AT News Report KABUL: The Second Vice President Abdul Rasheed Dostum on Friday said the Taliban have intensified their attacks across the country, especially the north, parallel to the ongoing peace negotiations, reasoning that this move was a pressure tactic to receive concessions. Dostum arrived at the Aqcha and Faizabad …
Read More »Kabul police apologies attacking reporters
AT News Report KABUL: Deputy Kabul Police Chief Najibullah Sartair on Friday officially apologized to journalists over last week’s incident, where some policemen misbehaved with media persons and beat them up. The incident occurred when police personnel led by Sartair behaved badly and assaulted some of the journalists last week …
Read More »HRW says four civilians killed in Wardak Clinic raid
AT News Report KABUL: Afghan special forces raided a medical clinic in Wardak province on the night of July 8-9, 2019, and executed four civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Friday. Afghan authorities should promptly and thoroughly investigate the attack and appropriately prosecute those responsible, the HRW …
Read More »Kandahar district on the verge of collapse: Officials
AT News Report KABUL: Officials and tribal elders in the southern province of Kandahar warn of the fall of Panjwayee district to Taliban, saying the militant were trying to capture the district. Panjwayee district lies close to the Durand Line and Taliban fighters can easily come there from the other …
Read More »US withdrawal based on international guarantee
AT News Report KABUL: Head of Taliban negotiating team in Qatar talks, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai says if the guarantor states agree to play their roles, the US would pull its troops out of Afghanistan. Stanakzai told a Japanese news outlet on Friday that Japan and some other Asian countries …
Read More »Updated: Nine people “martyred” in suicide attack on a wedding party in Nangarhar
AT-KABUL: At least nine people were martyred and another 20 were injured today morning after a wedding party in house of tribal elder was targeted by a teenager suicide bomber in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said. The attacker is identified to be a teenager, who detonated his explosives, attached …
Read More »Afghans should be proud of ANDSF: Gen Miller
AT News Report KABUL: Afghan and Coalition leadership attended a security shura today (Thursday) with security pillars in Faryab province, where General Scott Miller, Resolute Support Commander said that Afghans should proud of Afghan security forces. Brigadier General Khoshal Sadat, Ministry of Interior Senior Deputy Minister Security, Dr. Yasin Zia, …
Read More »Taliban speak of peace contrary to their actions: Zabul governor
AT News Report KABUL: In the wake of ongoing peace talks, where Afghan delegates and Taliban Qatar based members agreed over reeducation of violence, once again Taliban fighters stormed a bazaar in southern Zabul province, forcing the shopkeepers to close their shops with intention of reducing them into flames. Taliban …
Read More »NATO not leaving Afghanistan until the job is done: Kay
Afghan and Coalition leadership attended a security shura today with security pillars in Ghazni province. Asadullah Khalid, Acting Minister of Defense, Sir Nicholas Kay, NATO Senior Civilian Representative, General Scott Miller, Resolute Support Commander, and Brigadier General Khoshal Sadat, Ministry of Interior Deputy Minister for Security, met with Provincial Governor …
Read More »Two Iranian soldiers detained in Farah
AT News Report KABUL: Local officials in western Farah province said Afghan security forces have detained two Iranian soldiers who entered into Afghan soil. Provincial governor’s spokesman, Faroq Barikzai, said these soldiers along with a car and Dshk-machinegun have entered the Afghanistan soil and were captured by the Afghan security …
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