As Afghanistan currently has more than enough of insecurity on its plate, Pakistani aggression on top of that makes the circumstances further worse for Afghans. According to local officials, Pakistani forces have fired up to 200 rockets into Shultan district of eastern Kunar province, causing financial losses to people, since …
Read More »29 drug traffickers sentenced to years in prison
AT News Report KABUL: At least 29 drug runners pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and were sentenced to year behind bars in the past one week. A statement issued by the courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) that 29 drug traffickers sentenced to two – 15 years’ incarceration after …
Read More »Abdullah lambasts Ghani over release of Kabul Bank ex-CEO
AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday lashed out at President Ashraf Ghani over the release of Khalilullah Ferozi, ex-CEO of Kabul Bank convicted of multimillion-dollar fraud. Meanwhile, Abdullah who is running for president in upcoming September polls, at his campaign rally here said the …
Read More »First peace, then elections: Ahadi
‘If election is held, peace will be postponed for at least four years’ ‘If Ghani retakes power, peace will be hampered’ AT News Report KABUL: Anwarul Haq Ahadi, a notable politician who has worked in different government posts, prefers peace to the presidential elections slated to be held on September …
Read More »Two men nabbed in Kabul on charge of having hands in helping Taliban
AT News Report KABUL: Police arrested two men accused of helping Taliban during overnight operation in Kabul General Command of Police Special Units (GCPSU) launched an overnight operation in the Police District 5 of Kabul City, during which, they managed to arrest two men on charge of helping Taliban militants …
Read More »Taliban torch girls’ school in Kabul
AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Tuesday said that Taliban fighters set a girls’ school on fire in Kabul province. “Taliban terrorists have torched a girls’ school in Shakar Dara district Monday night,” said Ministry of Interior Spokesman Nasrat Rahimi. According to reports Taliban have tied the …
Read More »Government calls Daesh a ‘tactical threat’ to Afghanistan
AT News Report KABUL: The National Security Council calls Daesh terrorist group as a “tactical threat” to Afghanistan that would turn into a strategic threat as it tries to attract other terrorist groups in the region. “There are concerns that after a peace agreement with the Taliban, a huge part …
Read More »29 drug traffickers sentenced to years in prison
AT News Report KABUL: At least 29 drug runners pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and were sentenced to year behind bars in the past one week. A statement issued by the courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) that 29 drug traffickers sentenced to two – 15 years’ incarceration after …
Read More »Abdullah lambasts Ghani over release of Kabul Bank ex-CEO
AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday lashed out at President Ashraf Ghani over the release of Khalilullah Ferozi, ex-CEO of Kabul Bank convicted of multimillion-dollar fraud. Meanwhile, Abdullah who is running for president in upcoming September polls, at his campaign rally here said the …
Read More »Afghanistan says US military presence depends on situation
AT News Report KABUL: In a reaction to the US President, Donald Trump’s recent remarks on US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, the government says that the foreign troop presence in the country depended on security situation. Trump had said that he would decrease the number of US troops to less …
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