By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: At least eight people were killed and 30 others wounded today morning, after the convoy of Laghman governor, Rahmatullah Yarmal, hit by a car bombing, in Mehtarlam, capital city of eastern Laghman province, said officials. The car bombing targeted vehicles of the governor in Sultan-Ghazi-Baba township, …
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As peace talks in Doha are obstructed by spats over which Islamic Jurisprudence to pick for resolving issues that might arise during the parleys, the situation on the ground in Afghanistan is lamentable. Although the Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) has recently claimed the rift over the …
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Patience is being stretched to the breaking point as millions live under the shadows of the war and devastation. Afghanistan has been in the sticky wicket of conflict and foreign military entanglements for decades now. But, 2020 has been the worse year so far as the ongoing peace talks have …
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By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: The Afghanistan Private Companies Recruitment Union gazes at launching a program to facilitate legal jobs facilitation for the Afghan labors in abroad. Talking in an inauguration gathering on Sunday, Nooruallah Khirawie, head of the union said that the program was launched in cooperation with the …
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AT News KABUL: The parliament on Sunday summoned Ahmad Javid Rasouli, head of the national statistics office to answer the lawmakers’ questions as he was criticized earlier for calling Farsi, one of Afghanistan’s two official languages as a foreign language. Khan Aqa Rezaie, a member of parliament said that Farsi …
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AT News KABUL: Two military attorneys and a civilian were killed in two separate attacks Sunday in Kabul city, police confirm. The incidents took place Sunday morning in eastern parts of the capital in PD 16 and PD 8, Ferdaws Faramarz, Kabul police spokesman said. Shah Mahmoud Miakhil, deputy defense …
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AT News KABUL: The government has vowed to meet demands voiced by the inmates in the Pol-e-Charkhi central jail after hundreds of prisoners held hunger strikes to protest what they called “mistreatment and bad food”. Farhad Bayani, spokesman of prisons, said Sunday in a voice message that the prisoners’ demands …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani met on Sunday with Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the high council for national reconciliation to discuss steps the government needs to take in the future. Presidential palace said in a statement that Abdullah informed Ghani about his recent visit to Pakistan and meetings with …
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AT News KABUL: A terrorist plot to blow up a private school in Kabul city was thwarted when police defused a remote-controlled bomb behind its premises, police said Sunday. A remote-controlled bomb which was placed behind a private school in ZainAbad in 9th PD was discovered and defused thwarting another …
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AT News KABUL: Salma hydroelectric dam in Herat became fully operational on Sunday after the reservoir behind it filled with water. With water levels rising in the reservoir, two dormant turbines resumed power generation operations on Sunday, adding 25 megawatts to the grid, said Da Afghan Breshna Sherkat spokesman Wahidullah …
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