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A disturbing and bloody escalation of violence and a spate of full-fledged attacks are taking a devastating toll on Afghan soldiers in the north AT News KABUL: It was another bloody day for security forces in northern Afghanistan with Taliban insurgents killing nineteen more soldiers, pushing army death toll from …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 31 Taliban militants in separate operations launched in southern Kandahar province to bear down the group’s onslaughts across the country. Other 20 Taliban fighters were wounded in an overnight operation, said provincial press desk on Wednesday in a statement. …

KABUL: Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, the European Union has contributed 2.7 million Euros to UNICEF, to support access to education for emergency-affected children and provide life-saving treatment to those affected by acute malnutrition in hard-to-reach areas in Afghanistan. With the unprecedented scope and scale of the pandemic, Afghanistan is likely …

AT News KABUL: Young man and woman who married last week, refused to celebrate a big party and decided to donate the money to some needy families in Kabul. Mahdi Diwan and Khaterah Akbari, said Tuesday that they helped the vulnerable families with the aim of combating the Corona virus …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed his deepest concerns over the increasing casualties in the recent clashes between government forces and Taliban. “The people of Afghanistan hoped that war ends very soon and peace ensured in the country considering the recent progresses of peace, but unfortunately the war …

AT News KABUL: The world famous minaret of Jam is in danger of collapse since the nearby river’s water has started overflowing. The UNESCO World Heritage Site built in 1190 in the remote and mountainous province of Ghor. The minaret is located in the bank of the Hari river in …

AT News KABUL: After a longtime military duty, Noorulhaq, an Afghan Special Force Officer was on his way home to Ghazni, while he was pulled out of the car and shot dead by the Taliban militants in central Maidan Wardak province, where the militants have a strong presence. The Taliban …

AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah has unveiled a plan for a prospective partnership government and handed it to president Ghani – a blueprint which has sown dissension among his staunch supporters. The plan seeks to establish Abdullah as the head of the Supreme Peace Council based on a political agreement …

AT News KABUL: ‘Reporters without Borders’ is worried about threats looming over Afghanistan’s 2 decade gains. In its global ranking, the international watchdog has reported that freedom of media in Afghanistan has exacerbated as the country is ranked 121st among 180 countries in 2019, slipping down from its 118th ranking …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has over 1000 confirmed cases of covid-19 amid fragile health system, underlying the need for a joint work together to bend the curve, flatten it and move into the next step of normalization. Afghan officials are grappling with the spread of the disease and its economic …