AT News Reports KABUL: The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) with cooperation of the Qatari Red Crescent Society has entitled 141 children suffering from heart hole disease for treatment in the Qatari hospitals. According to a statement released on Sunday by the ARCS, the heart holes affected children would be …
Read More »HPC unhappy with Mullah Baradar’s ‘unhelpful’ presence in peace negotiations
AT News Report KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) on Sunday claimed that the presence of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar as the second in command in Taliban ranks in the peace negotiations was not helpful to bring peace to the war-hit country. Mullah Baradar was appointed as the head of …
Read More »Ghani flies to London to discuss Afghan peace, watch cricket game
AT News Reports KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani left Kabul for London on Sunday to discuss peace talks with the country’s officials. He will also watch a cricket match between Afghan and England national teams scheduled to be held in Manchester City. In his three-day visit to London, Ghani is …
Read More »Afghan forces inflict heavy casualties on Taliban
AT News Report KABUL: At least 82 militants were killed and 23 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued Sunday in Kabul, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) with the cooperation of Afghan National Police (ANP) and …
Read More »20,000 cases of cancer recorded last year: MoPH
AT News Report KABUL: Officials in the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Sunday during the First Symposium of Breast Cancer said that 20,000 cases of cancer were registered across the country in 2018. A statement released on Saturday by the ministry, quotes deputy minister Feda Mohammad Paikan as saying …
Read More »Billions of dollars smuggled to Iran through official channels
AT News Report KABUL: A reliable source revealed that some four to five billion dollars were smuggled to Iran from Afghanistan through official channels in 2018. The amounts were smuggled through borders in western Herat province. The source added the local officials were aware of the smuggling. The western borders …
Read More »Karzai ‘strongly’ denounces Jalalabad terrorist attack
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemned Thursday’s “terrorist attack” in the eastern city of Jalalabad that killed and injured a number of civilians. In a statement issued Friday, Karzai called on “all Afghans to accelerate efforts for end of war and brining peace through intra-Afghan dialogues.” …
Read More »Taliban execute killer of 11 civilians
AT News Report KABUL: An official in western Farah province confirmed Friday that Taliban have executed the culprit who has opened fire and killed at least 12 civilians, including six of his own family members in Khak-e-Safid district of the province. Haji Jummah, the administrative chief of Khak-e-Safaid district, confirmed …
Read More »Security forces kill 38 militants in past 2-day
AT News Report KABUL: Defense Ministry on Friday said that Afghan security forces have killed at thirty-eight militants in separate operations country-wide in the past 24 hours. Security forces had conducted nine joint offensives and clearing operations, 78 special commando assignments and 30 airstrikes amid at eradicating insurgents’ hideouts and …
Read More »24 militants, including Pakistanis detained in Kandahar
AT News Report KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) Special Units have arrested 24 militants, including four Pakistanis in an operation carried out in southern Kandahar province. During a Press Conference in the Governor Office in Kandahar, NDS operatives brought them to media, while they were wearing masks and also …
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