AT News Report KABUL: At least five children have been killed and one other received injures after a planted bomb went off in northern Faryab province on Sunday morning, an official said. 209 Shaheen Army Crops in a statement said that the bomb had been planted by Taliban insurgents in …
Read More »$1.4m aid provided to drought-affectees
AT News Report KABUL: The World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a new humanitarian contribution of €898,200 from the European Union to help Afghan families hit-hard by last year’s drought rebuild their lives. The contribution will allow WFP to assist 2,000 families in Afghanistan’s western province of Badghis – the …
Read More »Intra-Afghan talks postponed yet again
AT News Report KABUL: The third meeting between Taliban and Afghan politicians supposed to be held in China next week, was postponed for a short time, officials in the High Peace Council said. Hajji Din Mohammad, a member of the council said on Saturday that the decision to postpone China …
Read More »US general urges Afghan war to reach peace
AT News Report KABUL: The US forces’ general commander in Afghanistan, Austin Scott Miller says that war in Afghanistan would continue until a peace deal is gained. Miller told reporters at the sideline of the NATO defense ministers in Brussels that war would not stop against Taliban until a peace …
Read More »Dostum meets Erdogan in Turkey visit
AT News Report KABUL: The first vice president, Abdul Rashid Dostum who is visiting Turkey, met with the country’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, discussing peace process and presidential election in Afghanistan. Sources in the Jonbesh-e-Melli (National Movement) party, led by Dostum, said that he also talked to Turkish …
Read More »IEC unable to clarify result announcement date due to staff disagreements
AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has not managed yet to determine a date for the announcement of preliminary results of the presidential election as senior officials solve their disagreements and differences. Aurangzeb, a member of the commission, said Saturday that the commission’s secretariat had suggested a …
Read More »Residents of 20 provinces donate 600m Afs to education sector
AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Education (MoE) on Saturday has said that residents of 20 provinces have donated 600 million Afs to education sector in the past six months. The residents of Khost, Daykundi, Kapisa, Maidan Wardak, Sar-e-Pul, Bayan, Panjshir, Samangan, Badghis, Kandahar, Balkh, Nimroz, Kabul, Helmand, Jawzjan, Logar, …
Read More »Seven people of a family shot dead in Baghlan
AT News Report KABUL: At least seven members of a family, including four children have been shot dead by unknown armed men on Friday night in Dushi district of northern Baghlan province, local officials said Saturday. District governor, Sahib Dad Ghafori has confirmed the incident, saying, “on Friday midnight, some …
Read More »“Govt. failed to form national consensus for peace”
AT News Report KABUL: A number of influential political figures have claimed that the government has failed in formation of national consensus for ensuring a sustainable peace to end the longest violence in the country. Addressing a gathering on Saturday in Kabul, the 2nd vice president of “Security and Justice” …
Read More »Dahan-e-Ghori road reopened after years of closure
AT News Report KABUL: Dehna Ghori district road leading to Pul-e-Khomri city was reopened after four years of closure in northern Baghlan province. The ministry of interior said the road reopened after the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) conducted clearance operation in the district. The Taliban insurgents had …
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