AT News KABUL: Fears of rabies and dangers posed by packs of stray dogs, health officials in eastern Nangarhar has culled and eliminated over 430 dogs in the province. The campaign kicked off Environment Protection Cell of Provincial Health Directorate Run an Anti-Stray Dogs, said a statement issued by Nangarhar …
Read More »Karzai visits sick Nawaz Sharif in London
Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday paid a visit to the ailing former three-time Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Shari at his Avenfield apartments in London. Karzai addressed the media following the meeting with Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and said his visit was to inquire after Nawaz Sharif’s health. …
Read More »Extreme poverty continues to plague Afghanistan
Sold newborn reunited with family A newborn sold due to extreme poverty has been reunited with her family in Bamyan. Six-week-old baby, unharmed, was returned to her mother days after she was sold for a meager $650. After a report surfaced about selling of Zahra in Bamyan, says head of …
Read More »Militants kill 2 highway passengers
Afghan forces kill up to 17 Taliban rebels in Ghazni AT News KABUL: In the past 24 hours, two civilians were shot dead and 17 Taliban fighters were killed in operations carried out by the Afghan security forces in southern Ghazni province. Taliban militants dragged two civilians from a vehicle …
Read More »Sultan Qaboos of Oman, Arab world’s longest-serving ruler, dies aged 79
Sultan Qaboos completely dominated the political life of Oman for almost 50 years Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said of Oman, the Arab world’s longest-serving ruler, has died aged 79. The sultan deposed his father in a bloodless coup with British support in 1970 and set Oman on a path …
Read More »Government must halt reshuffle of bureaucrats until election results
Parliament is ratcheting up pressure on the government to desist from any reshuffle of high-ranking officials until presidential election results are announced. The Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, Mir Rahman Rahmani, said on Saturday bad appointments and reshuffles in government’s high-ranking positions are taking place under the excuse of ‘reforms’ and “that is …
Read More »Taliban expect US peace deal
AT News KABUL: The Taliban are expecting the signing of a peace agreement with the US in the near future, a Russian media outlet has quoted a well-placed source of the insurgent group as saying, while a former Taliban official believed the landmark inking ceremony might take place this week. …
Read More »Parliamentary delegation to assess Shindand airstrike
AT News KABUL: A delegation from parliament is to be appointed to assess this week airstrike in Herat province’s district of Shindand in the west in which more than 60 civilians were killed. The US military launched an airstrike this week apparently against a Taliban offshoot leader Mullah Nangialay in …
Read More »US troops to withdraw from Herat base, lawmakers say
AT News KABUL: Representatives from western province of Herat in the parliament said Saturday they had reliable reports that the US military planned to leave their base stationed in the Shindand district near Iranian border. The legislators warned that the Daesh terrorist group would likely use the vacuum and get …
Read More »Two US service members killed in Kandahar blast
AT News KABUL: Two U.S. service members have been killed and two U.S. service members were wounded in action on Saturday when their vehicle struck an IED in southern Kandahar province, Spokesman for the Resolute Support said. The service members were conducting operations as part of NATO’s Resolute Support Mission. …
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