KABUL- A traffic accident took the lives of at least three passengers on Monday on Kabul-Parwan highway, officials said. Three other passengers were injured in the accident which took place Monday morning on the busy highway of Kabul-Parwan that connects capital Kabul to the north of the country. The injured …
Read More »Laghman governor survives car bombing, eight killed
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: At least eight people were killed and 30 others wounded today morning, after the convoy of Laghman governor, Rahmatullah Yarmal, hit by a car bombing, in Mehtarlam, capital city of eastern Laghman province, said officials. The car bombing targeted vehicles of the governor in Sultan-Ghazi-Baba township, …
Read More »Editorial: Who are the nameless perpetrators?
As peace talks in Doha are obstructed by spats over which Islamic Jurisprudence to pick for resolving issues that might arise during the parleys, the situation on the ground in Afghanistan is lamentable. Although the Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) has recently claimed the rift over the …
Read More »Entangled in war
Patience is being stretched to the breaking point as millions live under the shadows of the war and devastation. Afghanistan has been in the sticky wicket of conflict and foreign military entanglements for decades now. But, 2020 has been the worse year so far as the ongoing peace talks have …
Read More »Afghanistan to send workers to overseas
By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: The Afghanistan Private Companies Recruitment Union gazes at launching a program to facilitate legal jobs facilitation for the Afghan labors in abroad. Talking in an inauguration gathering on Sunday, Nooruallah Khirawie, head of the union said that the program was launched in cooperation with the …
Read More »MPs subpoena statistic chief for ‘disgraceful’ comment
AT News KABUL: The parliament on Sunday summoned Ahmad Javid Rasouli, head of the national statistics office to answer the lawmakers’ questions as he was criticized earlier for calling Farsi, one of Afghanistan’s two official languages as a foreign language. Khan Aqa Rezaie, a member of parliament said that Farsi …
Read More »Twin attacks rock Kabul, 3 killed
AT News KABUL: Two military attorneys and a civilian were killed in two separate attacks Sunday in Kabul city, police confirm. The incidents took place Sunday morning in eastern parts of the capital in PD 16 and PD 8, Ferdaws Faramarz, Kabul police spokesman said. Shah Mahmoud Miakhil, deputy defense …
Read More »Authorities vow changes after Pol-e-Charkhi hunger strike
AT News KABUL: The government has vowed to meet demands voiced by the inmates in the Pol-e-Charkhi central jail after hundreds of prisoners held hunger strikes to protest what they called “mistreatment and bad food”. Farhad Bayani, spokesman of prisons, said Sunday in a voice message that the prisoners’ demands …
Read More »Afghan leaders meet to discuss peace process
AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani met on Sunday with Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the high council for national reconciliation to discuss steps the government needs to take in the future. Presidential palace said in a statement that Abdullah informed Ghani about his recent visit to Pakistan and meetings with …
Read More »Plot to bomb school in Kabul foiled
AT News KABUL: A terrorist plot to blow up a private school in Kabul city was thwarted when police defused a remote-controlled bomb behind its premises, police said Sunday. A remote-controlled bomb which was placed behind a private school in ZainAbad in 9th PD was discovered and defused thwarting another …
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