AT News KABUL: Some residents of northern Takhar province are favoring the Taliban commanders for resolving their legal-complains. Mohammad Azam, a resident of Dasht-e-Qala district said that he was struggling to solve his land sharing documents with his relatives in the government departments. However, his problem was not addressed due …
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AT News KABUL: The NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that the NATO will maintain and remain committed to its presence in Afghanistan because this is the best to support the peace efforts. Addressing journalists ahead of a two-day European Union Defense Ministers meeting in Brussels, Stoltenberg said: “We will address …
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By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: The magnitude of the devastating floods in northern Parwan province has been terrifying as at least 100 people were killed and hundreds of homes were destroyed as seasonal rains cause worst overflows. 105 others, including children and women received injuries in the floods that wreaked havoc …
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AT News KABUL: A high-level Human Rights Watch (HRW) official have voiced grave concerns regarding targeted attacks in Afghanistan, saying threats and attacks against activists and critics in the country appeared to be sharply on the rise. Patricia Gossman, HRW’s associate director for the Asia division, expected the institutions concerned …
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In an untoward misery, heavy flash floods hardly hit northern and eastern parts of Afghanistan. At least 80 people have been reported killed so far and another 105 injured in rain-induced floods in central Parwan province. Meanwhile, two persons have been killed and seven people, including two women, have been …
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AT News KABUL: In reaction to the Taliban car bombing attack in northern Balkh province, Chief Executive Officer of Hezb-e-Jamiat Islami, Atta Muhammad Noor said that he would stage people’s besiegement against the Taliban if the group didn’t put a halt to their violence. He made the remarks after the …
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Afghanistan deems freedom of expression inviolable and strictly guarantees its protection and support it in this regard. Freedom of expression is indeed one of the biggest achievements after the collapse of the Taliban regime. The incumbent and former governments were proud of this valuable success, and vowed to protect the …
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AT News KABUL: Health officials say they have recorded three positive cases of polio in the south and southeastern provinces of Kandahar, Helmand and Khost. Abdul Qayum Pokhla, head of the operational center for polio eradication in the south said that one of patients registered in Spin-Boldak of Kandahar and …
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Afghans should be proud of their journalists, not blocking them: US AT News KABUL: US Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson to Kabul said that freedom of the press was “democracy’s guardian” and that Afghans should be proud of their journalists “not blocking them”. “Transparency is the foundation of democratic government,” Wilson …
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AT News KABUL: Former head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Rahmatullah Nabil in a meeting with the Chairman of High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah has expressed his deep concern about his and some other political officials safety, saying “they received death threats” from some circles. The …
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