AT News KABUL: The Russian federal government has donated a batch of medical supplies to assist the Afghanistan feeble health system amid a threatened pandemic coronavirus outbreak. The batch of the medical supplies arrived in Kabul on Tuesday with the presence of the deputy finance assistant of the Afghanistan ministry …
Read More »Four arrested over alleged rape in Balkh
AT News KABUL: Local officials in northern Balkh have said that at least four people were detained over alleged of sexual assault of a woman in Dehdai district of the province. The detainees were arrested alongside two rounds of AK-47 on Monday late evening, officials said on Tuesday. Earlier, a …
Read More »Editorial: Splinter group
With each passing day, disturbing news or rather not-so-much validated rumors are propagated regarding the peace process and the engaged interlocutors. Recent reports that triggered concerns have been about the disarray in Taliban leadership due to emerging disagreements after several senior Taliban leaders fell ill to coronavirus. But hard on …
Read More »COVID-19 cases surge past 16,500
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday said that it has recorded 759 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 16,509 in Afghanistan. Health Ministry said that out of 1,322 suspected samples, 759 were tested positive during this period. 266 …
Read More »2 killed including Dr. Niazi, 2 injured in Kabul mosque bombing
AT News KABUL: A terrorist bombing wreaked havoc at a mosque in Kabul on Tuesday night, killing two worshippers including Afghanistan’s most revered clergies and injuring at least two others. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. Imam of the mosque, Dr. Ayaz Niazi – a famous …
Read More »Chinese envoy reiterates support for peace process in meeting with Karzai
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday met with Chinese ambassador Wang Yu to Kabul to discuss Afghanistan’s ongoing peace process and prospects of its success. They discussed developments in the peace process and expressed hope that the intra-Afghan negotiations would start at the earliest to advance peace …
Read More »Watchdog warns against releasing notorious Taliban prisoners
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission says that any release of Taliban prisoners should be responsible. The commission stressed Monday that the government should not release the prisoners who have people’s blood on their hands. “No doubt the release of prisoners should be done to pave the …
Read More »Kabul attack; Amnesty International demands punishment for perpetrators
AT News KABUL: The Amnesty International calls the government of Afghanistan to bring the perpetrators of Saturday’s attack against a group of journalists and media workers in Kabul, saying that the impunity for those who kill journalists should be over. A roadside bomb targeted a minivan carrying the personnel of …
Read More »Taliban rebels shoot dead four in Badakhshan
AT News KABUL: Local officials claim that Taliban fighters have shot dead four civilians in Badakhshan province, the northeastern remote area that borders Pakistani tribal regions from where Taliban militants can enter the once relatively peaceful province. The incident took place late Sunday in Do Aab village of thee Arghanjkhwah …
Read More »Paradox hovers over Kabul and Taliban ‘freed prisoner figures’
AT News KABUL: A paradox seems to have emerged from the figures presented by the Kabul government and the Taliban of prisoners being released by both sides. Although the Afghan government claimed on Sunday to have freed some 290 Taliban prisoners that day, those inmates have not been released so …
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