AT News KABUL: Wahid Qetali, Governor of Herat Province in the west, claims that the incomes of custom office in the Islam Qala border port are looted by powerful armed groups and mafia. The Islam Qala point is one of border ports between Afghanistan and Iran. The others are in …
Read More »Afghanistan, India sign MoUs for development of educational infrastructure
AT News KABUL: The governments of Afghanistan and India on Sunday signed five Memorandums of Understanding, based on which, New Delhi donates 2.6 million dollars to the Afghan ministries of education and higher education. Mostafa Mastoor Minister of Economy and Vinay Kumar Indian Ambassador to Kabul signed in the MoUs …
Read More »Kabul to host series of negotiations on Afghan peace
AT News KABUL: Kabul is hosting a grand meeting that discusses the Afghan peace efforts. The ministry of foreign affairs said in a Sunday statement that representatives from 19 neighboring and regional countries as well as the US ambassador and the UN special envoy would participate in the week-long meeting. …
Read More »Govt. insists on ‘complete release’ of security forces from Taliban custody
AT News KABUL: The government emphasizes on the release of all security force from Taliban jails, saying it would be the main element of prisoner swap. Taliban had earlier vowed to release 1,000 soldiers and police they have in custody in return of the release of their 5,000 comrades from …
Read More »70-year-old Afghan woman beats covid-19 abandoned at hospital
AT News KABUL: A 70 years old Afghan woman has fully recovered after contracting the novel coronavirus, which has claimed thousands of lives worldwide. But she is yet to be discharged from Afghan-Japan hospital where many patients are losing their lives battling the virus on a daily basis – and …
Read More »US soldier dies in vehicle rollover accident in Farah
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A vehicle rollover accident has claimed the life of a soldier supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan, the Pentagon announced Saturday. Spc. Vincent Sebastian Ibarria, 21, of San Antonio, died Friday as a result of the incident, which is under investigation, a statement said. The accident …
Read More »UK urges for immediate cessation of hostilities in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The British Embassy in Kabul has expressed its deep concern over the high levels of violence in Afghanistan, urging the warring parties to immediately end hostilities. Following commitments to reduce violence in the lead up to intra-Afghan negotiations, we have instead seen an escalation of attacks across …
Read More »Senators urge action against peace spoilers
AT News KABUL: The Afghan Senators have urged to clamp down on spoilers undermining the Afghan peace process – as these circles have been emboldened to take constant action to imperil the prospect of peace designed to end war in Afghanistan. A number of Afghan Senators in their Sunday session …
Read More »Russia accuses US of drug trafficking in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Some members of the US intelligence, which accuses Russia of conspiring with Taliban members, are involved in drug trafficking from Afghanistan, said Russian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan affairs, Zamir Kabulov. “Those wonderful US intelligence officers, who accuse us of different things, are involved in drug …
Read More »Editorial: Watch out for nefarious designs!
Life in Afghanistan has literally become putting one’s head in the loin’s mouth. The security is getting deteriorated with each passing day, and even the capital is instable to an extent that nobody’s safe within a home or without. The number of targeted killings, attacks on hospitals, killing of religious …
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