AT News KABUL: A number of foreign ambassadors in Kabul pledged support for the Afghan journalists, calling for elimination of threat against them. The Media Supporting Agency (NAI) said Wednesday that increasing threats against journalists in Afghanistan made foreign ambassadors to raise voices of support for them. Mojib Khalwatgar, head …
Read More »Parliament refers Kabul mayor to attorney general office
AT News KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga of Parliament on Wednesday referred Kabul mayor Mohammad Dawood Sultanzoy to the Attorney General Office (AGO) and revoked his signature, a measure to disqualify President Ghani’s close ally. The decision was made after Sultanzoy rejected lawmakers’ requests for explaining his programs as well as …
Read More »Afghanistan records 98 new positive cases of Coronavirus
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 98 new positive cases of the Corona virus in the past 24 hours, with 6 patients losing lives, the ministry of public health said on Wednesday. Now the total number of those infected with the virus reaches to 52, 428 throughout the country, according …
Read More »Taliban claim to be building roads in Helmand a hoax
KABUL: Civil society activists and residents of southern Helmand province have accused the Taliban of posting a video on social media claiming to have carried out road reconstruction work in Helmand as deceptive propaganda and a hoax. Civil society activists and residents in Helmand say the Taliban had closed the …
Read More »Stoltenberg says Afghan peace is “Fragile Process”
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that Afghan peace process is fragile, and said there is no “guarantee of success.” He said this in an interview with the German press agency DPA. But the ongoing talks in Doha between the Afghan government and the Taliban are …
Read More »Five members of a family killed in cylinder blast
AT News KABUL: Five members of a family, including two children were killed after a methane-gas-balloon exploded in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Wednesday. The blast occurred in a house in Shinwar district of the province on Tuesday night. “The victims are all from the same family, including two …
Read More »Editorial: Brighter Image of Afghanistan
The International Cricket Council announced Afghan cricketer Rashid Khan as player of the decade. He was selected among top cricket players who are very famous for their best performances in the history of cricket that have brought many achievements for their country as well. These players lead to gain full …
Read More »Daesh financial in-charge detained in Nangarhar
By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: The Afghan security forces have detained Daesh terrorist group’s financial in-charge along with three suspects in a latest crackdown in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar. The detention was made on Tuesday night, provincial security officials said on Wednesday. Operatives of the National Directorate of …
Read More »10 suspected terrorists detained in Parwan
AT News KABUL: At least 10 people have been arrested in relations of being cooperative with the terrorists and other criminal activities during an operation carried out by the Afghan security forces in northern Parwan province. The Ministry of Defense in a statement said that 10 people were arrested on …
Read More »AGO Assesses Thousands Cases of Violence against Women
AT News KABUL: Thousands of cases relating to violence against women have been evaluated by the Attorney General Office since the beginning of the outgoing Persian Year. It said Tuesday in a statement that totally 2,290 cases of violence against women have been assessed that includes 259 cases of rape …
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