AT News KABUL: The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that situations in Afghanistan remained challenging and the Taliban group must live up to their commitments, and “break all bonds” with Al-Qaeda. In a pre-ministerial press conference on Tuesday, Mr. Stoltenberg said that NATO will continue to adjust their …
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AT News KABUL; Afghanistan government has proposed to amend the mass media law, seeking to curtail freedom of expression and silence critical voices. The proposed provisions has ignited a flurry of criticism from media community, calling the move draconian, unconstitutional, and a constraint to the freedom of media. Media outlets …
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AT News KABUL: The Acting Foreign Minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo, have discussed issues related to the Afghan peace process and the future steps to move forward the talks. “Had a very good meeting with the foreign minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar. …
Read More »AT News KABUL: A man has killed his wife and his sister in the eastern province of Laghman, officials in the province said. The incident took place late Sunday in the Baba Saheb Camp in the Mehtarlam city, provincial capital. Provincial Spokesman Assadullah Dawlatzai, identified the killer as Khoshbin and …
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AT News KABUL: At least 17 Taliban fighters were killed in the northwestern province of Faryab in police counter-attacks, provincial officials said. Taliban attacked police some police outposts during the past 72 hours in the Qaisar district, but faced hard resistance that killed 17 of their fighters. Karim Yuresh, provincial …
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AT News KABUL: Vice President Sarwar Danesh has shrugged off a new report by the U.S. Department of State over a wrong figure of the population of Shia Muslims in Afghanistan. The report has said that 10 to 15 percent of Afghanistan’s population of 35.5 million are Shia Muslims. The …
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AT News KABUL: International flights are to be rescheduled soon, the aviation department said, after almost three months of pause as the country imposed a nationwide quarantine for the fear of spread of the Corona virus. The aviation department said Monday in a statement that health instructions would be observed …
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AT News KABUL: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has announced decision to end activities and withdraw from Dasht-e-Barchi in Kabul, following the brutal attack on their maternity wing on 12 may, in which 16 mothers were systematically shot dead. An MSF midwife, two children aged 7 and 8, and six other people …
Read More »AT News KABUL: Unidentified gunmen stormed into a house in southern Khost and killed seven members of a family including women and children, local officials said. Provincial police spokesman, Adel Haidari said the incident occurred on Sunday night in Ismailkhil village of Mandozai district. A teenager was found wounded, he …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan on Monday has recorded 761 new positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours that pushed the total number to 25,527 across the country. The Ministry of Public Health said that out of 1,551 suspected samples, 761 were came positive, in which 364 patients have …
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