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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A delegation appointed by President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani to probe Rukhshana’s stoning by the Taliban in Ghor province, on Sunday promised to follow the case strictly to bring the culprits to the justice. The delegation comprised of advisor to the president Anayatullah Baleegh, representatives from the Attorney …
Read More »Diabetes claimed 3,567 lives in six months: MoPH
Health ministry lacks budget to fight diabetes successfully By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: As the number of people with diabetes is rising at an alarming rate, Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said that diabetes claimed lives of 3,567 people in the past six months but it lacks budget to control it. Commemorating …
Read More »BRP calls on Baloch pro-independence parties to unite
AT-Geneva: President of Baloch Republican Party (BRP) Nawab Brahumdagh Bugti invited all Baloch pro-independence parties and leaders to unite. A press statement issued by the party secretariat, on Sunday, Nawab Brahumdagh Bugti said that Baloch Republican Party has been a political and a democratic organization which represents the Baloch nation …
Read More »Nangarhar gets eight ambulances from MoPh
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health has provided eight ambulances to eight districts of eastern Nangarhar province. Governor of Nangarhar province, Saleem Khan Kundozi, during the hand-over ceremony said that the ambulances were equipped with modern health equipments. He said the ambulances play a vital role in providing …
Read More »Drone strike kills 12 militants in Nangarhar
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A US drone strike has killed a dozen Taliban militants including nine foreigners in Nangarhar province, officials said on Sunday. The governor’s spokesman Ahmad Zai Abdulzai said that the strike was carried out in Khogyani district late Saturday, killing a dozen militants including nine foreigners, believed to …
Read More »Seven Afghan Migrants Among Dead In Ukrainian Helicopter Crash
Slovak officials say eight people, including seven Afghan migrants, died earlier this week in the crash of a Ukrainian-registered helicopter in eastern Slovakia. Slovakia’s Interior Ministry said on November 14 the victims of the crash, which likely occurred on November 11, included a Ukrainian pilot and seven Afghans — five …
Read More »President’s legal adviser not sacked: Spokesman
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Spokesman to the Presidential Palace said that legal adviser to the president, Abdul Ali Mohammadi, was not sacked. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Sayed Zafar Hashemi said that Mohammadi continue to serve as the president’s legal adviser. Earlier, media reported that the legal adviser was …
Read More »A dig in the rib: SERC slams govt for delay in Selection Committee picks
AT-KABUL: The Special Electoral Reforms Commission (SERC) urged the government to appoint members of the selection committee soon. The selection committee will propose new members of the Independent Election Commission and Independent Electoral Complaint Commission to the government. SERC Chief, Shah Sultan Akefi, while talking to a press conference on …
Read More »DABS to install more transformers to end load-shedding
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: To address power load-shedding issue, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), is mulling to install additional electricity transformers in outskirts of Kabul. Wahidullah Tawhidi told Azadi Radio that four transformers will be installed in Mirbacha Kot district and 12 others will be installed in Kohdaman area of Kabul …
Read More »65 troops surrender to Taliban in Helmand: Official
AT-KABUL: As many as 65 Afghan troops surrendered to the Taliban militants in southern Helmand province the other day, said a local official. Merza Khan Rahimi, the provincial governor, confirmed the incident and said that the 65 troops surrendered a military base to the Taliban militants in Sangin district of …
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