AT News KABUL: The governor of eastern Nangarhar province says the government will proceed with maximum action as it considered easing coronavirus restriction in the province, asking people to observe social distancing. Governor Shah Mahmood Miakhel is looking to easy restriction, but warned people to keep social distancing. “We are …
Read More »Kabul has released 1,000 Taliban prisoners
AT News KABUL: To bring the Taliban on a table for intra-Afghan negotiations and fulfill the US-Taliban peace deal, the Afghan government has so far released around 1,000 Taliban prisoners, although the prisoners swap was once about to hit road locks, as both sides were seemed argued on release of …
Read More »6 dead after protest over aid turns violent in Ghor
AT News KABUL: At least six people, including Ahamd Khan Navid, a correspondent for local radio station, have lost their lives after a peaceful protest turned into physical disputes and violent in western Ghor province. Hundreds of residents of the Ghor province took out to the streets to staged demonstration …
Read More »Is a win-win solution to our leadership debacle unfolding?
AT News KABUL: Political calamity has gripped Afghanistan in the shadow of a fatal pandemic – a double whammy eating away at paltry sources of daily livelihoods of millions and eroding their belief in the government. In Afghanistan, prolonged political tensions and power tussle raging between President Ashraf Ghani and …
Read More »Editorial: Turn of events
In an unexpected turn of events, the US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, has publicly asked India for the first time to discuss its terrorism-related concerns directly with the Taliban. Since the relative passivity in the peace process with the Taliban, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Khalilzad …
Read More »Taliban drug lab destroyed, 7 rebels killed in raid
AT News KABUL: A Taliban drug factory destroyed and seven fighters of the group have been killed during an overnight operation conducted by the police in southern Paktia province, official said on Saturday. Police Special Forces with the support of Afghan Air Force (AAF) had carried out a preemptive operation …
Read More »Daesh may be regaining strength in Faryab
AT News KABUL: Local officials in northern Faryab have expressed concerns over the extension of IS-K or so called Daesh’s terrorists activities in the province. Provincial Governor Naqibullah Fayeq said that after the US-Taliban peace deal, the Daesh fighters, who included foreign terrorists as well, have been recruiting fighters and …
Read More »Afghanistan’s coronavirus cases hit over 4K
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Saturday said that it has recorded 253 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 4,033 across Afghanistan. Health Ministry Deputy, Wahidullah Majroh in a press conference said that out of 529 suspected samples, 253 were …
Read More »Afghanistan probes Iran’s mass drowning of Afghan migrants
AT News KABUL: Following the reports of Iranian police cruel treatment with the Afghan migrants, President Ashraf Ghani has appointed a ten-member delegation to investigate the incident and share the details with the people. Ghani’s Spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said that the delegation would be led by the Chief of Army …
Read More »Interpol seizes 1,000 Afghan relics
AT News KABUL: The Interpol has seized 971 ancient relics belonging to Afghanistan. The Interpol Secretary General, Jurgen Stock, said Friday that they had totally seized 19,000 relics stolen from different countries, from which, 971 belong to Afghanistan. He called smuggling of ancient and cultural relics part of organized crimes …
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