AT News KABUL: Although strict precautionary measures have been introduced with Kabul city under quarantine, bevies of people thronged the city and intercity commute seemed unhalted on Sunday. Many shops are open and cars still commute. Nobody seems to comply by public health orders to self-isolate amid a citywide lockdown. …
Read More »Govt. releases 500 inmates to prevent virus pandemic
AT News KABUL: Officials in the western province of Herat say that 500 prisoners would be released based on President Ahsraf Ghani’s decree aimed to prevent further outbreak of Coronavirus and to save their lives. Herat was the first place where the virus infected people with the refugees transferring it …
Read More »Govt. says peace team ‘final’
AT News KABUL: After the Taliban group has rejected to sit in talks with Kabul peace delegation, the Ministry of State in Peace Affairs emphasized that the delegation has been finalized after comprehensive consultations with several influential figures and that there would be no change in it. Spokesperson for the …
Read More »Pompeo wants Afghan warring leaders to unify
AT News KABUL: The U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touted the government of Afghanistan’s team of peace negotiators and called on warring Afghan leaders to try to form an all-inclusive government. Pompeo in a tweet touted the Afghan leaders for preparing an inclusive negotiating team to make intra-Afghan negotiations …
Read More »EU seeks solution to Afghan stalemate
AT News KABUL: Ambassadors of the European Union in Kabul and the ambassador of Norway reiterated the EU commitment to the Afghan government in a meeting with president Ghani. In a statement, the EU representatives said, “We underlined the strong support provided by the EU and Norway to the institutions …
Read More »Warring leaders step up effort to broker deal
AT News KABUL: As Kabul and the Taliban are edging towards peace negotiations, Afghan leaders who have been at odds over who becomes the president have ratcheted up effort to reconcile and broker a reconciliation and power-sharing deal to end a bickering that is risking falling into nascent peace talks. …
Read More »Kabul imposes strict quarantine restrictions
Kabul city has been locked down as authorities scramble to contain the wild spread of the coronavirus outbreak amid gloomy forecasts of virus infections and fatalities AT News KABUL: Officials are imposing strict quarantine restrictions in capital Kabul city as they try to control the outbreak of the coronavirus in …
Read More »Taliban rejects Kabul peace force as ‘inconclusive’
AT News KABUL: Taliban reject a delegation introduced by President Ashraf Ghani for the intra-Afghan negotiations, saying it was against a peace deal the group signed with the United States in February. The government on Thursday released the list of 20 people to hold negotiations with Taliban in the framework …
Read More »NSA says Taliban prisoner release is complicated
AT News KABUL: The National Security Council has said that the release of the Taliban prisoner is a complicated, technical and legal process and that any extensional propaganda in regards would sabotage the process. NSA’s Spokesman Javid Faisal in a tweet said that the Taliban have not agreed on a …
Read More »Four of a family killed after argument over duck hunting
AT News KABUL: Security officials in northern Parwan province said that four members of a family have been killed in clash erupted due to hunting a duck in capital of the province. Provincial Police Chief of Countering Criminal Activities, Mohammad Faroq said the clash occurred on Saturday morning in Batokhil …
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