AT News KABUL: In series of surrendering, a group of 49 more fighters of Daesh loyalists have given up violence by laying down their arms in eastern Nangarhar province, ministry of defense Sunday. A press statement issued by Ministry of Defense said that 49 more Daesh fighters, along 21 women …
Read More »Two Taliban commanders along 26 fighters killed in Jawzjan, Faryab
AT News KABUL: At least 26 Taliban fighters, including two commanders of the group have been killed in separate operations carried out in northern Jawzjan and Faryab provinces. A press statement issued by 209 Shaheen Military Corps said Sunday that 21 Taliban fighters, including two key commanders of the group …
Read More »Intra-Afghan talks may take place in Germany: Sources
AT News KABUL: A conference on Afghan peace process was about to hold in Beijing, the capital city of China, but due to divergence, where Taliban group once opposed Kabul delegation prepared by the government, now there is expectation that the talks to be held in Germany. A source who …
Read More »Border force commander killed in Helmand
AT News KABUL: Police’s border force commander was killed in a roadside bomb blast in the southern province of Helmand, provincial officials confirmed. General Zaher Gul Moqbel was on his way to the Marjah district that his vehicle struck a roadside bomb, killing him and injuring three of his companions, …
Read More »MPs consider electoral protests ‘an alarm’
AT News KABUL: Members of parliament believe that the recent protests by supporters of one of presidential candidates in Kabul as a “serious alarm”, warning of country’s return to the “dark past”, referring to Taliban rule. Mir Rahman Rahmani, parliament speaker, said Saturday that the independent election commission should meet …
Read More »Ghazni blast kills three children
AT News Report KABUL: At least three children embraced martyrdom and one another received injury, after a rocket warhead went off in southern Ghazni province, official said Saturday. A Taliban mortar warhead left in Hasan Khill village of Qarabagh district of the province that blew up and killed three children, …
Read More »Its people’s right to stage civil demos: IEC
AT News KABUL: Last Friday hundreds of supporters of “Stability and Convergence” electoral team led by Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah have come out on the streets of capital Kabul to express their anger over performances of the Independent Election Commission (IEC). The protestors have demanded the IEC to nullify the …
Read More »55 insurgents killed in fresh raids
AT News Report KABUL: At least 55 militants have been killed and three 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 Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »Afghanistan pursues Indonesia’s support in realizing gender equality
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Afghan government is pursuing Indonesia’s support to attain gender equality and sustainable peace in the country. “Quality and effectiveness are indicators of sustainability. When you get quality assistance, nothing can destroy it,” Afghan Minister of Information and Culture Hasina Safi remarked during the opening …
Read More »Ghani criticized for Trump meeting in US base
AT News KABUL: Lawmakers slammed President Ashraf Ghani for going to the US military base out of Kabul to meet the country’s president Donald Trump, calling it an “insult to all Afghans”. Trump landed at the Bagram air base in a sudden visit to Afghanistan on Thursday where he attended …
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