AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: China’s embassy in Australia said politicians there had “misread” a tweet showing a digitally-altered image of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child, and were trying to stoke nationalism. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday called the tweet …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 219 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 46,717 cases throughout the country, the Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday. These cases come positive out of 1,650 suspected samples – 88 positive cases were recorded in …

AT News KABUL: Sources close to the ongoing peace negotiations for Afghanistan, say that the Afghan and Taliban delegations are to start talking on agenda for the main negotiations. The two sides have not recently held meetings, but Qatari officials have tried to provide facilities for them. The sources say …

By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: Four Taliban militants, who were behind target killing and placing sticky mines were detained by Afghan security forces during operation in Kabul, defense official said Tuesday. These Taliban rebels were arrested during a crackdown carried out by Afghan Army forces in Paghman district on Monday night, …

AT News KABUL: The coronavirus pandemic has hampered treatment of the HIV/AIDS patients in Afghanistan, the ministry of public health says. An HIV patient, who spoke anonymously, said Tuesday that he felt the illness some five years ago and the doctors confirmed that he was infected by the disease. “I …

AT News KABUL: The NATO expresses concerns over what it calls a “hasty” troop pullout of Afghanistan, calling it dangerous that could jeopardize the past two decade achievements. NATO Chief Yens Stoltenberg, said Tuesday that the military organization was in a dilemma. “If we remain in Afghanistan, we will encounter …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan and Pakistan are to establish the joint technical negotiations committee for preferential trade agreement. The Pakistan embassy in Kabul said in a statement that the committee would constitute joint secretary of the ministry of commerce, deputy secretary of the ministry of commerce and the trade development …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: China’s embassy in Australia said politicians there had “misread” a tweet showing a digitally-altered image of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child, and were trying to stoke nationalism. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday called the tweet …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 283 new cases of coronavirus cases within past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 46,498 throughout the country, health ministry said Monday. These case reported positive out of 1,300 suspicious samples, 35 cases were registered in Kabul, 34 in Herat, 33 in Balkh, …

AT News KABUL: The security forces have arrested 24 people convicted of various crimes such as robbery, plundering and breaking the laws around Kabul, the capital city. Kabul police in a statement said that the perpetrators were detained in the crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in PD …