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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The International Monetary Fund said it would provide immediate debt relief to 25 member nations under its Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT) to provide fiscal space for them to focus more on fighting the coronavirus pandemic. In a press release, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Education is working on a plan to provide online education throughout internet websites, radio and television, as the educational centers have been temporarily suspended amid a threatened outbreak of contagion coronavirus. The ministry is making the implementation at a time, while the majority of …

By Farhad Naibkhil KABUL: Afghanistan will now be manufacturing protective equipment to be used against a rapidly spreading COVID-19 disease, which has coalesced with a depleting protective equipment. The country’s first-ever factory to produce protective medical equipment was established and operated in Kabul under the auspices of the Health Ministry …

Despite the US-Taliban peace deal signed in last February, trust deficit and hostility could still be seen among the rivals, with non-implementation and disrupted timeline of the deal’s terms further compounding the issue. In a meeting this week in Doha, the head of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, General …

AT News KABUL: A ban on motorbikes has come into force in the Afghan capital, Kabul, aimed at curbing crime. The Interior Ministry said Monday night that criminals riding motorbikes most often robbed, mugged, and terrorised people. The ministry even linked terrorist activities to motorcycle-rolling criminals. “Police will begin enforcing …

AT News KABUL: The self-proclaimed president, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has asked for the release of two former female electoral commissioners that were found guilty and sentenced to jail during 2018 parliamentary election. Abdullah asked reinforcement agency to look up to the matter and get Maliha Hassan and Hamira Haqmal out …

AT NEWS Taliban say the prisoner release process of the Afghan government inmates from militants’ jails will continue in future as a gesture of goodwill although the process has not been coordinated as a prisoner swap with the Afghan government. The group’s political spokesman in Qatar, Suhail Shaheen says they …

By NAJIBULLAH LOODIN The concern of gender inclusion in water management has been evolving since decades. The first international attempt to recognize the issue of gender in natural resources management policy happened in 1970s via “Women in Development” (WID) approach. It was later used by international organizations such as the …

AT NewsKABUL: The rate of poverty is expected to jump 60 to 70 per cent within three months due to threats of the Corona virus, ministry of economy has predicted.Kabul and other major cities are in full quarantine for three weeks as the virus is spreading. Government and private businesses …

AT NewsKABUL: Inmates in Parwan province prison say that jailors demand bribe to sign their freedom documents, despite a presidential decree that allows them leave jails because of the fear of Corona virus.Some 500 prisoners who enjoy the presidential order for freedom, said Monday that their jailors ask them to …