AT News KABUL: The government has decided to install modern and advanced security cameras in Kabul, the capital city, after security has got worse. The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh, said these upgraded cameras would cover Kabul to help improve security. The project, supported by the NATO’s Resolute Support Mission, …
Read More »Iran’s Esfahan Steel signs agreement to export rail tracks to Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA) has announced that Esfahan Steel Company (ESCO) has signed a $4.332m deal to export rail tracks to Afghanistan. The new rail tracks will be utilized for various railway development projects, an Iranian news agency, IRNA reported. Afghanistan is currently working …
Read More »Major power outage hits Kabul, 12 provinces
AT News KABUL: Officials at state-owned utility company, Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) said the Kabul and 12 other provinces are in blackout after the main source of power supply from Uzbekistan has been cut off due to technical issues. The Spokesman, Wahidullah Tawhidi said that technical teams are in …
Read More »Editorial: Afghans scrambling with extreme cold winter
The Afghan people are severely affected by the ravages of long-time conflict in a variety of ways. The war has not only killed or maimed the people of our country, but also put economical, social and constructional damages. In many parts of the country, people lack access to food, potable …
Read More »COVID-19: 102 new infections, 9 deaths reported in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 102 new positive cases of coronavirus and nine fatalities in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday. These cases came positive out of 1,691 suspected samples during these hours. Afghanistan now officially has 53,105 confirmed positive …
Read More »Youth armed in Kunduz against Taliban
AT News KABUL: Hundreds of young people in the northern province of Kunduz have taken arms to defend their villages against Taliban attacks. Three hundred men have newly started defensive operations against Taliban in the Imam Saheb district, claiming that they are tired of the militants’ activities there. Abdul Khaleq, …
Read More »Ceasefire, war victim rights must top peace talks’ agenda: AIHRC
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has called for the cease fire and the war victims’ rights to be agenda for the new round of negotiations between Afghanistan and Taliban. “The first demand is that an urgent agreement be made on the cease fire to prevent …
Read More »Abdullah to Khalilzad; Uptick in violence, targeted killings ‘unacceptable’
AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah chairman of the high council for national reconciliation met the US special representative for Afghan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday in Kabul, where he emphasized that increasing violence and targeted terrors were unacceptable for the people of Afghanistan. Abdullah also urged an urgent cease fire, …
Read More »40 Taliban rebels killed in fresh raids
AT News KABUL: At least 40 Taliban fighters have been killed and 22 others were wounded during latest crackdowns conducted by the by Afghan security forces in southern provinces, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. Taliban rebels planned to attack Afghan security forces checkpoints in Zherai and Arghandab districts of …
Read More »Afghan-Taliban peace talks resume in Doha with ceasefire on agenda
AT News KABUL: The negotiating team of the government left on Tuesday Kabul for Doha to resume the intra-Afghan negotiations, but the Taliban yet to determine the procedure of the talks as violence has been on the rise all over the country. Head of the delegation, Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai hoped …
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