AT News KABUL: The Trump administration is slashing $1 billion in aid to Afghanistan with threatening further reduction in all forms of cooperation after the two feuding Afghan leaders, (President Ashraf Ghani, and self-proclaimed President Abdullah Abdullah) rejected to form a new inclusive government. “The United States is proud of …
Read More »Taliban sustain heavy casualty in Balkh
AT News KABUL: At least 25 Taliban fighters were killed and 33 others wounded in active defense posture by the Afghan security forces conducted in northern Balkh province. Following enemy attack on the security and defense forces positions in Chamtal and Dawlat Abad districts, the Afghan National Defense and Security …
Read More »Afghanistan has a golden opportunity to fight covid-19
Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: Public Health Minister, Ferozuddin Feroz said Afghanistan is in a better situation than other countries who are severely suffering from novel covid-19, saying that the country has a golden opportunity to fight the virus with taking tremendous steps to control the situation. Expressing frustration about the …
Read More »Medics suspicious of covid-19 fled Kandahar hospital
AT News KABUL: Talking in condition of anonymity, a source from southern Kandahar’s Maiwand hospital said that two health employees, who were suspicious of coronavirus, have escaped from the hospital. The virus has been spread from a hospitals’ doctor, who was quarantined at the hospital, the source added. The …
Read More »Drastic flood hits Farah
AT News KABUL: Local officials in western Farah said Tuesday that a fatal flaw of flood has hit several villages, killing two children and wounding 10 others. Provincial Governor’s Spokesman Ghulam Farooq Barakzai said the flood flawed in Khak-e-Safid district of the province, where it destroyed a number of houses. …
Read More »Editorial: The carrot-and-stick approach
Afghanistan arrives at another grim milestone amid the political wrangling between rival Afghan leaders – President Ashraf Ghani and self-proclaimed president Abdullah Abdullah. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo failed to end the political impasse or reach a power-sharing deal between the feuding leaders, who both claim to be …
Read More »Pulling Together to Fight COVID-19, towards a Community of Shared Future for Mankind
By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Positive results have been achieved in the fight against the COVID-19 outbreak in China under the leadership of President Xi Jinping. Meanwhile, the global pandemic situation brooks no optimism as confirmed cases continue increasing in many countries. Afghanistan has also seen some confirmed …
Read More »Pompeo’s brief foray to Kabul entails no power-sharing deal
AT News KABUL: The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Monday and met squabbling Afghan leaders in a bid to end the current political crisis which has thrown a wrench in the Afghan peace process. Pompeo returned to US without any power-sharing deal, …
Read More »16 Taliban rebels killed in Kandahar
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed 16 Taliban fighters in southern Kandahar province, local official said on Monday. In addition to that 17 other Taliban rebels received injuries in the attack. The attack came after Taliban fighters attacked security forces checkpoints in Maiwand district of the province. …
Read More »Editorial: Brazen interference
Afghanistan has always been a victim of regional and global countries’ power games. The internal rifts within Afghanistan, coupled with foreign meddling, have made the country weakest to the extent that currently every country easily hooks its claws into Afghanistan to ensure their nefarious designs and interests. As Afghanistan is …
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