By Javier Delgado Rivera For starters, no breaking news. Afghanistan is still, and by far, the country of the world where most opium is cultivated – approximately 84 per cent of global production over the past five years. This is the World Drug Report 2020’s top-line remark on Afghanistan, a landmark publication …
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AT News KABUL: Officials in Parwan province say that gunmen shot dead two people one of them a mullah (religious scholar) in the Sayedkhil district. Wahida Shahkar, provincial governor’s spokeswoman said that the incident took place early Wednesday while the two people were going to mosque for morning prayers. She …
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Dostum extols for his role in breaking political impasses Ghani-Abdullah called to put differences aside and get united as country is in “critical condition” AT News KABUL: Abdul Rashid Dostum was given the highest military rank in a grand gathering of his fans and supporters, after waiting for months. The …
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AT News KABUL: The work of construction of a hydropower dam has been stopped in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, people and civil society say. Construction of the Shorabak dam on the Kokcha River began two years back in the provincial capital of Faizabad city and was expected to produce …
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AT News KABUL: At least eight civilians were killed and six others wounded after cross-line shelling by Pakistani forces targeted Sarkano district and Asadabad city, the capital of eastern Kunar province, provincial governor said on Wednesday. The attack took place in Nawpass areas in Sarkano district at the zero point …
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AT News KABUL: NATO has termed an Afghan-owned and led peace process aimed at finding a political resolution that ends decades of conflict as the only way to deliver sustainable peace to the Afghan people and to ensure Afghanistan’s long-term security and stability. NATO in a statement called on the …
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Availing from the relative lull in bilateral trust deficit – owing mostly to the peace talks – and the numerous issues Afghanistan is facing, our neighboring country Pakistan continues to fence the Durand Line. On one hand, it talks about partaking in meetings with Afghan officials to improve ties but …
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AT News KABUL: With 254 fresh positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 34,994 coronavirus cases across the country. According to Afghan ministry of health, 1002 covid-19 patients have recovered and 32 others lost their lives battling the virus during this period. The Ministry of Public …
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Beijing considers Kabul in its priority list for COVID19 vaccine once it is ready AT News KABUL: China has once again reaffirmed its support to the Afghan peace process and promised providing more support to the Kabul administration in the fight against coronavirus pandemic. The reiteration made during meeting between …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s economy is set to contract by between 5.5 percent and 7.4 percent in 2020 because of covid-19, exacerbating poverty, and leading to a sharp decline in government revenues, says the World Bank in its latest biannual Afghanistan Development Update on Wednesday. Examining the Coronavirus impacts on …
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