A Joint Op-Ed By Mr. David Metcalfe, Ambassador of CanadaMr. Geoff Tooth, Ambassador of Australia Canada and Australia join others in the international community in condemning the escalation of violence across Afghanistan. We deplore the suffering and deaths of innocent civilians. We condemn the deliberate and callous targeting of advocates for peace, and …
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By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan For some time, some people from the US and other Western countries have made groundless accusations against human rights conditions in Xinjiang, China, and disseminated many lies and fallacies, of which eight common fallacies have misled the people of the international community, including …
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AT News KABUL: A number of members of parliament strongly criticized some caretaker ministers for dismissing the staff of the ministries, calling it illegal and urged for immediate stop of the deposing.The lawmakers said Wednesday that Central Bank’s Acting Governor Ajmal Ahmadi and Acting Public Health Minister Ahmad Javad Osmani …
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AT News KABUL: The media supporting agency (NAI) expressed concerns on possible terrorist attacks against the media and healthcare centers in Afghanistan, saying the Daesh terrorist group was seeking attacks on journalists, media workers and health servants. Mujib Khalwatgar, head of the NAI cited the arrest of two Daesh affiliate …
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AT News KABUL: Officials in Bamyan province confirm that a dead body found in a river in the Shibar district was a bodyguard of President Ashraf Ghani. Provincial Spokesman Latif Azimi on Wednesday identified the body as Aziz Ahmad Alemyar a member of the President Protective Service (PPS), a well-trained …
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AT News KABUL: A local official in northern Takhar province has said that three government employees were killed by a Taliban member who just freed from government jails as part of peace efforts. District Governor of Khwajaghar, Mohammad Omar said on Wednesday that the assassinated people were members of the …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have fended off Taliban attacks in eastern Nangarhar and southern Paktiak provinces, killing 28 rebels in the last 24 hours, security officials said on Wednesday. Taliban militants had massively attacked army outposts in the Zawa area of Khogiani district of Nangarhar that received …
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By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: At least three Afghan National Police members were killed in a Taliban truck bombing in southern Kandahar province, the first of such big attacks by the Taliban since Eid’s ceasefire almost two months ago. Taliban bomber targeted Shah Walikot police HQ on Wednesday morning, in which …
Read More »AT News KABUL: Some unknown armed men entered into a house and killed six members of a family including a woman in Sharana, the capital city of southern Paktika province. Head of provincial public health confirmed receiving six dead bodies. A surviving member of the family told Pajhwok that the …
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AT News KABUL: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has received a new contribution of US$ 49 million from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance towards program that help meet the food and nutrition needs of vulnerable communities in the country. “Providing food assistance to the most vulnerable families during …
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