177 infections and 13 fatalities reported in the past 24 hours AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is to get the covid-19 vaccine within next seven months, health officials said on Wednesday. Afghanistan sees a little surge in the Covid-19 positive cases as 177 new infections and 13 deaths were reported in …
Read More »Afghans blame corruption for economic woes
AT News KABUL: “We could provide some different foods for our families in the past, but this is very hard now to provide different meals,” Shima Hazrati, a teacher in Kabul city says. She believes that administration corruption is the main reason of Afghans’ miseries, saying that the people did …
Read More »Civilians, victims of a perpetual war
AT News KABUL: Nearly two decades back, when the US and its alliance entered to Afghanistan in the pretext to eliminate the regime of the Taliban group, who provided safe haven for the al-Qaida Terrorist Network – the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, the Afghans inhaled a new hope for …
Read More »Watchdog calls on warring groups for ceasefire
AT News KAUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) emphasizes on the reduction of violence, calling on the war parties to observe ceasefire. Shahrzad Akbar, director of AIHRC said on Wednesday that the Taliban and the Afghan government negotiating teams must listen to the people’s voice and immediately agree …
Read More »Taliban kill 7 captive policemen in Balkh
At News KABUL: The Taliban rebels have killed at least seven local police officers shortly after taken hostage alongside the highway of Mazar-Shebarghan in northern Balkh province. Administrative Chief for Chaharbolok district of the province, Zabiullah Zahid said that the incident occurred on Tuesday in Sulaimankhil area of the district. …
Read More »Watchdog calls on warring groups for ceasefire
AT News KAUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) emphasizes on the reduction of violence, calling on the war parties to observe ceasefire. Shahrzad Akbar, director of AIHRC said on Wednesday that the Taliban and the Afghan government negotiating teams must listen to the people’s voice and immediately agree …
Read More »Afghan youth want ‘quick, lasting cease fire’
AT News KABUL: Sardar Mohammad Sarwari is from Helmand, a volatile province in the south where terrorist attacks take lives of innocents on daily basis. Sarwari is now in Kabul to address the government and other war parties to hold cease fire. “We repeatedly asked the war sides to hold …
Read More »We stand with Afghan people in their yearning for peace: NATO
“After four decades of conflict and suffering, a negotiated political settlement offers the only hope for a lasting peace,” NATO said. AT News KABUL: The recent agreement between the negotiating teams of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and the Taliban on the rules and procedures for Afghanistan Peace Negotiations and …
Read More »MP takes Afghan Hindu hostage for over a week
AT News KABUL: An Afghan Hindu, who had a lawsuit case with an individual, was taken hostage by a member of the parliament for more than a week. The First Vice President Amrullah Saleh in his regular 06:30 morning session said that Kartaar Singh was forcibly imprisoned by a lawmaker. …
Read More »Afghanistan registers 230 cases of COVID-19 in a single day
AT News KABUL: The health ministry reported 230 new covid-19 cases with additional fatalities of six people during the past 24 hours. These patients were tested positive out of 1,654 suspicious samples across the country, the ministry said, adding that the total number of confirmed cases reached 48,363. According to …
Read More »