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AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani strongly denounced the republication of insulting cartoons of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) by the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. A media statement issued by his office on Sunday quoted President Ghani as saying that freedom of expression should be used in a constructive manner to …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) said Saturday that hundreds of schools are still remain closed in parts of the country due to security threats by militants. “Over 530 schools are shut countrywide as a result of insecurity which has deprived 250,000 studnets from education,” said Mohammad …

Revised mechanism for reconciliation, fighting corruption, implementation of law in balance required to reach sustainable peace, say surveyors AT News Report KABUL: A nationwide survey conducted under the title of “Afghan People Dialogue on Peace” revealed that most of people are unsatisfied with the High Peace Council (HPC) as the …

“MPs say they cannot tolerate any pressure from the government in vote of confidence for the cabinet nominees. We will approve only those nominees who qualify for ministries under the Constitution of the country” Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga warned the government to restrain from pressurizing …

AT News Report KABUL: The Kabul police on Saturday said that 174 suspected criminals were arrested within past ten days. In a press statement issued here, the capital police said the alleged criminals were involved in killing, armed robbery, car lifting, smuggling of weapons and using illegal Subscriber Identity Module …

Facebook has created the ability for users to connect directly to the social network via anonymising “dark web” service Tor. While it was already possible to access Facebook via Tor, the new set-up means all data is encrypted and Tor users are not mistaken for hacked accounts. Users could access …

KABUL: Afghanistan-A beat Pakistan-A by 54 runs in the one-off limited overs match in the Pakistani capital Islamabad as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif watched the friendly. Initially a Twenty20 but later reduced to 15-overs-a-side, the match was played at the Shalimar Ground in Islamabad, …

AT News Report KABUL: Six Taliban militants have been killed as result of a drone strike in Nangarhar province, local officials said Wednesday. Nangarhar Police Spokesman, Hazrat Hussain Mashreqiwal, said the group was bombed Tuesday evening in Achin district of the province by the US unmanned aerial vehicle. Six militants …

AT News Report KABUL: A new survey of the United Nations and Afghan government has revealed that opium cultivation increased by seven percent in Afghanistan. Poppy was cultivated on 224,000 hectares, mostly in insecure provinces. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in collaboration with Afghan Ministry of …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Following the announcement of Beijing to set up a forum to restart the Afghan-led peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban militants, the High Peace Council (HPC) on Wednesday termed this attempt by China as fruitful for the success of peace efforts in Afghanistan. …