AT News KABUL: At least 36 drug runners were found guilty to drug trafficking and were sentenced to years of imprisonment in the past one week. A statement issued by the Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said Tuesday that two drug traffickers were sentenced to two and half-16 …
Read More »Donor states to impose ‘tougher conditions’ on Afghan assistance
AT News KABUL: The international community is to impose tougher conditions for their donation to the government o Afghanistan, with Finland planning to bring major changes in the process. Pekka Haavisto, Finnish foreign minister has said that mulling on the reduction of donations from four years to one year would …
Read More »Gunmen shoot district police chief dead in Kapisa
AT News KABUL: Noor-e-Khoda, police chief of the Seyah Gerd district of Parwan province was shot dead along with his bodyguard in the adjacent province of Kapisa, officials in Kapisa confirmed. The incident took place late Monday in Mahmoud Raqi district, provincial capital, according to Abdul Shayeq Kohestani, police spokesman …
Read More »Afghanistan records 213 new covid-19 infections
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 213 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 43,681 cases throughout the country. The ministry of public health said Tuesday that the cases were recorded off 1,194 suspicious samples. According the ministry, 53 positive cases were …
Read More »New military unit to be established to subdue militants
AT News KABUL: A new unit of the Afghan National Army with enhancive-military equipment and high capacity would be established to suppress the militants, a top military official said on Tuesday. Acting Minister of Defense, Gen. Asadullah Khalid said that the unit is called “Rangers” which would be active under …
Read More »Stoltenberg says price of leaving Afghanistan in uncoordinated way is “very high”
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 …
Read More »Pioneer Afghan women hold session for peace in Dubai
AT News KABUL: A five-day session of the pioneer Afghan women was held in the United Arab Emirates’ city of Dubai to discuss peace efforts. 55 women from across the country as well as Afghan women living in the United States and Europe gathered in the session to share their …
Read More »Nearly 1K death-row prisoners still at jail
AT News KABUL: Nearly 1,000 prisoners with death penalty are still remaining at jail despite execution order, officials said Monday. The judiciary committee of the government cabinet said that the execution orders on 976 prisoners have not been implemented so far. The office of the second vice president, Sarwar Danesh …
Read More »Academy of Science of Afghanistan organizes seminar on water management
Avoiding water confrontations AT News KABUL: The Academic of Science of Afghanistan has organized a one day seminar to discus Afghanistan water management and to deal with the issue form knowledgeable perspectives The seminar titled “Afghanistan’s Water Management and Regional Diplomacy,” was attended by different governmental officials, university teachers, media …
Read More »Taliban accuses govt. of targeting their prisoners
AT News KABUL: The Taliban accused the Afghan government of targeting its fighters who have been recently released as part of the US-Taliban peace deal signed on February 29th. The militants’ spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid said that the intelligence agency in cooperation with the IS-K or so called Daesh fighters intend …
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