AT News Report KABUL: In a meeting with the Acting Minister of Finance, Mohmmad Humayon Qayumi, the German State Secretary for Economic Cooperation and Development, Martin Jaeger has announced an amount of 72 million Euros aid to Afghanistan. The donation makes the total commitment of Afghan-German Cooperation projects to 211 …
Read More »Karzai, Abdullah discuss ways to achieve lasting peace
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai met Sunday with the Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah at his office. Abdullah’s office said that they discussed ways to a lasting peace in Afghanistan as well as the current situation. The meeting called peace as a priority in the country, emphasizing on …
Read More »AIHRC worried of increased civilian casualties
AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) expresses concerns over an unprecedented increase in the civilian casualties in the recent months, demanding the war parties to take care of civilian lives. The ministry of interior accuses Taliban of using civilians as human shields or intentionally targeting …
Read More »Karzai saddened over school children death in Takhar blast
AT News Report KABUL: “With very regrets, I learned that a number of our dear children lost their lives in a bomb blast in Takhar province,” former president, Hamid Karzai said in a statement to express sympathies with the families of nine school children that were killed in a roadside …
Read More »Reporters must be protected as civilians: UN
AT News Report KABUL: In the wake of International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the United Nations and the Afghan Journalist Safety Committee (AJSC) convened a Media Summit in Kabul to spotlight the impact of worsening violence against reporters in Afghanistan. Some one hundred journalists, along with …
Read More »Pakistan brought peanut jungle of Paktika under its fencing scheme
AT News Report KABUL: The representatives of southern Paktika province said that Pakistan has overtaken the chromate mine and peanut jungle, which are located alongside the Durand Line. The provincial tribal elders and representatives have said that Pakistani military has overrun several kilometers of Afghanistan’s soil. The natural mountainous jungle …
Read More »IEC starts recounting, inspecting votes
AT News Report KABUL: After the Dermalog –a Germany private company, has stated a report of transparent and valid votes, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced that it would start the recounting and inspection process of the ballet papers across the country. A member of the IEC, Rahima Zarifi said …
Read More »51 militants killed in latest rids
AT News Report KABUL: At least 51 militants were killed and four others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan NationalArmy (ANA) in …
Read More »Afghanistan eyes to reduce diplomats
AT News Report KABUL: The National Unity Government is considering reducing its diplomats in different countries as part of bringing reform in the ministry of foreign affairs. It is also difficult to sustain them financially, Presidential Spokesman Sediq Seddiqi said in a press conference on Sunday. “Currently the numbers of …
Read More »15 tons of drugs torched in Baghlan
AT News Report KABUL: Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) on Sunday has torched 15 tons of narcotics seized from smugglers in northern Baghlan province. The torched narcotics discovered and seized in the past one year, which were included opium, hashish, heroin, tablets of K and alcoholic beverages, said Baghlan Police Spokesman …
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