AT News KABUL: Prices of medicines have spiked in Kabul city amid the spread of the coronavirus. Over 750 people have tested positive for COVID-19 over past day, pushing the total tally to over 17,000. This has exacerbated price crisis as people have smaller budgets due to COVID-19. As COVID-19 …

AT News KABUL: Abdul Rashid Bashir, police chief of Kunduz province and Fahim Qarloq, governor of the Qala-e-Zal district of Kunduz died due to the Corona virus, interior ministry and officials in Kunduz confirmed Wednesday. Bashir was hospitalized in Kabul since he was infected with the virus, according to the …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday went to the Kabul military hospital to pay tribute to religious scholar Ayaz Niazi who was killed in a terrorist attack Tuesday evening inside the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque in Kabul. In a tweet, Mr. Karzai expressed his deep grievance over …

AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said it has recorded 758 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 17,267 in Afghanistan. 1,323 suspected samples were tested, in which 758 were reported positive during this period, the health ministry said, warning …

By Ehsanullah Zirak The 21st century is well-known for Asia and named as an Asian century due to the geopolitical transformation in world politics. William H. Overholt in his book “Asia, America and the Transformation of Geopolitics” points out: “American security and prosperity now depend on Asia.” It means that …

By Farid Tavos Unemployment of citizens who depend upon daily wages in Afghanistan has pushed them to the point at which they are turning to domestic violence as an escape from their miserable circumstances. As the coronavirus cases are exacerbating throughout the world, the lockdown periods are being extended to …

By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan With groundless accusations about the human rights situation in Chinese Xinjiang and China’s governance policy there and rampant vilification of Chinese anti-terrorism and de-radicalization interventions, the so-called Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act passed recently by the US House of Representatives is a serious …

AT News KABUL: Two police officers were killed and two more wounded when a Taliban infiltrators opened fire on them in the southern province of Uruzgan, provincial officials said. Zelgai Ebadi, provincial spokesman, said that the incident happened late Monday at a police checkpoint at the southern outskirts of Tarin …

AT News KABUL: The deadly Corona virus has affected some six million children in Afghanistan with facing different vulnerabilities. The ministry of labor and social affairs, said Tuesday that more than seven million children are facing with poverty due to the virus spread. Four million of the children have been …

AT News KABUL: At least seven laborers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in the northern province of Kunduz, provincial officials confirmed. The incident took place late Monday in Jangal Bashi area of the Khan Abad district, provincial spokesman Esmatollah Moradi said. Another six people, Moradi said, …