Quite famous for his unpredictable and startling style of policy making on critical issues, the twitter obsessed President Trump called off the peace talks with Taliban after claiming that he was due to host Taliban and the Afghan president at camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, on Sunday, the …
Read More »People ask for security of Kabul-Bamyan highway
AT News Report KABUL: Resident of central areas ask the government to ensure security of the Kabul-Bamyan highway, warned that otherwise, the road linking Kabul to Kandahar would be closed and elections would face challenges in the central provinces. Representatives of the provinces of Wardak, Bamyan, Ghor and Daikundi, attended …
Read More »NDS launches operation on Daesh stronghold in Kabul
AT News Report KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) says that its operatives with the cooperation of police forces, launched an operation on a Daesh stronghold in Kabul. The NDS said in a statement on Friday that Mohammad Hanif, an organizer of Daesh attacks was killed along with a …
Read More »Abdullah rejects Ghani’s order to probe corruption allegation in foreign ministry
AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah has reportedly rejected an order by President Ashraf Ghani over probing allegations about corruption in the ministry of foreign affairs. Abdullah who is competing Ghani in the presidential elections, has said in an order that such investigation could be a kind of …
Read More »Afghan war: Nearly 1,000 children killed last year: UN
AT News Report KABUL: The United Nations says that 927 children were killed during clashes in 2018 across Afghanistan. The Afghan Human Rights Commission, condemns the killing of children as human crime by the war parties, calling on them to end conflicts as soon as possible. The United Nations has …
Read More »IEC terms insecurity core challenge ahead of polls
AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has defined the ongoing insecurity as the core challenge on the way of presidential elections slated for 28 September. IEC’s spokesman Abdullah Aziz Ibrahimi said they were able to transfer sensitive election materials to 26 provinces out of 34, terming insecurity …
Read More »Eight Taliban rebels killed in Logar op
AT News Report KABUL: Interior Ministry said that Afghan security forces have killed at least eight Taliban militants in an operation carried out in eastern Logar province. The operation was conducted in Baraki Barak district of the province on Thursday night, the ministry said in a statement, adding three others …
Read More »Kabul blast leaves four security personnel dead
AT News Report KABUL: A Taliban suicide car bomber has targeted an Afghan army base on the outskirt of Kabul city, in which four Afghan troops embraced martyrdom and three others received injures, official said Thursday. The blast took place near the Army’s Special Operation Crops in Rishkor, an area …
Read More »Eighth polio case registered in Uruzgan
AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday confirmed that a new polio case was found in the southern province of Uruzgan, increasing the number of children affected by the disease to eight. Provincial public health department, said in a statement that a 14-month old kid was afflicted …
Read More »AIHRC confirms Wardak airstrike targeted civilians
AT News Report KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Wednesday expressed its grave concern over the recent casualties inflicted in an airstrike in the central Maidan Wardak province and confirmed the victims were all civilians. According to local residents, at least seven civilians lost their lives in …
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