Commentary KABUL: The Islamabad Policy Research Institute released an incorrect map of Afghanistan that eliminated a huge part of northeastern Badakhshan province. The map highlights the areas controlled by the Taliban. According to the post, roughly 19% of the districts have been attributed to be under control of Taliban at …
Read More »Russia fears spillover of conflict from Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Russia has warned that internal situation rapidly deteriorates in Afghanistan amid the hasty withdrawal of US and Nato troops from the war- buttered country. Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said in a conference on Central, and South Asia, opportunities and challenges that the situation rapidly deteriorates in …
Read More »Daily Covid-19 cases stand at 1,112 cases
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health recorded 1,122 new coronavirus cases and 49 deaths across the country within the past 24 hours. The new cases were reported positive out of 3,226 suspected samples tested in different laboratories during the same period of time. According to the Health Ministry, …
Read More »Turkey assures Afghanistan of continued support
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Turkey’s support to friendly and brotherly Afghanistan will continue, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated. Çavuşoğlu met this remark during meeting with the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and foreign minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar in Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan. Çavuşoğlu stated that he discussed efforts for …
Read More »Turks and Afghans Should Fight Against FETO
With the Spirit of Their Historical Bond and Brotherhood By Cihad Erginay, Ambassador of Turkey in Afghanistan This week, Turkey marks the fifth anniversary of the July 15, 2016 coup attempt that was orchestrated by Fethullah Gülen and his terrorist group (FETÖ). The assault on Turkey’s democratic institutions resulted in …
Read More »UN alarmed at deterioration in Afghan human rights
AT News KABUL: United Nations in Afghanistan said on Wednesday it was alarmed by recent acts of violence in the country which is marking a sharp deterioration in the human rights environment there. “We are increasingly concerned about the increasing number of reported severe human rights abuses alleged in communities …
Read More »Kabul calls on Islamabad to stop support of Taliban
AT News KABUL: The Afghan government called regional countries, particularly to cooperate in “closing shelters and ceasing funding sources” to the Taliban. The ministry of foreign affairs said in a statement that Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar in a meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi, discussed the regional cooperation …
Read More »Amnesty condemns Taliban’s execution of commandos in Faryab
AT News KABUL: Amnesty International has condemned the Taliban for killing a group of Afghan commandos after they surrendered in Faryab province last month. Following the release of a video by CNN of Taliban firing at a group of 22 army commandos in Faryab in June, Amnesty International called it …
Read More »Covid-19: 1,210 new cases, 60 deaths in a single day
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday said that it has recorded 1,210 new cases and 60 deaths across the country in the past 24 hours. Ministry said that out of 3,866 suspected samples tested in laboratories in the past 24 hours, 1,210 were reported positive. The …
Read More »Editorial: Unspeakable harm to civilians
The Afghan people have remained highly confident for a better tomorrow. The more they suffered in terms of human losses and property damages, the more they showed commitment for their country with an expectation that the good days will come. But they can’t be granted forever. In the wake of …
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