By Nadir Shah Katawazai As Sun was about to set, brave Arif wazir, a Pashtun Protection Movement (PTM) activists was sitting in a vehicle on the way to his home. Some unidentified people were following his vehicle, when he slowed down his vehicle because of speed breaker, suddenly gun fire …
Read More »Our Priorities in the Post-Conflict Arena
By Ehsanullah Zirak By an overview to the history of developed countries, we can conclude that the same like us they also have faced with vary kinds of crises throughout their history, including foreign aggression, internal wars, poverty, economy collapse, and political disagreements in their homes. After successful management of …
Read More »Govt. releases 52 more Taliban fighters to accelerate peace efforts
AT News KABUL: The government has released 52 Taliban prisoners as the process of prisoner swap continues with the hope of beginning of the peace negotiations. Javed Faisal, a spokesman of the National Security Council, said Wednesday that the newly released people were held in the Pul-e-Charkhi central jail and …
Read More »Karzai calls on warring sides to abandon ‘fratricide’
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed his deep concerns over intensifying war and bloodshed in the country, calling on the war parties to stop killing their country-fellows. In a statement, Karzai said Wednesday that the ongoing war was just for the benefit of aliens and against the peace …
Read More »Torkham gate temporarily reopened for passengers
AT News KABUL: Torkham gate, located in eastern Afghanistan alongside the Durand-Line, was temporarily reopened after nearly a month of blockage against the Afghan migrants who stuck on the other side of the line in Pakistan. The Afghanistan Ambassador in Islamabad, Atif Mashal had called on the Afghan passengers stuck …
Read More »Security forces raid Daesh-Haqqani network cell, kill five terrorists
AT News KABUL: At least five loyalists of the Islamic State, also known as Daesh terrorist group and Haqqani terrorist network, were killed after members of special units of the Afghan National Police and the National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal raided their joint network cell in Shakardar district—a 25 …
Read More »Afghanistan’s remote learning program may prove futile
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani has just inaugurated the electronic higher educational system – the first attempt to digitalize education system – an act which may well prove futile. The system has been crafted by Afghan technicians and is said to be a cheaper and superior system of …
Read More »Editorial: Between hope and misery
There is much obstacle to peace, but there are several strong reasons to believe Afghanistan could eventually become a peaceful country. US has signed pace deal with Taliban and the Afghan government releasing Taliban prisoners in an effort to end the war and enter to the next level of talks …
Read More »Covid-19 cases surge to 3,392 in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said it has recorded 168 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 3,392 across Afghanistan. Out of 701 suspected samples, 168 came positive, a statement issued by the ministry said. 67 new cases were …
Read More »Health Ministry has hope for slowing COVID-19
AT News KABUL: There is more hope than before for slowing the COVID-19 pandemic, as the infections are rapidly rising in Afghanistan. “Confirmed cases are lower today than those of past two days,” said Deputy Minister of Health, Wahid Majroh, at a press conference on Wednesday. He said latest statistics …
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