AT News KABUL: At least 915 people have been infected with coronavirus in Afghanistan over the past day in 14 out of 34 provinces – the biggest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. This figure pushed Afghanistan’s coronavirus cases to 18,969, according to health officials. Kabul city tops …
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AT News KABUL: The U.S. authorities have urged a reduction in violence by all warring sides in Afghanistan to allow peace talks to move forward. U.S. Forces spokesman Sonny Leggett on Friday made the remarks after announcing that US forces pummeled Taliban strongholds with air strikes in two provinces. In …
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AT News KABUL: Iran police shot at a vehicle carrying Afghans being smuggled, igniting a fire which then killed at least three people. Three were killed and ten others wounded after their vehicle was set ablaze by Iranian police shooting, survivors claimed. An Iranian security official on Thursday denied that …
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AT News KABUL: At least nine civilians were killed after their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in southern Kandahar province, security officials said. A vehicle carrying several people heading from the Khoshkroad area to the main city struck a roadside bomb Wednesday noon. Nine passengers of the car were killed …
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AT News KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani pleaded on Wednesday with the insurgents to observe another ceasefire to set the motion for the direct talks with the government. Ghani’s call on the Taliban to cease hostilities was made at the funeral ceremony of Mawlawi Ayaz Niazi, the Imam of Wazir …
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AT News KABUL: Prices of medicines have spiked in Kabul city amid the spread of the coronavirus. Over 750 people have tested positive for COVID-19 over past day, pushing the total tally to over 17,000. This has exacerbated price crisis as people have smaller budgets due to COVID-19. As COVID-19 …
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AT News KABUL: Abdul Rashid Bashir, police chief of Kunduz province and Fahim Qarloq, governor of the Qala-e-Zal district of Kunduz died due to the Corona virus, interior ministry and officials in Kunduz confirmed Wednesday. Bashir was hospitalized in Kabul since he was infected with the virus, according to the …
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AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday went to the Kabul military hospital to pay tribute to religious scholar Ayaz Niazi who was killed in a terrorist attack Tuesday evening inside the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque in Kabul. In a tweet, Mr. Karzai expressed his deep grievance over …
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AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said it has recorded 758 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 17,267 in Afghanistan. 1,323 suspected samples were tested, in which 758 were reported positive during this period, the health ministry said, warning …
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By Ehsanullah Zirak The 21st century is well-known for Asia and named as an Asian century due to the geopolitical transformation in world politics. William H. Overholt in his book “Asia, America and the Transformation of Geopolitics” points out: “American security and prosperity now depend on Asia.” It means that …
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