AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani assured journalists that any government officials who treat them violently would be introduced to judiciary to punish them. “Information has now entered every sector of economy and society. Economy and society are unable to move on without the help of information,” the president …
Read More »Government rejects SIGAR concerns over women’s rights in peace process
AT News Report KABUL: The government rejects a report released by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) that has expressed concerns over women’s rights in the peace process, assuring that achievements gained in this regard would be preserved. The chief executive office emphasizes that “Afghanistan will never goes …
Read More »Khalilzad visits Kabul amid tensions over peace process
AT News Report KABUL: The US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad arrived Monday in Kabul, in a nearly one-month delay after his fifth negotiation with Taliban representatives in Qatar which the two sides claimed ended with progresses to get close peace in the war-devastated country. Khalilzad who would …
Read More »Afghanistan shuts down Pakistan’s Habib Bank
AT News Report KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has shut down Pakistan’s largest lender Habib Bank’s operation in Kabul after violating the laws. The Central Bank of Afghanistan has revoked the operation license of Habib Bank Limted citing non-compliance of the bank with the banking laws of Afghanistan. The Governor …
Read More »UK tax fraudsters funded al-Qaeda in Pakistan, Afghanistan: Report
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A British Asian gang of fraudsters may have been involved in misusing billions of pounds of British tax-payers money to fund terrorist networks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, claims a UK media investigation based on police and intelligence files. The gang, based in London, Buckinghamshire, Birmingham, north-west …
Read More »Taliban asked to help vaccinators in their anti-polio house-to-house mission against polio
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in cooperation with partners has kicked off the first round of National Immunization Days (NIDS) for polio eradication that will take five days to target around 9.3 million children under five years of age across the country. During the campaign, around …
Read More »Nearly 13 acres of land cleared of opium
AT News Reports KABUL: Nearly 13 acres of lands have wiped out of opium cultivation by the security forces in Koot district of eastern Nangarhar province. Koot’s chief district Najeebullah Rahmani said production of opium have come to zero level after these lands cleared from opium. He said the security …
Read More »15 Daesh fighters killed in Nangarhar
AT News Reports KABUL: At least 15 Daesh fighters have been killed in raids conducted by intelligence operatives on Sunday night in Khogyani district of eastern Nangarhar province, official said Monday. In a statement National Security Directorate (NDS) said its operatives have conducted military operation in Sangani village of Khogyani …
Read More »Floods death toll jump to 41
AT News Report KABUL: Flash floods in several provinces of Afghanistan have killed at least 41, while more than 30 people wounded, a number of people still missing and several houses partially and completely damaged in the disaster triggered by torrential rains, official said Monday. “According to latest reports, number …
Read More »Editorial: Ceasefire is the only solution
Whenever peace efforts expediting, violent and terror acts in parts and parcels of already war stricken motherland are also get intensified which make hopeless the countrymen who are attaching great hopes regarding better future. Now when almost leaders whether they are part of unity government or opposition making arrangements to …
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