AT News KABUL: Political calamity has gripped Afghanistan in the shadow of a fatal pandemic – a double whammy eating away at paltry sources of daily livelihoods of millions and eroding their belief in the government. In Afghanistan, prolonged political tensions and power tussle raging between President Ashraf Ghani and …
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In an unexpected turn of events, the US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, has publicly asked India for the first time to discuss its terrorism-related concerns directly with the Taliban. Since the relative passivity in the peace process with the Taliban, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Khalilzad …
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AT News KABUL: A Taliban drug factory destroyed and seven fighters of the group have been killed during an overnight operation conducted by the police in southern Paktia province, official said on Saturday. Police Special Forces with the support of Afghan Air Force (AAF) had carried out a preemptive operation …
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AT News KABUL: Local officials in northern Faryab have expressed concerns over the extension of IS-K or so called Daesh’s terrorists activities in the province. Provincial Governor Naqibullah Fayeq said that after the US-Taliban peace deal, the Daesh fighters, who included foreign terrorists as well, have been recruiting fighters and …
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AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Saturday said that it has recorded 253 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 4,033 across Afghanistan. Health Ministry Deputy, Wahidullah Majroh in a press conference said that out of 529 suspected samples, 253 were …
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AT News KABUL: Following the reports of Iranian police cruel treatment with the Afghan migrants, President Ashraf Ghani has appointed a ten-member delegation to investigate the incident and share the details with the people. Ghani’s Spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said that the delegation would be led by the Chief of Army …
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AT News KABUL: The Interpol has seized 971 ancient relics belonging to Afghanistan. The Interpol Secretary General, Jurgen Stock, said Friday that they had totally seized 19,000 relics stolen from different countries, from which, 971 belong to Afghanistan. He called smuggling of ancient and cultural relics part of organized crimes …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghan traders and university students residing and studying in China, have donated medical equipment cost some one million dollars to the ministry of public health, the ministry said. “A number of Afghan traders and students based in China with the cooperation of chamber of trade and …
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AT News KABUL: Sayed Ahmad Babazai, provincial police for Khost was killed along with his three colleagues after a roadside bomb struck his vehicle in the province, interior ministry confirmed. Tareq Aryan, spokesman for the ministry, said Friday that the incident happened in the Nader Shah Kot district, when Babazai …
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AT News KABUL: Giving a lightly stead step to the fragile Afghan peace process, the government and Taliban have been engaged in swapping prisoners on daily bases as part of the US-Taliban peace deal signed on February 29th in Qatari capital Doha. Local officials in western Herat on Friday spoke …
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