AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 21 new cases of Coronavirus around the country in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached to 56,016 cases across the country. The new cases come positive out …
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By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: At least 14 innocent civilians have been killed while many more were wounded in the past three days of violence in Kabul, the capital city and in northern Baghlan and western Heart provinces. The Afghan masses have tasted a relentless spite in violence amid renewed U.S. …
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By Saifullah Ahmadzai On 16/Mar/2021, Mahmood Tarzi Think Tank of the Regional Studies Center, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan held a scientific gathering titled “The Role of Kamal Khan Dam in Economic Development of Afghanistan”. Mr. Shoaib Rahim (lecturer and writer), Mr. Mohammad Dawood Mohammadi (acting director of Mohammad Tarzi …
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By Andalib Asem Afghanistan is endowed with immense mineral and hydrocarbon resources, including gold, lithium, copper, lead, precious and semi-precious stones, natural gas, petroleum, and many others. In 2010, US geologists conducted an aerial survey that discovered untapped mineral deposits worth more than $1 trillion. While Afghanistan faces a plethora …
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Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Today we mark the International Day of Forests, and never before has there been greater reason to focus our attention on these precious natural resources that cover a third of the Earth’s land area. We …
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AT News KABUL: As the Afghan peace process faces ambiguity, there is a possibility that the U.S. would extend the remaining of service members in Afghanistan. The Biden administration is still considering whether to withdraw the American soldiers by May 1, agreed on a peace deal signed between the U.S. …
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AT News KABUL: The Human Rights Watch claims that Taliban torture the people they keep in their prisons. Patricia Gossman, head of the body’s Asia office, said Monday that the militants are running secret prisons for a long time in the areas under their control. “We provided details about the …
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Media watchdog says such statements in “this very dangerous time where journalists and media professionals are directly targeted can harm freedom of expression” AT News KABUL: The Afghan Journalists’ Safety Committee calls on the interior ministry to provide details about its allegation that a media outlet had hands in transferring …
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AT News KABUL: The U.S special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation held talks with Mullah Abdul Ghani Bradar, head of the Taliban political office in Qatar. The meeting took place on Sunday evening with the presence of Mohammad-bin- Abdulrahman Al-Thani, the Qatari Foreign Minister. The Taliban spokesman in Qatar, Mohammad Naeem …
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AT News KABUL: Heavy snow and avalanches have killed 25 Taliban rebels in southeastern Paktia province, officials said on Monday, adding they were killed after trying sneakily to go to Pakistan. Provincial Police’s Spokesman Mohammad Lal Amiri said the incident occurred on Sunday night in Tangizaghni area of Zazi Aryoub …
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