AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, the long-run antagonist who incongruently runs the country’s affairs, are once again at odds over the Taliban prisoners release process. The latest confrontation went off after Abdullah, the Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation had expressed willingness to release …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) has expressed frustration over a spike in civilian casualties accusing the Taliban group for killing and maiming over 86,823 civilians from 2009 to 2019. Zabihullah Farhang, a human rights defender, had called on the militants to take practical steps in …
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AT News KABUL: Sources close to Abdullah Abdullah, head of the reconciliation council said that he had offered a list of cabinet members to President Ashraf Ghani. Based on a political deal by Ghani and Abdullah, the latter got the chance to introduce people from his party for ministerial posts. …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani says that he wants a peace with the Taliban in which achievements gained in the past 19 years be maintained and Afghanistan remain independent and united. “Taliban violence is a matter of deep concern and their attacks on the security forces is unacceptable,” Ghani …
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AT News KABUL: Three children in the southern province of Zabul were killed when a rocket they were playing with, went off, provincial officials said on Friday. The incident happened in the Zozgar area of the Qalat district. Gul Islam Seyal, provincial spokesman, said Friday that the rocket was prepared …
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By Ms. Tamkin Azizi One country, two systems “is a constitutional concept outlining the governance of Hong Kong and Macau in the People’s Republic of China after they became China’s Special Administrative Regions (SARs) in 1997 and 1999 respectively. Deng Xiaoping proposed this in the early 1980s during talks over …
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AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health said that of 742 samples 286 patients were tested positive for the Covid-19 in a past round clock across Afghanistan. The total tally surpasses 34,194 cases as of July 10th, the ministry said in a statement. According to the statement, at least …
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By Haseeb Rahimi Most of the wars in history are fought for the personal interest of the filthy rich, Propaganda machines came up with reasons to sell the narrative of war among the citizens. Taliban is a for-profit organization or aka a limited liability company rather than an Islamic or …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The World Bank Board on Friday approved a $200 million grant to help Afghanistan mitigate the impact of COVID-19 and provide relief to vulnerable people and businesses, the bank said in a statement. The Afghanistan COVID-19 Response Development Policy Grant comprises $100 million from the International …
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AT News KABUL: A top Afghan official has warned the Taliban that the current level of violence by the group is unacceptable to advancing the peace process. Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Friday has harped on the Taliban for continuation of violence that hampering …
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