AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iranian Deputy Health Minister Alireza Rayeesi said that Afghanistan has asked Iran to help the country combat coronavirus as Kabul lacks expertise to use PCR systems. The two countries hold constant talks on Iran’s methods of containing the virus, in particular, Iran’s National Screening plan, Rayeesi …
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AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health says that “unauthentic reports” over corruption in this institution, have caused the reduction in the foreign donations. The ministry said to investigate the incorrect reports and would share them soon with the public. Media outlets report of wide corruption in the ministry …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan resumed international flights on Wednesday after a gap of three months due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Civilian Aviation Authority of Afghanistan, the Turkish Airlines carried 350 passengers on Wednesday morning from Istanbul airport of Turkey to Hamid Karzai International Airport. …
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AT News KABUL: The parliament says it had assigned a team to assess the armed clashes between residents of Wardak province and the nomads over pastures. The decision came after some Pashtoon lawmakers, accused their colleague Ghulam Hossain Naseri of taking arm against the nomads. But other legislators on Monday …
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Although there were claims and reports in the past that the US President Donald Trump was hell-bent on extricating from the Afghan quagmire, a recent explosive and newly-released book by his former national security advisor John Bolton only substantiates them. The bombshell book, “The Room Where It Happened,” has revealed …
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AT News KABUL: With 234 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 29,715 cases across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that out of 651 suspected samples, 234 were positive—a scene of slight reduction for a 6th consecutive day in a …
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AT News KABUL: The outbreak of coronavirus has impinged upon the implementation of major construction projects in the central province of Bamyan, local officials said. The government has stopped Bamyan’s main road and construction projects because of the coronavirus pandemic and its implications. The project of asphalting of 178 km …
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AT News KABUL: Financial implications of the COVID-19 outbreak have been stark and overwhelming for Afghanistan as the Ministry of Finance estimates the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in lost revenue of around $285 million in Q2 of 2020. Acting Minister of Finance, AbdulHadi Arghandiwal, has told VOA that custom revenues …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan and Iran have agreed to step up efforts to strengthen security along mutual borders, amid an avalanche of public fury and expressions of concerns over atrocities of Iran police against Afghan migrants, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday. The agreement was made during the …
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AT News KABUL: A senior U.S. military official in the region, Kenneth McKenzie, has warned the Taliban insurgents that they have a ‘little time’ to fulfill their commitments for peace, the reduction in violence in particular. McKenzie who holds the US Central Command, had earlier said that his country had …
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