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AT News KABUL: Two people were killed and two others wounded after a verbal dispute turned into gun shooting in Kabul city, a security source confirmed. The source, who was talking on condition of anonymity, said that some vagabonds were holding a party with women dancing on 15th of July …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 42 Taliban insurgents during latest military stings in different provinces across the country. In addition to that, 31 others were wounded during these crackdowns, security officials said on Saturday. A group of Taliban fighters planning to attack the national …

AT News KABUL: Local officials in western Ghor said that four members of the Afghan National Commandos were killed and four others wounded in the fight against the Taliban insurgents in Ferozkoh, the provincial capital city. Head of Provincial National Army, Mahmood Andarabi said the Taliban attacked the security force …

When all stakeholders claim of inching closing to the start of intra-Afghan talks, Afghans expect they are finally on the verge of heaving a sigh of relief. But then tragic incidents of violence are carried out by the warring sides – with civilians being the ones victimized to a great …

AT News KABUL: 22 patients have died in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Saturday. In total, 1,247 patients have lost their lives battling the virus, and 24,793 others recovered since the outbreak of the virus started in Afghanistan four months ago. Health ministry …

93 other civilians were wounded in 401 attacks committed by the Taliban—violence remains high AT News KABUL: At least 46 civilians were killed and 93 others wounded in the violence committed by the Taliban in the past one week, an uptick in violence that could jeopardize the fragile peace process. …

‘Up to 6,000-6,500 Pakistani terrorists present in Afghanistan’ AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A report submitted to the United Nations Security Council indicates that the total number of “Pakistani foreign terrorist fighters” in Afghanistan is estimated at “between 6,000 and 6,500, most of them with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).’  The report says …

By Javier Delgado Rivera According to the U.N., COVID-19 models show that the peak for the pandemic outbreak in Afghanistan is expected between late July and early August. As the worst seems yet to come, we looked at the latest strategic situation reports on COVID-19 issued by the U.N. Office …

By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan On 16 July, the National Bureau of Statistics of China reported that the Chinese GDP grew by 3.2% in the second quarter of 2020, a positive change from the minus 6.8% in the first quarter. China has become the first major economy to …

Patriotism lies in working for a peaceful and sovereign Afghanistan: Karzai AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah, the chairman of the reconciliation council have condemned an airstrike carried out by Afghan Air Force to target Taliban militants in Herat province – violence and killings would not …