AT News KABUL: The office of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice was formally opened in the eastern province of Nangarhar by the new provincial governor’s office. Dawood Mojahed, head of provincial department for hajj and religious affairs, said Monday that new governor Ziaulhaq Amarkhil formed the office after …
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AT News KABUL: Some unknown gunmen have killed a medical doctor after breaking into his drugstore in PD 18th of Kabul city, officials said Monday. The incident took place on Sunday evening in Abdulrahim-e-Shahid area of PD 18th. Kabul Police’s spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz said that one person was wounded in …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan Industries Union says steel industry has been declining after government stopped sales of scrap metal to steel factories. Afghanistan has dozens of steel mills, but the government has stopped selling state-owned iron ore to these plants and now it is being smuggled to neighboring countries, especially …
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AT News KABUL: At least two covid-19 patients lost their lives batting the coronavirus and 71 other people were contracted the virus in the last 24 hours across the country, the health ministry said Monday. With the fresh cases, the total tally increased to 39,870 throughout the country. These positive …
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AT News KABUL: Five civilians were killed in a mortar attack in Kunduz, an insecure province in the northeast, officials said. The incident took place early Monday in the Shorabi Qeshlaq neighborhood of the Kunduz city, the provincial capital of the same name. Fawad Aman, deputy spokesman of defense ministry …
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AT News KABUL: The parliament decided to drop some organs in the government shaped by presidential decree from next year’s budget. Parliament Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani, called these offices “illegal” in Monday session and 40 lawmakers supported the decision to omit them from national budget. Rahmani cited the constitution’s article …
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– Battle rages to oust militants after commando reinforcements drafted in – Thousands flee intense fighting – Rebel offensive aimed at keeping routes open for drug smugglers AT News KABUL: Afghan security forces and Taliban insurgents have been fighting since the Sunday morning in southern Helmand province and thousands of …
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AT News KABUL: The Voice of Afghan Women in a campaign launched Sunday in Kabul, emphasized on the defending the republic system, calling for an immediate cease fire. The campaign cited religious scholars over illegitimacy of war, calling on the clerics to more work for the promotion of peace culture. …
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AT News KABUL: The Ulema and religious scholars of western Herat province have called for an immediate ceasefire arguing that the atmosphere for peace is already grounded and no excuse is left for the Afghan government and the Taliban on the path toward the peace process. Talking in a gathering …
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AT News KABUL: With the Taliban and the Afghan government engaged in marathon peace talks mediated by the United States, it can be assumed that the U.S. presidential elections in November have a substantial impact on these crucial negotiations. Importance of US elections for Afghan peace talks hinges on views …
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