AT News KABUL: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, angrily addressed Atta Noor Chief Executive of Jamiat Party, promising to dismiss employees of the Hairatan port in Balkh province most of whom are said to have been Noor’s men. Saleh said Tuesday that the security pact was not a secret document, …

AT News KABUL: The parliament canceled Tuesday session in criticizing first vice president Amrullah Saleh who had accused the legislators of corruption. The members of parliament planned to listen to six nominees for cabinet, but the session was canceled. Parliament Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani said that the Green Trend, a …

AT News KABUL: The Organization of Islamic Cooperation called on the Afghan war parties to “seize the historic opportunity” to pursue dialogues for reconciliation and lay out a durable peace in Afghanistan. The OIC in a statement on Tuesday said that Secretary General of the Organization, Yousef bin Ahmad Al-Othaimeen …

AT News KABUL: Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that Iran has always supported intra-Afghan dialogue, owned and led by Afghans themselves. He made the remarks in an address to the virtual 2020 Afghanistan Conference in Geneva on Tuesday. It is a tragedy of epic proportions that twenty years …

AT News KABUL: India on Tuesday unveiled new development initiatives for Afghanistan, including a dam to supply water to Kabul and 150 community projects worth $80 million, even as it called for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire in the country. Against the backdrop of mounting global concern over increased attacks …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Germany expects to learn more details on a planned U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in the coming days, German Defence Minister, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said. “When the Americans specify over the coming days what troops they intend to pull out and which locations (in Afghanistan) will be …

AT News KABUL: At least 247 drug runners were found guilty of drug trafficking and were sentenced to years of behind bars in the past one month, officials said Tuesday. A statement issued by the Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said that the drug traffickers were sentenced to …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The European Union’s foreign policy chief called for an immediate ceasefire in Afghanistan on Tuesday, warning that the country may lose political and financial support from Brussels. Josep Borrell, EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said Tuesday at an Afghanistan fundraising conference in …

290 new infections, 17 deaths reported in a single day AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded a one-day rise in the number of new coronavirus infections, with 290 reported over 24 hours, with 17 deaths. With new infections, the total tally of positive cases reached to 45,278 throughout the country, …

By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan “Our Xinjiang is a land of wonders. Beautiful scenes extend to the North and South of Mount Tianshan…” Bordering the northeast Afghanistan, the beautiful and richly endowed Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is home to more than 2.5 million people of all ethnic groups. …