Afghanistan has 3,778 infections, 109 fatalities AT News KABUL: Public Health Minister, Ferozuddin Feroz has contracted the covid-19 as the country see surge in cases of the virus, bringing the confirmed cases to 3,778 across Afghanistan. Spokesman for the health ministry said Friday that covid-19 test of Minister Feroz came …
Read More »$400M from WB to bolster Afghanistan’s virus fight
AT News The World Bank on Friday approved a USD 400 million grant to help Afghanistan “sustain the pace of key economic and public finance reforms and support the country to manage current risks and uncertainties compounded by the COVID-19 crisis.” “The Incentive Program Development Policy Grant comprises USD 160 …
Read More »Ramadan should be a good enough reason for ceasefire; 43 Civilians Killed in Its First 10 Days
AT News KABUL: Violence has stayed unabated in Afghanistan; 43 civilians have been killed with 73 wounded in the fighting during first 10 days of Ramadan. Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission in a special report revealed on Thursday that 43 civilians – three women and two infants included – have …
Read More »Iran’s Audacious Denial of a Crime Against Humanity
By Samiullah Doorandesh For long, the inhumane treatment of Afghan nationals by the Iranian authorities have gone largely unnoticed. The Afghan refugees and migrants working in Iran have been subject to physical and psychological abuse, unfair working conditions, discrimination and frequent detention. Now and then, visuals of such actions have …
Read More »Our Priorities in the Post-Conflict Arena
By Ehsanullah Zirak By an overview to the history of developed countries, we can conclude that the same like us they also have faced with vary kinds of crises throughout their history, including foreign aggression, internal wars, poverty, economy collapse, and political disagreements in their homes. After successful management of …
Read More »Govt. releases 52 more Taliban fighters to accelerate peace efforts
AT News KABUL: The government has released 52 Taliban prisoners as the process of prisoner swap continues with the hope of beginning of the peace negotiations. Javed Faisal, a spokesman of the National Security Council, said Wednesday that the newly released people were held in the Pul-e-Charkhi central jail and …
Read More »Karzai calls on warring sides to abandon ‘fratricide’
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed his deep concerns over intensifying war and bloodshed in the country, calling on the war parties to stop killing their country-fellows. In a statement, Karzai said Wednesday that the ongoing war was just for the benefit of aliens and against the peace …
Read More »Torkham gate temporarily reopened for passengers
AT News KABUL: Torkham gate, located in eastern Afghanistan alongside the Durand-Line, was temporarily reopened after nearly a month of blockage against the Afghan migrants who stuck on the other side of the line in Pakistan. The Afghanistan Ambassador in Islamabad, Atif Mashal had called on the Afghan passengers stuck …
Read More »Security forces raid Daesh-Haqqani network cell, kill five terrorists
AT News KABUL: At least five loyalists of the Islamic State, also known as Daesh terrorist group and Haqqani terrorist network, were killed after members of special units of the Afghan National Police and the National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal raided their joint network cell in Shakardar district—a 25 …
Read More »Afghanistan’s remote learning program may prove futile
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani has just inaugurated the electronic higher educational system – the first attempt to digitalize education system – an act which may well prove futile. The system has been crafted by Afghan technicians and is said to be a cheaper and superior system of …
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