AT News Report KABUL: The latest spate of back-to-back bomb blasts in the eastern Nangarhar province wounded at least 70 people, an official said on Monday, at a time that Afghans marked centenary of Independence Day from Britain. A series of explosions took place at restaurants and public squares in …
Read More »Ghani vows to avenge wedding attack, root out Daesh
AT News Report KABUL: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Afghanistan Independence Day, President Ashraf Ghani on Monday said that he “will take revenge for every civilian drop of blood” after an attack claimed by Daesh terrorist group killed more than 63 people and wounded 182 in capital Kabul. The celebration …
Read More »Karzai’s message on Independence Day
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai in a statement congratulated the 100th Independence Day. Dear compatriots! I would like to congratulate the country’s 100th Independence Day to all of you. We, the people of Afghanistan have suffered lots of sacrifices along the history for preserving our independence, national …
Read More »Trusting Taliban would be a ‘big mistake’: Graham to Trump
AT News Report KABUL: Soon after reports surfaced that US President Donald Trump was set to meet with his national security team Friday afternoon to discuss a pending peace agreement with the Taliban, US Senator Lindsey Graham, a vocal opposition to Trump, warned him against withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in …
Read More »Police seize over 1,000 kg explosives in Kandahar
AT News Report KABUL: Police forces seized 1,040 kilograms of explosives during an overnight operation launched Friday night in southern Kandahar province. A statement released by Ministry of Interior, said that General Command of Police Special Units (GCPSU) conducted the anti-insurgency crackdown in Nish district of Kandahar Friday night, which …
Read More »Independence centenary to be celebrated only in Kabul
AT News Report KABUL: The cultural committee for holding the 100thanniversary of Independence Day said Saturday that due to security challenges across the country, the celebration will be only held in Kabul. “We had planned to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Independence Dayin seven zones of the country and wanted …
Read More »Trump to discuss Taliban peace deal with his advisers
AT News Report KABUL: The US President, Donald Trump is to meet his senior security advisers to discuss Afghanistan issues and the peace deal with Taliban. Reports said Friday that the meeting would take place with secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, national security adviser, John Bolton and chief of US …
Read More »Spanta accuses US of continuing Afghan war by ‘secret deals with Taliban’
AT News Report KABUL: Former Foreign Minister, Rangin Dadfar Spanta, calims that Washington was endeavoring to keep the war in Afghanistan ablaze by secret deals with Taliban. He said in an article that the US was continuing an intelligence war in Afghanistan, a war that he called “dangerous for Afghanistan”. …
Read More »Taliban supremo Haibatullah’s brother killed in Quetta bombing
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: An explosion in Quetta city of Pakistan has reportedly killed the brother of Mullah Haibatullah, the supreme leader of the Taliban insurgent group. Well-placed sources have told Reuters that Hafizullah Ahmadullah, the brother of Mullah Haibatullah, was killed in a bomb blast at a mosque along …
Read More »Ghani orders probe into Paktia civilian killings
AT News Report KABUL: The National Security Council (NSC) on Thursday while confirming the civilian killings during an operation in Zurmat district of southeastern Paktia province said that President Ashraf Ghani has ordered an investigation into the incident. On the second day of Eid ul Adha, August 12, the National …
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