One world, one fight.MCC is taking actions to fight against Covid-19 KABUL: On 5th April, the first batch of Covid-19 supplies donated by China Metallurgical Group (MCC) arrived in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and was handed over to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MOMP). This batch of medical …
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AT News KABUL: Afghan National Police has rescued a five years old child from kidnapper, the ministry of interior said, adding the boy had been earlier abducted from Alishir district of southern Khost province. The security forces had detained one kidnapper, who confessed his involvement in the abduction, the ministry …
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The Afghan presidential saga continues to disrupt the political and economic state of affairs of the country, besides spilling over into the peace process. Given the impasse among the feuding leaders – President Ashraf Ghani and self-proclaimed president of ‘inclusive government’ Abdullah Abdullah – the political elite have taken it …
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AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health declared on Tuesday that 56 new positive cases of Covid-19 have been registered in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 423. Herat had the highest number of new cases, registering 27 positive cases. A further 12 cases have …
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KABUL: Social media videos showed an influx of thousands of Afghans on Tuesday morning from Pakistan through Torkham cross point without any medical screening, despite fears of a risk of spiraling spread of the new coronavirus. Pakistan is now suffering from 4,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 55 deaths and …
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By Dr. Jawid Ahmad Baktash and Eng. Kazim Naseri Despite incredible improvements in health since 1950, there are still a number of challenges, which should have been easy to solve. One billion people lack access to health care systems 36 million deaths each year are caused by no communicable diseases, such as …
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By Matin Royeen On December 31, 2019, China reported a pneumonia of unknown origin in the City of Wuhan to the World Health Organization (WHO). After analyzing the case, WHO declared this outbreak as a global public health emergency on January 30, 2019. In the past three months, world community …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned airstrikes against civilians in the Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province and Chashma-e-Sher area of Baghlan province as inhumane acts and against peace. A number of civilians including women and children were killed and wounded in the attacks. Karzai urged for …
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AT News KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) said its operatives had recently detained head of IS-K, or Daesh extremist group, Abdullah Orikzai, aka “Aslam Faroqi” along with his 19 fighters. He has confessed about Daesh’s deep ties with regional intelligence. Following the detention, five militants loyal to the Daesh …
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AT News KABUL: The Taliban have asked for releasing of their 15 prisoners—a demand that strongly brushed off by the Kabul administration, saying they were behind major attacks and can be released simply. The lack of mechanism to facilitate the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners in return to 1,000 Afghan …
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