By NAJIBULLAH LOODIN Central Asia, consisting of the southern former Soviet Union provinces, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, is enriched in natural resources. Central Asia, with the population of 60 million people, covers an area of 4 million square kilometers. The population density of Central Asia is 15 people/km2. …
Read More »MCC donates medical supplies to afghan government against COVID-19
One world, one fight. MCC is taking actions to fight against Covid-19. KABUL: On 5th April, the first batch of Covid-19 supplies donated by China Metallurgical Group (MCC) arrived in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and were handed over to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MOMP). This batch of …
Read More »Finance ministry partition revoked
AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has canceled a decree he had previously issued to restructure the finance ministry, the ministry says. Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, who was recently nominated by Ghani as the caretaker finance minister, said Tuesday that the president returned all finance ministry’s authorities to the body by …
Read More »Karzai condoles death of Kabul doctor
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed his deep sympathies over the death of a physician. With regrets, I learned that Dr. Hanifullah Hanif one of our experienced and intelligent cadres passed away, Karzai said in a message. He said that late Hanif was bravely serving at the front …
Read More »Afghanistan urges Taliban to ‘stick to talks’ and stop excuses
AT News KABUL: The government calls on Taliban to stop pretexts for delaying the all-Afghan talks, saying that the militants have no reasons for the postponement. President Ghani’s Spokesman Sediq Sediqqi, says if Taliban were committed to peace and the agreement they signed with the United States, they would have …
Read More »Afghanistan, the crucible of crisis; Taliban locks horns with Kabul over inmates’ release
Afghanistan has been engulfed in a turmoil of uncertainty and its peace process is in shreds. The irony of reconciling with the narco-belligerent, isolationist, troglodytic Taliban is becoming eerily daunting KABUL: Government of Afghanistan and the Taliban group are at odds over the release of militant prisoners with no compromise …
Read More »MCC donates medical supplies to Afghan government against COVID-19
One world, one fight.MCC is taking actions to fight against Covid-19 KABUL: On 5th April, the first batch of Covid-19 supplies donated by China Metallurgical Group (MCC) arrived in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and was handed over to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MOMP). This batch of medical …
Read More »Police rescue kidnapped child in Khost
AT News KABUL: Afghan National Police has rescued a five years old child from kidnapper, the ministry of interior said, adding the boy had been earlier abducted from Alishir district of southern Khost province. The security forces had detained one kidnapper, who confessed his involvement in the abduction, the ministry …
Read More »Editorial: Delaying the inevitable
The Afghan presidential saga continues to disrupt the political and economic state of affairs of the country, besides spilling over into the peace process. Given the impasse among the feuding leaders – President Ashraf Ghani and self-proclaimed president of ‘inclusive government’ Abdullah Abdullah – the political elite have taken it …
Read More »Coronavirus cases in Afghanistan rise dramatically
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health declared on Tuesday that 56 new positive cases of Covid-19 have been registered in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 423. Herat had the highest number of new cases, registering 27 positive cases. A further 12 cases have …
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