The progress in the peace process in Afghanistan has been promising recently. Thousands of prisoners have been released by the Afghan government and the Taliban, a move that contributed to somewhat trust-building among the warring sides. Reports of the possible launch of intra-Afghan talks by the end of June are …
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AT News KABUL: The dead bodies of the two young girls were found in Jabal-Siraj district of Parwan province, officials said on Saturday. Provincial Governor Spokeswoman, Wahida Shahkar said that the corpses were found on Friday evening in Taglar village of Jabl-Siraj. The motive behind the incident is unclear, she …
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AT News KABUL: With 546 new positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now has 28,424 cases across the country since the outbreak of the virus started around three months ago. The Ministry of Public Health on Saturday said that 1,459 suspected samples were tested in which …
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AT News KABUL: At least nine Taliban insurgents were killed and three others wounded after reprisal by the Afghan security forces after their security check points were came under attack in eastern Logar province on Friday night, officials said on Saturday. The Taliban militants had coordinately attacked the Afghan National …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed deepest sorrows for the death of Aziz Ahmad, who used to serve as the head of office for the Father of Nation Late King Zaher Shah. Karzai remembered Ahmad as “a very dear and old friend”, saying that he was a polite, …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani in a verbal order, barred 68 personnel of the ministry of finance from overseas travel. The ban includes three deputy ministers and heads of some departments. Sources in the government said Wednesday that Mohammad Esmail deputy minister for administration, Habib Zadran deputy minister in …
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AT News KABUL: Daikondi province in the central mountainous area is considered second for the saffron cultivation, according provincial officials who said that 40 acres of lands are under the valuable plant cultivation in six districts of the province. Sayed Abdul Wahab Ferozi, head of provincial department of agriculture, said …
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AT News KAABUL: The government of Afghanistan has asked for help from China in training of medical staff to fight the Corona virus. As the birthplace of Corona virus, China managed to overcome the disease and gain enough experiences in how to contain it. Mirwais Naab, deputy foreign minister met …
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AT News KABUL: The recent rise in violence in Afghanistan, combined with targeted attacks against health-care facilities, threatens to reduce or prevent access to health services for millions of Afghans that more than ever need health services with the outbreak of COVID-19, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) …
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AT News KABUL: At least ten Afghan National Police were killed when their checkpoints came under attack by the Taliban rebels in Kandahar province, a security official said Wednesday. A security source talking in condition of anonymity, said that ten police personnel were killed after the Taliban militants aggressively attacked …
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