (AAF) conducted airstrikes targeting fighters loyal to the Taliban group in different districts of southern Ghazni province, in which at least 15 insurgents were killed, ministry of defense said on Tuesday. In the Gilan district of the province, eleven Taliban fighters were killed and …
Read More »Man wants justice for family members killed in Khost
AT News KABUL: Razo Khan, a resident of Khost province who has lost four members of his family in an operation launched by the Special Force unit of the National Directorate of Security, calls for justice. He said Tuesday that the Special Forces stormed his house in Khost in 2018, …
Read More »Karzai praises Bacha Khan for ‘fighting violence, extremism’
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai in a statement on the occasion of independence activist Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan’s (aka Bacha Khan) 32nd death anniversary, praised him for his nonviolent battle against violence and extremism. “Pride of Afghans Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a shining star of nonviolent thought, …
Read More »Electoral complaint commission to start meeting appealing requests
AT News KABUL: The independent electoral complaint commission is to start probing of appealing requests today (Tuesday). The commission has registered so far 6,300 appealing requests from 34 provinces mostly registered by presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah. Sayed Qutbuddin Roydad, a member of the body said Monday that the appealing requests …
Read More »Abdullah ups the ante on new peace ministry
AT News KABUL: In reaction to recent statements of the state ministry for peace about ceasefire and violence reduction, the incumbent chief executive Dr. Abdullah said Monday that peace can never be monopolized by a single agency. Abdullah who was addressing a meeting of Council of Ministers said that the …
Read More »The US is no honest broker in Afghanistan peace: Senate
AT News KABUL: Amidst a hectic season of peace negotiations and with the United States and Taliban inching towards hammering out a peace deal to curb insurgency, the Senate is bristling that the United States is not an honest broker of peace in Afghanistan. The Chairman of the Senate, Fazl …
Read More »Five died in Logar as extreme cold sweeps across Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: A severe cold snap killed five people in southeastern Logar province, officials said on Monday, as heavy snowfall and rain continued to lash parts of the country. Provincial governor’s spokesman, Deedar Lawang said the incident took place in Pull-e-Alam, the provincial capital city. “A delegation has been …
Read More »Six died in Madrasa’s roof collapse
AT News KABUL: Six students have been died and eight others wounded after a roof of a Madrasa has fallen down in southern Kandahar province, local official said Monday. The Madrasa is located in PD 12th of the Kandahar’s capital city. Provincial Education Department’s Spokesman, Nazar Mohammad Samimi said, “The …
Read More »Four family members hack to death – urban crimes rising
AT News KABUL: Four members of a family were hacked to death in Kabul, the provincial capital city by unknown gunmen on Sunday night, indicating a devastation rise in the urban crimes. A mother with her three children aged between 7 and 14 years old, were killed by an ax …
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