AT News Report KABUL: Afghan security forces have killed two of the three suicide bomber who stormed a hotel in Qala-i-Naw, capital city of western Badghis province, official said. Interior ministry spokesman, Nusrat Rahim said these suicide bombers stormed the hotel at around 12:40pm local time, and turned weapon …
Read More »Karzai denounces Nangarhar suicide bombing
AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Friday harshly condemned the suicide attack on a wedding ceremony in Pachiragam district of eastern Nangarhar province. The suicide attacker was identified to be a teenager, who detonated his explosives attached to his body among the guests of the wedding party …
Read More »Around 400 civilians killed, wounded within 10 days in Afghanistan: Advocacy Group
AT News Report KABUL: The Civilian Protection Advocacy Group says in a report that some 400 civilians have been killed and injured within the past 10 days across Afghanistan. The group said Friday that civilian casualty was the highest compared to last months. Aziz Ahmad Tassal, head of the group …
Read More »Dostum says Taliban escalate assaults as leverage on peace talks
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, …
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