Wedding halls, public places to shut as second wave of virus hits Afghanistan AT News KABUL: The Afghan health officials have warned of a second wave of the pandemic covid-19 and said that new effective plans would become practical to prevent the further spread of the virus in the society. …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan women are facing a drastic challenge in land inheritance issues in the central province of Bamyan, where they refuse to be given. 42 years old, Raihana said that his uncle has taken her land and deprived her of his father’s land heritage. Raihana was an …

AT News KABUL: Heading a high-level delegation, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), has left Kabul for Istanbul on a two-day official visit. During his visit, he will meet and exchange views with the President, Foreign Minister, religious leadership and other dignitaries on the …

AT News KABUL: At least 35 Taliban rebels were killed and four others were wounded during the latest crackdown in the past 24 hours, defense ministry said Wednesday. The 29 Taliban rebels were killed in an airstrike in Zherai district of southern Kandahar province, the ministry said in a statement. …

By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Recently the 20th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was held via video link where leaders of SCO member states signed and issued the “Moscow Declaration of the Council of Heads of State of the …

AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg has warned over hasty and uncoordinated way of leaving Afghanistan, saying the price of doing so could be very high. This is as recently US media reported that incumbent US President Donald Trump is eyeing a troop drawdown against the advice of the …

AT News KABUL: The evaluation committee of counter corruption department says that nearly 600 posts are vacant in the ministry of mines and petroleum for three years. The committee said on Tuesday that 31 key posts in the ministry are run by caretakers. The committee’s findings say that the ministry …

AT News KABUL: A local police commander and ten of his comrades were killed in a Taliban ambush in northern Badakhshan province. Provincial Council Member, Abdullah Naji said that the clash occurred in Pul-e-Keely area of Jurom district. He identified the commander as Sayed Omar. But a witness, who was …

AT News KABUL: Acting Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid on Tuesday came up with different remarks about foreign troops in contrast over reports of drawdown or lessening, he said that the foreign troops could likely increase in the country. Addressing the parliament, Khalid said that the foreign troops would not leave …

The outgoing US President Donald Trump, who apparently lost election, is still opting for a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. After years of rough discussion, eventually the US came to a conclusion with the Taliban, a group that American troops fought for nearly 20 years, to some issues, including withdrawal of …