By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has so far released 3,000 Taliban prisoners from different custodies across the country—a significant step to push the intra-Afghan talks to a practical level in earliest. “The government has released 3,000 Taliban prisoners as part of its commitment to advancing peace efforts. …
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AT News KABUL: Officials in northern Balkh province say coronavirus lockdown has triggered an economic downturn, as thousands have lost their jobs. The situation is even exacerbated by an uptick in food prices. But the provincial officials said that the lockdown was aimed to avoid the spread of the pandemic …
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A deep distrust and a saga of accusations and counteraccusations have long dealt a devastating blow to Afghanistan-Pakistan bilateral ties. Bajwa’s visit is either outcome of US pressure or just a mere pretense AT News KABUL: Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa in an unannounced visit to Kabul …
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AT News KABUL: With 542 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 21,459 coronavirus cases with 384 deaths since the outbreak of the virus started around three months ago. The fragile health systems and carelessness of the Afghan masses over health advices could have unfold …
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By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA History is filled with cases of use and abuse of faith and religious related sentiments of people by Governments. Afghanistan is the most prominent case in point in modern history where faith and religion is abused by invading forces – most lately since 1980s when ex-USSR …
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US envoy’s renewed regional tour come as tensions are flaring up inside Afghanistan over the ‘reverse effect’ of his peace effort, which has only emboldened militants AT News KABUL: The U.S. envoy for Afghan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad, met with Pakistan Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa and discussed the steps required for the start of …
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AT News KABUL: A number of people attended a demonstration launched Monday by the Solidarity political party in front of the embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran in Kabul to protest the allegedly death of three Afghan migrants by Iranian police. According to reports, three Afghan national who were illegally …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghan president has called for an investigation into an Iranian police shooting a car and consequently setting it ablaze killing threes Afghan refugees last week. President Ashraf Ghani’s spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said that the President has thanked the acting minister of foreign affairs for diplomatically investigating …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations says in a report that Taliban militants run the production of heroin and other narcotics in the south of the country, making millions of dollars. The UN research group said that the Taliban have recently formed a team named ‘regulation’ which is responsible to …
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AT News KABUL: More than 114,000 tons of goods have been imported to the country last week through the Aqina port, the Ministry of Transport said. Spokesman for the ministry, Mohammad Ashraf Haqshinas in a message to the media outlets said that the stock includes food materials, fuel and construction …
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