AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission calls on the government to give priority to the counter poverty and empowerment of the poor people. “A widespread of poverty will cause recruitments by terrorists, outbreak of different diseases, war and violence and also threat against international security,” the commission …

AT News KABUL: The government of Columbia and the country’s militia group called Farc reached a peace settlement in 2016 after half a century fighting. Experts suggest that the peace accord in the Latin America state can be a good inspiration for the war parties in Afghanistan since many common …

AT News KABUL: Pakistan has approved new visa policy for Afghans that provides new facilitative provisions. The Pakistan Embassy in a statement on Saturday said that the new policy includes one year multi entry visits within 60 days stay in each visit. The applicants able to receive three months treatment …

AT News KABUL: Afghan security forces arrested the Taliban’s deputy intelligence chief along with four militants in Baghlan province, the government said on Saturday. The militant group’s deputy spy chief, Qari Salahuddin, was arrested after a brief firefight with security forces in Shahar-e-Kohna area of Baghlan-e-Markazi district. The ministry of …

AT News KABUL: Afghan police have made a big seizure involving outbound airborne drug shipment, bagging 79 kgs of heroin and arresting four smugglers at Kabul airport in the process, authorities said on Saturday. The statement said that three smugglers were arrested while trying to traffic the drugs via Kabul …

AT News KABUL: Police have seized more than Afs 2 million in fake banknotes and charged two men for smuggling the counterfeit banknotes in eastern Nangarhar province, authorities said on Saturday. The three were arrested in the Black Sea city of Varna after printing presses and equipment for the production …

AT News KABUL: Two roadside bomb explosions killed at least 3 soldiers and injured 5 including civilians in Baghlan province, officials said Saturday. The attack was claimed by the Taliban. Baghlan Governor’s spokesman, Wahid Shahkar, said three policemen were killed and another was wounded after a roadside bomb hit their …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded some 53 active cases of coronavirus in the past day, health authorities said Saturday, bringing the total number of infections to 40,141 cases throughout the country since the pandemic hit. Ministry said that out of 282 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 …

Noting the street crimes – muggings – purse, laptop, and cell-phone snatching – robberies and growing criminal fists on helpless Kabul residents, left no other choice but to bring the First Vice President Amrullah Saleh to the fore, aiming to clean up the city of a citywide robbery division. As …

By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Chinese President Xi Jinping recently attended a series of high-level meetings marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. While addressing those meetings, he gave a comprehensive and systematic answer to the major questions before mankind. What kind of world …