AT News Kabul: The Partnership and Stability Electoral Ticket is supposed to receive the decision-making authority with respect to 50 percent of governmental positions, divulges an unofficial draft of a likely power-sharing agreement between President Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah that went viral on social media. Going from hand …
Read More »Government withholds contractors’ payment
AT News KABUL: The contractors of the National Statistics Department say they had not been paid since December. Some 300 people are working as contractors at the digital ID section and said Sunday they had to work without payment for four months. The statistics department confirms the problem, promising to …
Read More »Freed HQN linchpin back in Pakistan
AT News KABUL: A key member of the notorious Haqqani Network, who was released from government custody last year, has gone to Pakistan to resume terrorist activities, former intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil claims. Three senior members of Haqqani Network (Mali Khan, Abdul Rashid and Anas Haqqani) were freed by a …
Read More »World helps Afghanistan in fight against coronavirus
AT News KABUL: The international community assists with Afghanistan to fight the spread of Corona virus, a global threat, ministry of finance said. Shamroz Khan Masjedi, spokesman for the ministry, said Sunday that the European Union and other countries would donate 220 million dollars to the government of Afghanistan for …
Read More »Kabul releases fourth batch of Taliban prisoners
AT News KABUL: Government of Afghanistan has released another batch of Taliban prisoners after three batches of 300 inmates were set free over past week, according to officials. The National Security Council has published pictures of the freed prisoners, saying the Taliban inmates have been released based on their age, …
Read More »Taliban frees 20 government forces
AT News KABUL: The Taliban has freed 20 government prisoners in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar after Afghanistan government released 300 Taliban prisoners since past week. Marking the first handover since the beginning of the peace process, the Taliban spokesman has said the handover will take place in coordination …
Read More »Security forces purge Jawzjan’s Khomaab district, kill 25 Taliban rebels
AT News KABUL: Khomaab district of northern Jawzjan province has cleared of the Taliban militants, security official said on Sunday. At least 25 Taliban rebels were killed in clearing operation, the official added. Afghan areal forces targeted Taliban positions in Bosa Agha and Bozariq in Khomaab district, which as result …
Read More »NDS uncovers new details about Aslam Farooqi’s affiliates
AT News KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has shared new information about the two key members of IS-K or Daesh affiliates, who were arrested by the NDS’s operatives last week along with senior member of the group, Abdullah Orikzai known as Aslam Farooqi. The NDS in a statement …
Read More »Editorial: The progress made so far
It’s agreed upon that the peace process in Afghanistan is not an affair to be solved overnight. There are many issues and stumbling blocks to be anticipated before sustainable peace is reached. By far, the implementation of the US-Taliban pact signed in February has been ticklish as sides were locked …
Read More »600 people infected with coronavirus Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The pandemic cases of coronavirus had crossed over 600 in Afghanistan—a country with fragile health system where lacking testing kits and other material to fight the epidemic. Public health ministry has recorded 52 new positive cases in the past 24 hours. Health ministry spokesman Wahidullah Mayar in …
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