AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 263 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 46,980 cases throughout the country, the Ministry of Public Health said Wednesday. These cases reported positive from 1,358 suspected samples — 75 positive cases recorded in Kabul, 34 …
Read More »Pakistan welcomes progress in Doha talks
AT News KABUL: The government of Pakistan welcomed announcement of agreement between the Afghan peace team and Taliban negotiating members on the rules and procedures. “Pakistan welcomes the announcement regarding the agreement reached on rules and procedures by the Afghan parties in Doha. This is another significant step forward,” the …
Read More »Govt. to seize hidden property of individuals involved in KB corruption
AT News KABUL: Vice President Amrullah Saleh said that the government would investigate the Kabul Bank (KB) fraud and that the perpetrators would be held accountable. As part of his regular 06:30 mooring session, Saleh in a statement said that the government would seize a residence of an individual who …
Read More »PDs to surge in Bamyan after security perils
AT News KABUL: Local officials in the central Bamyan province are planning to increase the number of Police Districts (PD) in the provincial capital city as insecurity is on the rise. “To provide a tighten security in the city, the provincial capital city will be top to four PDs,” said, …
Read More »Peace negotiator says peace talks is time-consuming
AT News KABUL: Fawzai Koofi, a member of Afghan negotiating team believes that peace talks are complicated and takes time. Speaking at an online discussion titled ‘International partnership for peace’, Koofi said Wednesday that governing system in the future, political partnership and ceasefire are the difficult parts of the peace …
Read More »NATO calls for Afghan reduction of violence
AT News KABUL: The NATO calls on the Taliban to reduce violence as the first step to show they are committed to peace in Afghanistan. “We want the Taliban to first reduce the violence, then we want a peace agreement which includes the cease fire. The aim is a peaceful …
Read More »15 terrorist attacks in Kabul only in November
AT News KABUL: November was called as the deadliest month in Kabul since January with 15 terrorist attacks killing and injuring dozens of civilians and security forces, according to interior ministry. Tareq Aryan, interior ministry spokesman, said Wednesday that the attacks were carried out by different terrorist networks. “A car …
Read More »Former Pakistan ISI Chief: We Can Only Persuade Taliban to Negotiations
AT News KABUL: Assad Dorrani, an ex-chief of Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI), says that Islamabad could just persuade Taliban militants to sit with Afghan representatives for the peace talks. He says that Pakistan could not do anything more. Dorrani’s statement is an effort to deny his country’s influence …
Read More »Editorial: Convivial justice
Condemning the crimes that inflicted casualties on innocent Afghans is not the only way to the justice and fairness, but indeed, it needs the true acts of prosecution of those committed such crimes for sake of justice. A bombshell report revealed that the Australian Special Forces in the southern part …
Read More »26 Taliban insurgents killed in fresh ops
By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: At least 26 Taliban rebels were killed and 11 others were wounded during latest crackdowns conducted in southern Uruzgan and northern Samangan provinces, defense ministry said on Tuesday. 19 Taliban insurgents were killed during preemptive operations carried out by Afghan National Army (ANA) in Dehrawood district …
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