AT News KABUL: Afghan and Pakistan Foreign Ministers have held a telephonic conversation and discussed issues related to the Afghan peace process and stressed for joint efforts for peace in Afghanistan. Afghan Foreign Minister, Haneef Attmar said he held “good discussion” with Pakistan FM, Shah Mahmoiod Qureshi on strengthening bilateral …
Read More »Hardships at Torkham Made Miserable Lives of Common Men
By Shamim Shahid Contrary to tall claims on the part of Prime Minister Imran Khan and his government of strengthening bilateral relations with Afghanistan by easing sanctions and restrictions against travelers, traders and transporters, the ground reality is different at Torkham and other crossing points. Almost people who are either …
Read More »EU Provides 35m Euros to Support Afghanistan Fight COVID-19
AT News KABUL: The EU-Delegation in Kabul on Tuesday announced an additional support of 35 million Euros to tackle the ongoing pandemic and mitigate its socioeconomic impacts in Afghanistan. Since the start of the pandemic, the EU has mobilised almost 147 million Euros to address the immediate health crisis and …
Read More »Italian Embassy Vehicle Attacked by Magnetic Bomb in Kabul
AT News KABUL: A vehicle belonged to Italian embassy to Kabul was targeted by a magnetic bomb Monday morning in Kabul amid the chain bombings that usually target government’s senior military and civil employees. Kabul police confirmed the attack but said no casualties were reported. “The attack occurred on a …
Read More »Roadside bomb Blast on Kandahar-Herat Highway Kills One
AT News KABUL: A passenger was killed and seven others were wounded when a vehicle they were traveling in on the Kandahar-Herat highway was hit by a roadside mine. District Governor of Maiwand of Kandahar province, Obaidullah said that the mine was planted by the militants. The wounded were evacuated …
Read More »Relatives of MPs who Rejected Budget Draft Lose Govt. Jobs
AT News KABUL: Relatives of those members of parliament who rejected the budget draft offered by the government for the second time, have been fired from their jobs in government offices, the legislators claim, calling it a way to pressure them to approve the budget. Parliament Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani, …
Read More »Parliament Appoints Team to Speed up Peace Efforts
AT News KABUL: The parliament announced Monday of appointing a team to make a plan for speeding up the ongoing efforts for peace, criticizing continuous violence and the probable increase of war in spring. Members of parliament said in their Monday session that people lose their loved ones on daily …
Read More »Afghan Leaders push for Ceasefire in Taliban Talks
AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani in a meeting with the chairman of reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah, emphasized on an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing peace negotiations with the Taliban. Presidential office said Monday in a statement that the meeting took place in Ghani’s office where his two deputies and …
Read More »Cash, Artifacts, Gold, Precious Stones Smuggling from Kabul Airport: Report
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has called on the Afghan officials to evaluate and strengthen the control systems at air and land ports to prevent smuggling of cash, artifacts, gold and precious stones out of the country. SIGAR, in its January 14 report, …
Read More »Afghanistan Records 78 Infections, Four Deaths on Monday
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 78 new positive cases of coronavirus and four fatalities in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 54,750 cases in the country. The news cases …
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