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Blowing up power pylons and disrupting the supply of imported power in Afghanistan has turned into a tool of pressure for the illegal armed groups, who squeeze it at will when times are hard for them. Following last week’s blowing-up of a transmission tower in the capital that cut off …

AT News KABUL: The government has released another 102 Taliban prisoners as part of peace efforts to bring the deadly Afghan war to an end through negotiation. Javid Faisal, Spokesman of the National Security Council said in pursuant to President Ashraf Ghani, the government had released 102 Taliban prisoners yesterday. …

By Li Zhenghuan The current Covid-19 situation in Afghanistan is quite severe, with the number of confirmed cases keeping rising up. In the nearly two months lockdown, the pandemic has hit the Afghan fragile economy hard,  leading to unemployment, food shortages and prices increase and other problems. The lives of …

By Shokrullah Amiri According to the Afghan government figures reported on 4 April 2020, there are now 2894 confirmed cases of  COVID-19 with 90 deaths in Afghanistan. The 40 of these cases are employees and security officers of the Office of the President of Afghanistan and dead of 5 medical …

By Marco V. Sánchez Cantillo Deputy-Director, Agricultural Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Many uncertainties haunt the world’s campaign to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, but one thing is now sure: Global economic activity will suffer greatly, with large-scale consequences for the incomes and …

By Wasil Ahmad Akhtar Corruption in Afghanistan has affected both the public and private sector and it is broadly recognized as a key challenge for governance and rule of law. The Afghan government has made several commitments to address corruption but it has increased instead. Corruption has undermined the legitimacy …

By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan A few days ago, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a cordial and friendly phone call with Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar. This is the first phone call between the two old friends since Foreign Minister Atmar took …

AT News KABUL: The government has released 98 more Taliban prisoners, a day after another 98 fighters were freed. The release of Taliban prisoners was part of the peace deal the militants signed late February with the United States. President Ghani agreed to release 5,000 insurgents and the group has …

AT News KABUL: Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo has been appointed as new NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) in Afghanistan, replacing Ambassador Sir Nicholas Kay, who had recently called on the Taliban to accept new Afghanistan. In one of his twitter message, Mr. Kay said that Afghanistan has been changed and the …

AT News KABUL: Nuristan, placed in eastern Afghanistan with a special geographical location, has so far been out of pandemic covid-19 threats; there is no lockdown and the residents are hanging around as usual unlike other provinces, which are under strict lockdowns. As the state is out of covid-19 trouble …