AT News KABUL: The Supreme Court says of sentencing three relatives of former public health minister Jawad Osmani to jail for bribery. Fahim Qawim, spokesman of the Supreme Court, said Wednesday that two cousins of Osmani and his brother were sentenced to jail. He said that the convicted people should …
Read More »COVID-19 cases, deaths continue steady rise; 453 infections, 10 deaths reported in one day
AT News KABUL: As COVID-19 cases rose for the past few days in a row, the biggest jumps were reported on Wednesday with 453 new cases and 10 deaths as per the health ministry’s daily snapshot of the pandemic. The new cases were reported across Afghanistan in the past 24 …
Read More »Police round up 200 drug addicts in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Police officers and health workers fanned out across Kabul and rounded up 200 drug addicts, trying to get them help in their treatment. The campaign was launched on Wednesday by the police in a joint venture with the Phoenix camp hospital’s health workers. These drug addicts were …
Read More »Parliament calls for end to chaos in Faryab
AT News KABUL: The parliament called for end to the week-long chaos in the northern province of Faryab. The tension rose in Faryab after the government appointed Mohammad Daud Laghmani as provincial governor. Laghmani replaced Naqibullah Faiq, who has recently been appointed as senator and granted with a medal by …
Read More »Nangarhar watermelon harvest estimated to reach 79k tons
AT News KABUL: The ministry of agriculture and irrigation has estimated the products of watermelon to reach 79,000 tons this year in the eastern province of Nangarhar. A spokesman for the ministry, Akbar Rustami said that Nangarhar last year produced 73,000 tons watermelon yields. According to him, over 1,995 hectares of land …
Read More »Different reactions to Taliban official’s funeral
AT News KABUL: A video went viral in the funeral of Mullah Abdul Mannan Neyazi, deputy leader of a Taliban offshoot group, was followed by different reactions. Neyazi was injured to head some two weeks ago in his birthplace of Herat province. He was reportedly flown to Kabul for treatment …
Read More »Ghani puts ‘achievements’ as condition to peace with Taliban
AT News KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that if the Taliban insisted on violence and tried to impose a “dictatorial regime”, the decision would be made on the battlefield. In an interview with the PBS News Hour, Ghani said that if the Taliban wants peace, then it has to …
Read More »Karzai discuses peace with prominent politicians
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met jihadi leader, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf and chairman of the high council for national reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, where they discussed the peace process and the ongoing situations in the country. This comes as efforts are underway to finalize the high council of government …
Read More »143 Taliban fighters killed in fresh crackdowns
AT News KABUL: At least 143 Taliban insurgents were killed and 66 others wounded during latest military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in different provinces in the past 24 hours, defense officials said on Tuesday. Backed by the Afghan Air Forces, the Afghan security forces conducted a series …
Read More »Reconciliation Council concerned over tensions in Faryab
AT News KABUL: The high council for national reconciliation expressed its deepest concerns over the tensions rise in the northern province of Faryab after the government replaced former governor Naqibullah Faiq with Mohammad Daud Laghmani. Hundreds Faryabies staged rallies on the streets of provincial capital city of Maymana and blocked …
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