By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Chinese President Xi Jinping has, on the basis of a deep understanding of the trend of history, put forward a series of new strategic, forward-looking and science-based ideas and concepts to …
Read More »Four Police killed in western Herat province
By M Parwiz Arian KABUL: At least four members of the Afghan security forces were killed and one was injured after their car was hit by a terrorist planted land mine in western Herat province, officials said Tuesday. The incident took place Tuesday morning on Herat-IslamQala highway of Herat province, …
Read More »Four killed in Kabul shooting
By: M. Parwiz Arian KABUL: At least four civilians were killed on Tuesday morning after unknown gunmen opened fire on a car in western parts of Kabul city, sources said. The incident took place Tuesday morning at 9:20am in Bagh-e-Dawoud area of the PD-5 of Kabul city when the victims …
Read More »Nangarhar police seized hashes, arrested five traffickers
By: M. Parwiz Arian KABUL: Nangarhar police have seized 33 packs of hashish during a search operation on Monday in Koat district of the province, officials said Tuesday. Police intercepted the hashish from a private corolla car during a search operation in Forokhshakhil area of Koat district of the province …
Read More »Kabul wants review on US-Taliban peace deal
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan emphasizes that the peace deal signed between the United States and Taliban needs a look. Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar in a meeting with the US charge d’ affaires in Kabul Ross Wilson called for increase in Kabul-Washington consultations to pressure Taliban remain adherent to their commitments. …
Read More »Editorial: Government forces should take care of civilian lives
An incident took place last month in the Behsood district of Wardak province, was in ambiguity and the people did not know what really happened there that a number of our country-fellows were martyred and injured. The issue came out of ambiguity after a fact finding team assigned by the …
Read More »One killed, five wounded in Parwan bomb blast
AT News KABUL: A service member of the intelligence agency was killed and five of his colleagues wounded when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle Monday in Parwan province, north of Kabul, provincial officials said. Abdul Wasi Rahimi, head of provincial intelligence department told newsmen that the target of the …
Read More »303 polio cases registered in 2020 in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health confirmed 303 cases of polio in 2020 across the country. Wahidullah Mujroh, deputy health minister called commuting between the two sides of the Durand line as the main reason for the rapid spread of the disease in Afghanistan. He said that insecurity …
Read More »Annual healthcare report: 177 people dead, 13,000 injured in traffic accidents
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) registered 491 traffic accidents in the outgoing Persian Year (March 2020 to March 2021) saying that 177 people died and 13,000 other injured. Masooma Jafari, spokeswoman of the ministry of public health, said on Monday that the figures were recorded since …
Read More »Fearing Daesh attacks Afghan Sikhs, Hindus flee home ‘forever’
AT News KABUL: Harindra Singh alongside his family was worshiping in a gurdwara (Sikh temple) when gunmen stormed the religious place and opened fire on the worshippers. Singh says his family members were in front of his eyes. “I lost my father, wife and daughter in the attack on the …
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