AT News Report-KABUL: Five civilians have been martyred and tens other received injuries after their vehicle strike with a roadside bomb in the Haska Mena district of eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, a tribal elder said. The early morning blast too place in Paeen area of the district on a …
Read More »18 insurgents killed in military raids
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 18 militants have been killed and 10 others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said on Thursday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), …
Read More »31 insurgents killed in military raids
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 31militants have been killed and11others woundedinarmy-operated militaryraids across the country over the past days. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan NationalArmy (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan NationalPolice (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has conducted joint …
Read More »Eight arrested for smuggling drugs
AT News Report-KABUL: Eight drug smugglers have been arrested in the past week by the anti-narcotic police in a major drug bust across the country, officials said. Afghanistan’s court of justice task force said in a statement that three drug smugglers were arrested in Hamid Karzai international airport in Kabul …
Read More »Army commander killed in Kandahar suicide bombing
AT News report-KABUL: A commander of the border ‘quick response unit’of southern Kandahar’s Spin Boldak district has been killedafter a suicide bomber targeted his carrying vehicle in Kandahar cityon Wednesday morning, officials said. “A suicide attacker targeted the vehicle carrying the commander of the Spin Boldak quick response unit in …
Read More »Four decades of war: “Ending a dragging conflict in Afghanistan”
By Rangin Dadfar Spanta- “To reach the possible things, we should fight impossible ones,” Hermann Hesse The Afghan war is going to enter its 40th year on April 27th this year, 40 years of war, killing and destruction of structures and social relationships. Afghan war is one of the longest …
Read More »Taliban’s shadow district chief held
AT News Report-KABUL: The intelligence operatives have arrested the Taliban’s shadow district chief for Washir district of southern Helmand province, the agency said on Wednesday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in statement identified the detainee as Mohammad Nabi, son of Sayed Mohammad. According to NDS, the detained Taliban militant …
Read More »Ramp up pressure on insurgents: Pakistan told
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Taking note over disregard of Pakistani officials to pressurize militants enjoying safe havens on their soil, the Trump Administration has once again stressed the need for Pakistan to heap up pressure on insurgents. A senior State Department official said in an interview on Tuesday the US had …
Read More »Japan offers $11.6m for utility projects
AT News Report-KABUL: Japan has announced new assistance to improve access in Kabul, Afghanistan. The project worth approximately USD 11.6 million, will construct Maslakh Road, the Abdul Haq Roundabout, as well as a new Makroyan Bridge in line with the Kabul City Master Plan. The agreement was signed at the …
Read More »Hundreds women trained to join govt. workforce
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 400 Afghan women graduated today from an internship program aimed at providing Afghanistan with a pool of educated women ready to join the government workforce. The women were participants in USAID’s Promote: Women in Government (WIG) project. WIG supports the Government of Afghanistan’s goal of …
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