AT News KABUL: Thousands of residents of eastern Nangarhar province in a rally called on the Afghan warring sides to agree on a ceasefire during the holy month of Ramadan. The rally was staged in Shirzai stadium of provincial capital city, Jalalabad, aiming to support the Republic System and the …
Read More »Five killed in Baghlan coal mine collapse
AT News KABUL: Five miners were killed when the roof of a coal mine collapsed in northern Baghlan province on Tuesday morning, said Jawid Basharat, spokesman for the provincial police chief. The incident took place in Nahrin district. The miners were busy when a part of the mine fell down, …
Read More »60 civilians killed by Taliban in past three weeks
AT News KABUL: More than 60 civilians were killed in the past three weeks of violence conducted by the Taliban, said a spokesman for the ministry of interior on Tuesday. Mr. Tariq Arian said that other 164 civilians, including women and children received injuries in the same period of time …
Read More »Women patients without male companions can’t go to medical centers in Bamyan
AT News KABUL: Officials in the Kohmard district of Bamyan province say that women are not allowed to go to medical facilities without male companions. In a letter sent from district governor to the medical facilities and drugstores, they are warned not to treat women patients without men companions. The …
Read More »Peshawar cardiology institute opens new unit for Afghan patients
AT News PESHAWAR: Afghan Counsellor General, Mr. Najibullah Ahmadzai had inaugurated a Separate Counter at Peshawar Institute of Cardiology to facilitate Afghan patients so that they could get better treatment without any delay. The Counsellor General appreciated the role of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on this occasion and hoped that the …
Read More »A crash course on Afghanistan’s economy
By Javier Delgado Rivera On April 5, the World Bank published its by-annual Development Update for Afghanistan. A deep look at how COVID-19, government’s performance, international circumstances, and even the weather, impacted in the country’s economy during 2020; and how it may behave during the rest of this year. In …
Read More »Dostum threatens to start fighting if Turkey meeting fails
AT News KABUL: Former Vice President Marshall Abdul Rashid Dostum threatened to start fight in case the upcoming Afghan peace meeting in Turkey did not result in peace. “We are not from those leaders who have come from America or Europe. If the Istanbul meeting didn’t result peace and war …
Read More »Draft for Afghan peace plan finalized
AT News KABUL: The high council for national reconciliation says that the draft of government’s peace plan was completed and was sent to the council’s leadership. Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah said he received the final draft of the republic’s peace proposal finalized and submitted …
Read More »COVID-19: 82 new cases, 8 deaths reported in 24 hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 82 new cases of coronavirus and eight deaths in the last 24 hours across the country, said the Ministry of Public Health on Sunday. The new cases come positive out of 2,052 samples tested during this period of hours. According to the ministry, eight …
Read More »Physical dispute leave two dead, four wounded in Parwan
AT News KABUL: At least two people were killed and four others wounded after a physical dispute erupted between two families in Shinwari district of northern Parwan province, security officials said on Sunday. Provincial head of criminal department, Mohammad Sadiq Hashimi said the incident took place on Saturday in the …
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