AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday approved solar year security plan “Khalid”, where a secure electoral process is one of the highest priority of the plan. “The plan also focuses to improve security in urban areas and highways, step up offensive against those elements who threaten our …
Read More »Daudzai says to officially invite Taliban in Loya Jirga for peace
AT News Report KABUL: President Ghani’s Special Envoy and Head of High Peace Council’s Secretariat said that they will invite the Taliban group to take part in the upcoming Loya Jirga for Peace, where they would discuss ongoing peace efforts. The Grand Consultative Jirga on Peace has been scheduled for …
Read More »29 drug traffickers sent behind bars
AT News Report KABUL: Aimed a war on drugs, the Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Tuesday said 29 drug traffickers have been sentenced to short and long incarcerations in the last one week. CJTF in a press statement said that its primary and appeal courts have convicted …
Read More »Two children, including young cricketer freed from kidnappers
AT News Report KABUL: The kidnapped young cricketer “Ahmad Quraishi” and another child have been released during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province with promises from a young Afghan security official that “kidnapping won’t be left unanswered at all.” After Quraishi’s release, Deputy Security for Interior Ministry, Gen. Khoshal Sadat …
Read More »Dozens of insurgents killed in ANDSF latest operations
AT News Report KABUL: At least 74 militants have been killed and 14 others received injures in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country within past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …
Read More »ANDSF recaptured Arghanjkhwa of Badakhshan
KABUL- Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) after a fierce fighting Tuesday morning recaptured headquarters of the Arghanjkhwa district of northeastern Badakhshan province and imposed heavy casualties on the militants, army officials in north said. The operation to recover the district from the militants was kicked off Monday morning …
Read More »Ghani promises to punish officials violent against journalists
AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani assured journalists that any government officials who treat them violently would be introduced to judiciary to punish them. “Information has now entered every sector of economy and society. Economy and society are unable to move on without the help of information,” the president …
Read More »Khalilzad visits Kabul amid tensions over peace process
AT News Report KABUL: The US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad arrived Monday in Kabul, in a nearly one-month delay after his fifth negotiation with Taliban representatives in Qatar which the two sides claimed ended with progresses to get close peace in the war-devastated country. Khalilzad who would …
Read More »Afghanistan shuts down Pakistan’s Habib Bank
AT News Report KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has shut down Pakistan’s largest lender Habib Bank’s operation in Kabul after violating the laws. The Central Bank of Afghanistan has revoked the operation license of Habib Bank Limted citing non-compliance of the bank with the banking laws of Afghanistan. The Governor …
Read More »Taliban asked to help vaccinators in their anti-polio house-to-house mission against polio
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in cooperation with partners has kicked off the first round of National Immunization Days (NIDS) for polio eradication that will take five days to target around 9.3 million children under five years of age across the country. During the campaign, around …
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