AT News KABUL: Hundreds of people staged demonstration Tuesday in Kabul to protest the sudden increase of the prices of foodstuff and other essentials amid panic caused by reports over spread of Corona Virus that has already taken thousands of victims in Afghanistan’s neighboring states of China and Iran. The …
Read More »Kabul postpones biometric identification of Taliban prisoners
AT News KABUL: The biometrics process in the Pol-e-Charkhi[Ma1] central prison has been postponed, sources in the government said, a move that could make another bump on the road to peace process and intra-Afghan talks. The sources said Tuesday that 780 Taliban fighters are held in Pol-e-Charkhi prison, their lists …
Read More »Ghani is a former president; Abdullah’s aide
AT News KABUL: As political crisis in Afghanistan remains uncertain, an aide to Dr. Abdullah who has set up his parallel government against his rival’s administration says that Ashraf Ghani is the former president and that his orders are devoid of legitimacy. Omid Meisam hinted at election irregularities and controversies …
Read More »“Don’t panic buy, situation is under control”
AT News KABUL: There is no need for panic buying; the situation is under control, President Ashraf Ghani said in a video clip on Tuesday, assuring the Afghan masses of no food shortages due to risk of coronavirus outbreak. The president instructed related organs to control prices of essential items, …
Read More »Afghanistan sees steep spike in violence against journalists
Human Rights Commission has urged the government to grant journalists with legal and occupational immunity to protect them against warlords and those who put a hurt on them AT News KABUL: Afghanistan marked its National Journalists Day on Tuesday with strong exhortations coming from media watchdogs and activists for safeguarding …
Read More »Man arrested in violent killing of teen boy in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan – a country where state of normalcy is a distant dream – had recently witnessed a slight security improvement with less cases of urban crimes — but did not last for a long period of time. The criminal activities have still remained perilous as the powerful …
Read More »Is Afghanistan a killing field?
The horrid reality of war in Afghanistan isn’t properly and precisely relayed to the rest of the world. The collateral damage and disproportionate killings of innocent people as a byproduct of the current war are shocking. The United Nations roughly estimates that 32,000 civilians have been killed so far in …
Read More »U.S. under criticism as political crisis brews in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: Some political experts accuse the United States of not doing well to resolve basic political problems in Afghanistan sparked after President Ghani was officially declared as election winner and his contender Abdullah rejected the election commission’s decision. Abdullah’s office, but says they are continuing jobs under the …
Read More »Afghanistan sees steep spike in violence against journalists
Human Rights Commission has urged the government to grant journalists with legal and occupational immunity to protect them against warlords and those who put a hurt on them AT News KABUL: Afghanistan marked its National Journalists Day on Tuesday with strong exhortations coming from media watchdogs and activists for safeguarding …
Read More »Key to peace at the hand of Taliban
By Eshan KABUL: As our beloved people are aware of the agreement which had been signed between US and Taliban group to pave the ground for the reduction in violence all over the country and everyone has praised the move, our home compatriots have called for the continuation of the …
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