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Government drafts list of high council

AT News KABUL: The list of government’s high council has been prepared by the government, but some powerful politicians including Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Abdul Rashid Dostum and Salahuddin Rabbani have still objections. Sources close to government said Saturday that 14-member council’s draft was prepared after several days of consultations with jiahdi …

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Taliban’s military in charge killed in army attack in Helmand

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Defense said in a statement Saturday that a military in charge of Taliban was killed in a recent operation carried out by the Afghan security forces in southern Helmand province. The statement said that the operation was carried out in the Baba Ji area …

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Georgia starts Afghanistan troop withdrawal

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Georgian forces have started the process of withdrawing from Afghanistan as part of the broader pull-out of American and NATO forces from the country. Georgia has for many years been an important contributor to ISAF – the NATO led forces that has been in place in …

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Armed robbers kill young man in Kabul

AT News KABUL: Armed robbers killed a young man in Kabul, police confirmed on Saturday. The young man was murdered on Friday night in the first phase of the Microrayon residential compound in Police District 16.  The killed man was identified as Massoud Noori. Kabul police have informed of an …

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Four districts fall to Taliban in Farah

The Security Forces retreated several military outposts in western provinces as clashes peaking AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces pulled back from several military outposts in the western province of Farah as the Taliban increasing pressure on the government with staging attacks across the country. Shah Mahmmod Naeemi, deputy …

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Editorial: Upshot of tactical retreatment

The Taliban have step up attacks on several provinces with overrunning ten districts and taking its control – the group is appearing stronger with time edging for the end of U.S. and International Forces’ presence, following the U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement to exit all American service members by September …

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COVID-19: 10 deaths, 242 cases reported in a single day

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 242 new cases of coronavirus and 10 deaths around the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Sunday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached 65,728 cases around the country. The new cases came …

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92 Taliban fighters killed in latest military stings

AT News KABUL: At least 95 Taliban insurgents were killed and 48 others were wounded in a series of military operations conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said Saturday. Backed by the Afghan security forces, the Afghan security forces …

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Kabul welcomes NATO commitment to support Afghan forces

AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan welcomes NATO’s commitment to support Afghan security and defense forces after foreign withdrawal. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said recently that the military organization would continue supporting Afghan army and police when they end their military presence in Afghanistan by September this year. …

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US arms feared to be seized by Taliban post withdrawal

AT News KABUL: The United States expresses concerns that their military equipment would be likely seized by Taliban once Washington pulls soldiers out of Afghanistan by September 11. Brigadier General Matthew Trollinger of the US army, said Saturday that there was no guarantee that Taliban would not seize their arms …

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