AT News KABUL: Afghanistan government is seeking to determine the date and venue of intra-Afghan negotiations, saying the dialogue between the two sides would be held in a near future. Spokesperson for the ministry of state in peace affairs, Najia Anwari said that efforts are underway to form the consultative …
Read More »Gunmen kill former intelligence officer in Logar
AT News KABUL: Unidentified armed men have killed a former intelligence agency officer along with her sibling sister in the southeastern Logar province, local officials said. Provincial Police spokesman, Shahpoor Ahmadzai, said the incident occurred on Saturday evening in Mughalkhil area of Mohammad Agha district. Mrs. Pashtun, an ex-intelligence officer …
Read More »Militants kill 4 of a family in Wardak
AT News KABUL: Four members of a single family were killed in a shooting rampage spree carried out by the Taliban fighters in Maidan Wardak province on Friday, officials confirmed on Sunday. The incident happened in Chak district after the Taliban shot “the tribal elder, his wife, son and grandson,” …
Read More »Editorial: New SOPs’ practicality
Despite the novel coronavirus pandemic has put many issues on the back-burner, Afghanistan’s daily death rate is climbing and the total number of Covid-19 cases (advancing rapidly towards the 20,000 mark) continues to spike unabated. Over three hundred people have lost their lives to the virus so far, including some …
Read More »Kabul police arrest ‘notorious drug dealer’
AT News KABUL: A notorious drug dealer has been arrested during a crackdown conducted by the Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) cell in Kabul on Sunday. The operation carried out in 7th PD in Kabul as a result a disreputable drug dealer was arrested, said a statement issued by Kabul Police Press …
Read More »Covid-19 cases surpass 20k
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Sunday said that it has recorded 791 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 20,342 in Afghanistan. Out of 1,427 suspected samples, 791 were tested positive in different provinces during this period. According to the …
Read More »Peace deal can end the conflict
By Zia Nezam The US came to Afghanistan after losing nearly 3000 people in 9/11 attacks carried out by al Qaeda terrorists. The main objectives of the US entry in Afghanistan: to rid it of the al Qaeda scourge, prevent further attacks on US soil, then leave Afghanistan. Has the …
Read More »Intra-Afghan dialogue – coronavirus may push it online
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s long-awaited peace negotiations could possibly either be delayed or held online in the form of a video conference, against the backdrop of a new obstacle that has just surfaced. Several negotiators of the Afghan government have been infected with coronavirus and this could have effects on …
Read More »Nakamura’s daughter vows to follow his footsteps in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Akiko Nakamura, the daughter of Japanese physician and philanthropist Tetsu Nakamura who was killed in an attack in December in the eastern province of Nangarhar, says she would continue her father’s incomplete humanitarian projects in Afghanistan. Late Nakamura had served for humanitarian services in Afghanistan for 30 …
Read More »Moscow conveys optimism about US-Taliban peace quest
AT News KABUL: The government of Russia says that both the United States and Taliban want the peace agreement to be implemented in Afghanistan. Zamir Kabulov, President Putin’s envoy for Afghanistan, said Saturday that he was optimistic for the future of Afghanistan and Moscow sees that Washington and Taliban want …
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