Afghanistan Times
AT News KABUL: The negotiating team of the Afghan government and Taliban delegation in Doha reached a breakthrough over preparation and organizing the agendas of the intra-Afghan negotiations. “Last evening, the two sides’ contact teams held a meeting and discussed the coming negotiations’ organizing and preparations,” said, a member of …
Read More »Afghanistan records highest single day death toll
Covid-19: 1,722 cases, 94 deaths in past 24h AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Monday said announced 1,722 new cases of Covid-19 and 94 deaths recorded across the country in the past 24 hours. According to the ministry, the cases were recorded out of 5,053 suspected samples …
Read More »Editorial: Inhuman, irresponsible trend of health worker assassinations
Five healthcare workers working door to door to vaccinate children against polio were shot dead by gunmen in five separate incidents in eastern Nangarhar province. No words can justify the senseless murder of healthcare workers. They were simply discharging their lifesaving polio vaccination and they were engaged in civic services. …
Read More »Govt forces recapture Faryab’s Dawlatabad district
AT News KABUL: Defense authorities say that the Afghan security forces have retaken the control of Dawlatabad district in northern Faryab province and the Taliban insurgents have suffered heavy casualty. The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) and commandos supported by Afghan Air Force carried out a clearance operation …
Read More »Government mulls over handing over Kabul Airport to Turkey
AT News KABUL: The Afghan government is mulling over to whether hand over the responsibilities of the Kabul airport to Turkish forces. “Including Hamid Karzai (International Airport), all airports will be active and we select the choice that has tangible benefit,” said, Rahmatullah Andar, a spokesman for the National Security …
Read More »Tens of wounded security forces remained unevacuated on Herat battlefield
AT News KABUL: Tens of security forces have been scrambling with severe wounds due to lack of medical supplement as drastic clashes have been continuing between the government and Taliban in Obeh district of western Herat province. District Governor, Ziaulhaq Noori said that the insurgents staged attacks from various directions …
Read More »Will Afghans welcome Turkey, if it include Pakistan in Kabul airport mission?
Commentary Speaking to the reporters after a series of meetings with the NATO leaders on the sideline of the alliance summit, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkey was seeking Pakistan and Hungary’ involvement in a new likely mission in Afghanistan after the departure of the U.S. NATO …
Read More »160 Taliban fighters killed in a series of military raids
AT News KABUL: At least 160 Taliban insurgents were killed and 108 others wounded in a series of military operations conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces across the country in the past 24 hours, the defense ministry said Tuesday. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan …
Read More »Abdullah denies speculations over preplanned-collapse of districts
AT News KABUL: Chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah denied the speculations over preplanned-collapse of the districts, saying that there are different reasons that obliged the security forces to retreat from the districts. He made the remarks in a gathering on Tuesday in Kabul. “Although, the …
Read More »Afghanistan Welcomes Brussels Summit Communique
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday expressed its indebted to the NATO for its cooperation and support to Afghanistan in the joint fight against international terrorism, help build and train the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces over the last two decades. The continuation of NATO’s …
Read More »