AT News KABUL: The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) local office says that excessive and improper fishing has endangered a number of fish species in northeastern Badakhshan province. According to NEPA’s officials, both illegal armed persons and ordinary people were complicit in hunting out of proportion. They described usage of …
Read More »Afghanistan between negotiations; Peace leads to stability
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has been stuck between war and negotiations—a peace deal is a possible diplomatic triumph but also a possible disaster as the reconciliation process faced deadlock. There is much work to be done in the parts of the Afghan government and the Taliban group to succeed in …
Read More »Ghani-Abdullah spokesmen at odds
AT News KABUL: The High Council for National Reconciliation said that remarks made by the spokesman of the President Ashraf Ghani over the formation of the reconciliation council has shown his lack of awareness from the power sharing agreement signed between Ghani and Abdullah. Faridon Khawzon, spokesman for the high …
Read More »Wedding halls reopen amid coronavirus threats
AT News KABUL: Wedding halls in Kabul city are reopening for receptions even as the deadly Corona virus is still threatening lives across the country. The reopening of these reception halls is good news for the owners as well as for the people who want to hold weddings. The hall …
Read More »Parliament rejects govt.’s DM program
AT News KABUL: The parliament on Tuesday rejected a program recently announced by President Ashraf Ghani based on which, the destitute would be assisted. The Dastarkhan-e-Melli known as DM by its acronym (National Food Table) is the third of its kind program through which the government tries to help poor …
Read More »10 arrested on charge of drug trafficking in Kabul
AT News KABUL: The government says that 10 people suspected for drug trafficking were arrested in Kabul under the new security program. Two police officers suspected for cooperating with the drug traders were also arrested on Tuesday with 22 kilogram narcotics seized. The government said in a statement that 246,600 …
Read More »Bodies of Afghans drowned in Turkey to be flown to Kabul
AT News KABUL: The bodies of Afghan refugees drowned in Turkey are planned to be flown to Kabul, Afghan diplomatic mission in Ankara said. Habib Khenjani, acting Afghan ambassador to Ankara said Tuesday that the state-run Ariana Airlines and the private Kam Air were ordered to bring the bodies home. …
Read More »Intra-Afghan talks a political path to a lasting peace: US
AT News KABUL: The US Chargé d’Affaires Ross Wilson said that intra-Afghan negotiations are the political path necessary to a lasting peace in Afghanistan. Wilson said in a tweet on Tuesday that he shared his consultation with the government’s negotiations team. “Our Enduring Partnership has advanced human rights and liberty …
Read More »Freed Taliban prisoners return to battlefield
AT News KABUL: A Taliban fighter recently freed from the Afghan government custody as part of peace efforts – was rearrested in the battlefield marching against the Afghan security forces in Kofab district of northern Badakshan province. Provincial Police Spokesman, Sanaullah Rohani had identified the militant as Shirullah also known …
Read More »Over 27K tablet-K pills seized in Kabul
AT News KABUL: At least 27,674 tablet-K pills were discovered and confiscated during an operation carried out by Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) in Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, the capital city. CNP arrested four suspected drug smugglers in connection, the ministry of interior said in a statement. The cases …
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