AT News KABUL: The Organization of Reporters Without Borders in its littlest report has described Afghanistan as the third dangerous and unsecured country for the journalists following Mexico and Syria in 2019. According to the report, at least ten journalists in Mexico, ten in Syria, five in Afghanistan, four in …
Read More »Taliban blamed for supporting terrorist groups in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Briefing at the UN Security Council in New York, Adela Raz, Permanent Representatives of Afghanistan to United Nations has blamed the Taliban militants for providing the circumstance to ISI-K and al-Qaeda extremist groups’ subversive acts in Afghanistan. Raz has expressed appreciation to the UN Assistant Mission’s multi-dimensions …
Read More »Karzai condemns attacks on civilians
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned bombings in the provinces of Khost, Jawzjan and Balkh in which civilians including women and children were killed in injured. Karzai emphasized on the end of cruelty and violence against the people of Afghanistan, calling on the nation to maintain unity …
Read More »‘9.4m Afghans in need of humanitarian aid in 2020’
AT News KABUL: Some 9.4 million people have been identified in need of humanitarian assistance in 2020 across the country in the Afghanistan, Humanitarian Needs Overview published on Tuesday. “Afghanistan is now the scene of the deadliest conflict on earth. Fighting continues to rage, exposing civilians, particularly women and children, …
Read More »“Regional cooperation key for stable Afghanistan”
AT News KABUL: Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Idrees Zaman met with the Ambassador of the United States of America to Kabul, Mr. John Bass on Tuesday morning, where they discussed Afghan related issues. The two sides talked about the recently held Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process 8th Ministerial …
Read More »Nine Afghan children killed or maimed daily in world’s most lethal warzone: UNICEF
Protagonists must protect civilians, end targeting of schools and clinics AT News KABUL: The forty-year-old conflict in Afghanistan is having a devastating impact on children and the protagonists are failing in their duty to shield them from its consequences, UNICEF said today (Tuesday). A report released by the UN children’s …
Read More »Nangarhar civil activists stage demo against use of Pakistani currency
AT News KABUL: A number of civil activists have staged protest in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday against the use of Pakistani rupees, asking for complete popularizing of Afghani currency in daily business across the province. Nangarhar Press Disk in a statement said that civil …
Read More »Balkh blast leaves 18 people injured
AT News KABUL: At least 18 people were wounded, after a bike-born Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) blew up in northern Balkh province on Tuesday morning, official said. The blast occurred in Alkozai square in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city of Balkh, where 18 people, all them civilians, received injuries, Balkh Police …
Read More »55 militants killed in fresh ops
AT News KABUL: At least 55 Taliban militants have been killed and 21 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 Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said that the Afghan National …
Read More »Afghanistan, Uzbekistan step up efforts to strengthen trade
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev has met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Management and Resources of Afghanistan Naheed Esar, where they discussed issues related to the Afghan issues. At the meeting, Uzbekistan’s efforts to resolve the Afghan …
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