AT News KABUL: The Amnesty International calls the government of Afghanistan to bring the perpetrators of Saturday’s attack against a group of journalists and media workers in Kabul, saying that the impunity for those who kill journalists should be over. A roadside bomb targeted a minivan carrying the personnel of …
Read More »Taliban rebels shoot dead four in Badakhshan
AT News KABUL: Local officials claim that Taliban fighters have shot dead four civilians in Badakhshan province, the northeastern remote area that borders Pakistani tribal regions from where Taliban militants can enter the once relatively peaceful province. The incident took place late Sunday in Do Aab village of thee Arghanjkhwah …
Read More »Paradox hovers over Kabul and Taliban ‘freed prisoner figures’
AT News KABUL: A paradox seems to have emerged from the figures presented by the Kabul government and the Taliban of prisoners being released by both sides. Although the Afghan government claimed on Sunday to have freed some 290 Taliban prisoners that day, those inmates have not been released so …
Read More »Civil movement killings; Govt accused of impeding ‘prosecution of accused’
AT News KABUL: The government is being accused of impeding prosecution of those accused of killing members of a civil movement in Kabul. Three years after the massacre of Rastakhiz civil movement members, the Senate’s deputy spokesman, Mohammad Alam Izadyar, is slinging accusation against the government for ‘inertia and lack …
Read More »Schools, universities won’t reopen
AT News KABUL: The Afghan educational authorities said that there was no plan to reopen the educational centers amid high threats of the covid-19 pandemic in the country. Following optimistic hope over the reopening of schools and universities after easing of lockdowns in some of the big cities, spokesman for …
Read More »Editorial: Leadership in disarray
Recent peaceful overtures from the Afghan government and the Taliban are promising as they contribute to taking Afghanistan bit by bit closer to the launch of intra-Afghan talks and a solution to the Afghan war. Most of all, the accelerated prisoner swap process is furthering the détente between the belligerent …
Read More »Slight drop in coronavirus cases in Afghanistan
Global COVID-19 infections are expected to show a pace of decline in June AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 545 new cases of coronavirus over the past day, bringing the total tally to 15,750, and a decline in infections compared to the preceding days. Last week during Eid days, COVID-19 …
Read More »Afghanistan population estimated at almost 33m
AT News KABUL: The National Statics and Information Authority (NSIA) has estimated Afghanistan’s population to around 32.9 million people with men making 16.8 (51 percent) and female making 16.1 million (49 percent). The NSIA published the census of 1399 in Afghan calendar on Monday. The statics has showed that 23.4 …
Read More »Traders protest Spin Boldak blockade
AT News KABUL: Dozens of Afghan traders have staged a protest over what they say is blockage of Spin-Boldak, a transit gate between Kabul and Islamabad against Afghanistan’s exportation. Rahmuddin Haji Agha, head of the Afghan traders board said that the protest has been continuing since the last two days. According …
Read More »Tensions simmer after herbalist claims virus cure
AT News KABUL: While the spread of covid-19 is at peak, the claim of discovering the coronavirus medicine by an Afghan herbalist has turned into a controversial issue with tens of people staging protests after the government closed the clinic. Afghan sage, Hakim Alokozai has claimed the discovery of the …
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