AT News KABUL: Positive cases of coronavirus have dramatically increasing in Afghanistan with 337 cases so far recorded across the country in the shortest period of time —an alarm to the war-hit country that scrambling with fragile health system. Only on Sunday, 28 cases were registered in Kabul, Kandahar, …
Read More »Who is Aslam Farooqi?
AT News KABUL: The Afghan National Directorate of Security said that its operatives have detained head of IS-K Abdullah Orikzai, aka “Aslam Faroqi”. Faroqi in his initial confession has spoken about the Daesh extremists group’s deep ties with regional intelligence according to the officials. However, Jawid Faisal, a spokesman for …
Read More »Abdullah camp warns to form own cabinet
AT News ABUL: A close aide to Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, a self-proclaimed president of Afghan presidential vote, has threatened to announce parallel cabinet if Ashraf Ghani—a declared winner of Afghan election by electoral body, did not stop high level appointments. In the past few days, President Ghani appointed Mohammad Haneef …
Read More »Afghanistan: Economic Bailout of cities – COVID 19: How to spend the $100 Million Budget
By Haseeb Rahimi The world has witnessed an unprecedented pandemic in its recent century: COVID-19. The virus has left developed nations with economic catastrophes. China was the very first country to use its labor and resources and sacrifice personal freedom and its economy in order to control the pandemic. The …
Read More »I AM A SERIAL NUMBER
By Guantánamo ISN 3148 (aka Asadullah Haroon) The Guantánamo military base is almost invisible to the world; the detainees held here have totally vanished from the world. We are nameless, faceless, referenced by an internment “serial number” – as if we are pieces of hardware, no longer human. A name …
Read More »UN chief calls for Afghan ‘cease-fire’
AT News KABUL: The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls on the government of Afghanistan and Taliban to observe a cease fire at a time that the Corona virus is spreading in the country. Gutteres said Saturday that while war is intensifying in Afghanistan, the country’s government forms a delegation …
Read More »Pakistan to temporarily reopen Afghan passageways
AT News KABUL: The government of Pakistan has agreed to temporarily reopen two passageways connecting the country with neighboring Afghanistan, officials in Islamabad confirmed on Saturday. Afghanistan imports nearly half of essentials such flour, rice and cooking oil from Pakistan via the Torkham way in the east and Boldak in …
Read More »Tribal chieftain beheaded in Takhar
AT News KABUL: Local officials in northern Takhar said that the Taliban fighters had first gunned down a tribal elder and then cut his head in Taliqan city of the province. Provincial Police Spokesman, Khalil Assir said the beheading took place in Chakab village of the city. The militants had …
Read More »Rebels kidnap medics in Wardak
AT News KABUL: Three health employees, who were providing public awareness regarding covid-19, have been abducted by the Taliban group in central Wardak province, official said on Wednesday. Provincial Council Member has said the medics were kidnapped in Jalriz district of the province. Deputy of Provincial Council, Sharifullah Hotak called …
Read More »The bloodshed in Gurdwara
The Sikhism has been existed in Afghanistan as minority but considered itself as the common citizens of Afghanistan for the last many decades. Though, majority of Sikh community lives in India. On 25th March, 2020 unidentified militant entered into the sacred place- (Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib) in Kabul and shot …
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