By Ziaullah Akhtar Having been affected by the decades of turmoil and lost almost all the infrastructural institutions including hospitals, Afghans have chosen Pakistan as a cost effective and an accessible destination for treatment. Though people get convenient cure in the hospitals of Peshawar, Pakistan, but still there are some …
Read More »Police arrest three on child rape case in Badghis
AT News KABUL: The Counter Criminal Police on Monday has arrested three people on charge of sexual assault on a 10 years old girl in northern Badghis province. Provincial local officials has earlier said that a ten years old girl have been sexually assaulted by a number of individuals in …
Read More »Court to decide on electoral official
AT News KABUL: The independent election commission says they were waiting for a third tribunal to decide on Shafiq Zamani, head of the body’s Kabul branch. Zamani has apparently passed an exam to gain the post, but now he is facing controversies and the electoral body says the third court …
Read More »Armed groups make one million dollars per month from illegal mine extraction in Badakhshan
AT News KABUL: The armed opposition groups make at least one million dollars from illegally demining of gold and lapis lazuli mines in the northeastern Badakhshan province, civil society activists in the province claim. The activists said Monday that big parts of mines in Badakhshan are in control of the …
Read More »Differences among Taliban over ceasefire demand
Sources suggest Taliban’s ruling council agreed to enforce a temporary ceasefire, while group’s spokesman said Taliban has no intention to do so AT News KABUL: There is conflicting reports coming out from Taliban leadership in regards to the ceasefire as the group did not scrutinize to be in the same …
Read More »Darzab district of Jawzjan falls to Taliban
AT News KABUL: The Taliban insurgents have took control of the Darzab—a district in northern Jawzjan province, after series of several attacks by the militants and scores of Afghan security forces have forced to flee the area by chopper. All of the security forces have been evacuated by choppers to …
Read More »Honey product up by 60pc in Badakhshan
AT News KABUL: Honey production in northern Badakhshan province has increased by 60 percent this year, said officials, adding, 283 tons of honey has been produced. Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) said that currently 590 bee small and big farms have been active in the province. According to …
Read More »Editorial: The puzzle of ceasefire
Since the start of peace talks, Taliban has highly pursued contradictory behavior and policy as time and again the group has remained puzzling regarding the ceasefire—a demand posed by the US to continue peace talks. On the one hand, the group flaunted patriotic face with sympathetic manners to make free …
Read More »69 Taliban rebels killed in fresh raids
AT News KABUL: At least 69 Taliban militants have been killed and 32 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Monday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »Drastic air pollution kills 17 Kabul residents in one week
AT News KABUL: While Afghanistan has been struggling with plenty of sever challenges, now the air pollution has recently been recognized as deadly as war, threatening the life of thousands of the Afghans in Kabul, the capital city. The public health authorities on Monday said that at least 17 people …
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