AT News KABUL: A Parliament delegation has made a shocking revelation of the precarious situation of the Pule Charkhi prison – of a rampant sexual solicitation from women staff and unrestricted sale of drugs. A 3-member delegation of the Parliament has unveiled the outrageous condition and malpractice in Pule Charkhi …
Read More »Moscow ready to offer military support to Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Moscow hopes to intensify its military support to Afghanistan in a framework of cooperation after the resolve of current political disagreement over power sharing among the feuding Afghan leaders. Russian ambassador to Kabul Alexander Mantetsky said that there is no mutual military and technical cooperation between Afghanistan …
Read More »At least 52 soldiers killed in two days of bloodshed
A disturbing and bloody escalation of violence and a spate of full-fledged attacks are taking a devastating toll on Afghan soldiers in the north AT News KABUL: It was another bloody day for security forces in northern Afghanistan with Taliban insurgents killing nineteen more soldiers, pushing army death toll from …
Read More »Editorial: Harsh blow
Afghanistan’s economy predominantly fueled by aid has taken a harsh blow due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown and quarantine, inflicting unprecedented suffering on the impoverished people and further triggering the country into poverty. Overwhelmed by abject poverty and financial pressure, a man was reported to have committed suicide a few days …
Read More »Dozens of Taliban rebels killed in Kandahar
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 31 Taliban militants in separate operations launched in southern Kandahar province to bear down the group’s onslaughts across the country. Other 20 Taliban fighters were wounded in an overnight operation, said provincial press desk on Wednesday in a statement. …
Read More »Virus cases surge to 1,176
AT News KABUL: There are 84 new cases of covid-19 in Afghanistan, bringing the tally to 1,176, said Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday. These cases were recorded in the past 24 hours as the Afghan officials are grappling with the disease with fragile health system. Speaking in a press …
Read More »Afghan children in dire straits
KABUL: Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, the European Union has contributed 2.7 million Euros to UNICEF, to support access to education for emergency-affected children and provide life-saving treatment to those affected by acute malnutrition in hard-to-reach areas in Afghanistan. With the unprecedented scope and scale of the pandemic, Afghanistan is likely …
Read More »Couple donates money for wedding dinner to poor
AT News KABUL: Young man and woman who married last week, refused to celebrate a big party and decided to donate the money to some needy families in Kabul. Mahdi Diwan and Khaterah Akbari, said Tuesday that they helped the vulnerable families with the aim of combating the Corona virus …
Read More »Karzai worried over spike in war casualties
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed his deepest concerns over the increasing casualties in the recent clashes between government forces and Taliban. “The people of Afghanistan hoped that war ends very soon and peace ensured in the country considering the recent progresses of peace, but unfortunately the war …
Read More »Jam Minaret under threat of extinction
AT News KABUL: The world famous minaret of Jam is in danger of collapse since the nearby river’s water has started overflowing. The UNESCO World Heritage Site built in 1190 in the remote and mountainous province of Ghor. The minaret is located in the bank of the Hari river in …
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