Afghanistan Times
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A senior UK army commander on Wednesday met with Pakistan’s army chief to discuss regional security, mainly the fragile Afghan peace process, Anadolu Agency reported. Gen. Patrick Sanders, the UK’s commander strategic command, and Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa discussed matters of …
Read More »Kamal Khan Dam Opens in Nimroz
AT News KABUL: After five decades of its inception, finally the Kamal Khan Dam was inaugurated on Wednesday. The mega dam opened in the southwestern Nimroz province, boarding with the neighboring Iran. Located on the Helmand River in the Chahar Burjak district of Nimroz, the Kamal Khan Dam was planned …
Read More »Interim Govt Help Bring Peace in Afghanistan: Russia
AT News KABUL: The Russian Special Envoy for Afghanistan has said that the only way to reach reconciliation in Afghanistan is to form an interim government in the country. Talking about the results of the “Troika” conference on peace settlement in Afghanistan held on March 18th in Moscow, ambassador Zamir …
Read More »Afghanistan Seeks U.S. Continued Aid to ANDSF
AT News KABUL: Afghan National Security Advisor says that Afghanistan still needs U.S. financial support to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) not physical presence to counter narcotics and insecurity in the country. Hamdullah Mohib cited the remarks in an interview with Hudson Institute of Washington, saying that …
Read More »Four Security Force Members Killed in Badghis
AT News KABUL: A roadside bomb targeting a military vehicle has left at least four Afghan security force members dead and one another was wounded in northwestern Badghis province, local officials said on Wednesday. Provincial Governor, Hissamuddin Shams said the incident occurred on Tuesday in Kamari district of the province. …
Read More »Editorial: Yet peace is achievable
Afghanistan is considered one of the poorest countries in the Asian-continent, but not that much in true scenes. Afghanistan has only three trillion dollars underground untapped resources. This is huge money, but of no use at the moment. Over 70 percent of the population is under poverty line. The Afghan …
Read More »Afghanistan Records 34 COVID-19 Cases, One Death in Last 24 Hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 34 new coronavirus cases and one death in the past 24 hours around the country, the Ministry of Public Health said Wednesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 56,226 cases across the country. These new cases come out of …
Read More »‘Ceasefire Key for Success of Afghan Peace Push’
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A comprehensive and permanent ceasefire is critical for the success of the Afghan peace process, India’s foreign minister said in a meeting with his Afghan counterpart on Wednesday. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar stressed that enduring peace in Afghanistan is important for the security and prosperity of the region …
Read More »49K Afghans displaced in last two months of violence
AT News KABUL: More than 49,000 people were displaced during the past two months as violence has been intensifying across Afghanistan. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a report that the displaced people included children and women who were forced to leave their residence due …
Read More »Covid-19 Highly Relates Found in Bats, Pangolins
AT NewsKABUL: The Chinese research team says that evidence from surveys and studies have shown that corronavirus most highly related to SARS-CoV-2 were found in bats and pangolins. “These mammals may be the reservoir of the virus that causes COVID-19, due to the high similarity in genetic sequences between the …
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