AT News KABUL: A 13 years old boy was killed and another one wounded after their motorbike hit a roadside bomb in Matakhan district of southeastern Paktika province, security officials said. Provincial police spokesman, Shah Mahmood Aryan said the incident occurred on Monday morning in Sayedo village of Mata-Khan. …
Read More »Gunmen kill former intelligence officer in Logar
AT News KABUL: Unidentified armed men have killed a former intelligence agency officer along with her sibling sister in the southeastern Logar province, local officials said. Provincial Police spokesman, Shahpoor Ahmadzai, said the incident occurred on Saturday evening in Mughalkhil area of Mohammad Agha district. Mrs. Pashtun, an ex-intelligence officer …
Read More »Taliban attack “Afghanistan Times” Distributer
AT News This is not the first time that Afghanistan Times workers has come under attack. We have received threats from different groups in the past.Taliban attack the Afghanistan Times distributer, Abdul Wahed Qazizada. The incident occurred in the highly secured Afghan capital on early Monday morning, 20 May 2020.As he was distributing the …
Read More »Herat prison reports 13 cases of coronavirus among inmates
AT News KABUL: At least 13 people have been infected with the deadly Corona virus in a prison in the western province of Herat, officials confirmed. Mohammad Rafiq Sherzai, a health official in Herat said Sunday that another eight prisoners were suspected to have been infected. He said that these …
Read More »Taliban commander, along with 23 loyalists, surrender in Faryab
AT News KABUL: A Taliban commander along with his 23 fighters has renounced violence and joined the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) in northern Faryab province, official said on Saturday. The commander Mullah Ikram along with his 23 fighters laid down their arms in Grezwan district of the …
Read More »Two drug traffickers nabbed in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: Two drug dealers have been arrested with 98kg of drug during a crackdown conducted by Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) in eastern Nangarhar province. The operation was carried out in Behsood district, in which two drug runners were detained along with 98kg hashish, Ministry of Interior said in …
Read More »Govt. orders probe into Ghor deadly protest
AT News KABUL: After five people died in protest that turned into violent in western Ghor, the local directorate has formed a delegation to probe the issue. Independent Directorate of Local Governors said on Sunday in a statement that the delegation is comprised of provincial local officials, provincial council members, …
Read More »6 killed, 10 hurt in crash near Daikundi
AT News KABUL: At least six people died and 10 more injured when a minibus carrying passengers overturned in the central province of Daikondi, police said. Rahmatollah Ebrahimi, head of provincial traffic police said Saturday that the accident took place in Ramok area of the Shahrestan district. He said that …
Read More »6 civilians killed by Paktika roadside bomb
AT News KABUL: At least six civilians were killed after a vehicle they were traveling in hit with a roadside mine planted by the Taliban rebels in southeastern Paktika province, military officials confirmed on Monday. Spokesman for the 203 Thunder Corps, Imal Mohmand said the incident occurred in Morghai village …
Read More »Taliban attack repelled in Balkh
AT NewsKABUL: The Afghan security forces have pushed back a coordinate Taliban’s attack and killed at least its nine fighters in northern Balkh province, defense official said on Monday.A group of Taliban fighters planned to launch attacks on security outposts in Chahar Bolak and Dawlat Abad districts that had been …
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