In this modern age when every daily activity largely depends on electricity, Afghanistan still suffers from the scarcity of power, which is imported by our sole power utility from Central Asian countries. However, the utility has proven inadequate to meet the needs of people in the whole country. Besides, the …
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AT News KABUL: At least 24 drug runners were sent behind bars in the past one week. The Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said that five drug traffickers sentenced to four to 10 years’ incarceration after examining their dossiers by primary court and the remaining 19 drug dealers …
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AT News KABUL: With 112 new positive cases out of 333 in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 35,615 coronavirus cases across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday said that 38 positive cases were recorded in Balkh, 23 in Herat, 20 in Ghor, 12 in …
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By Dr. Matin Royeen Today is the 13th anniversary of the passing of our beloved last Afghan King, Zahir Khan. I would like the noble people of Afghanistan to celebrate the life of this irreplaceable gentle giant who ruled his nation for 40 years with human dignity, excellent political stature …
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AT News KABUL: At least eight soldiers were killed and nine others wounded after a truck bomber targeted their vehicle in Maidan Wardak province, defense ministry confirmed on Monday. A suicide attacker detonated his truck packed with explosives in Sayed Abad district of the province, the ministry said in a …
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Some 800m Afs embezzled in emergency food programs AT News KABUL: The government plans to launch the Dastarkhan-e-Melli (DM) to help the vulnerable and destitute. Prior to this, two similar programs were launched during the Corona virus-related quarantine: The first program distributed wheat to poor people and the second one …
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AT News KABUL: At least five police and three soldiers were killed when Taliban militants attacked their checkpoint in the northern province of Kunduz, provincial officials confirmed. Provincial Spokesman Esmatullah Moradi, said Monday that the incident took place in the Shinwari neighborhood of Kunduz city, the provincial capital with the …
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AT News KABUL: Some journalists in the northern provinces criticize what they say “problems in access to information”, accusing officials particularly police of not cooperating in providing security information. They say that police spokesmen avoid from taking their phone calls for interview. Mohammad Jan Tamkin, head of reporters’ association in …
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AT News KABUL: The parliament has referred Ajmal Ahmadi, Acting Governor of Central Bank to the attorney general office for prosecution as he is accused of illegally dismissing bank personnel and refused to answer lawmakers’ questions. Ahmadi who was appointed by President Ghani as the Central Bank acting governor, immediately …
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Afghanistan recorded over 2k cases of violence against women in six months of 2020 AT News KABUL: 2,582 cases of violence against women were registered in Afghanistan during the first six months of 2020. Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Spogmai Wardag said on Monday that majority of …
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