The people of Afghanistan, who have used to be eager to hear news about peace, end of war and a calm situation, now seem to gradually lose hopes to a peaceful situation since they have been told so many conflicting words and viewpoints about efforts for peace. Zalmay Khalilzad, the …
Read More »China’s Success in Poverty Alleviation a “Model” for World
By Bilal Yusufi KABUL: Poverty is one of the global challenges that only some particular countries in the world succeeded to alleviate through a strong economical strategy. China, with nearly 1.4 billion populations is one of the rare countries in the world that succeeded a victory over poverty during the …
Read More »Govt. Main Hurdle for Peace: Protestors
AT News KABUL: Leader of the Hezb-e-Islami Party, Gulbuddin Hekmayar warned the government of staging widespread demonstration if it didn’t release his party’s members held in government custody. He gives the government a ten-day ultimatum to meet his demand. A large number of the Hezb-e-Islami Party supporters took out on …
Read More »Khalilzad Shares ‘Participatory Govt.’ Plan with Taliban
AT News KABUL: The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad is in Doha, where he met with Afghan negotiating team from the republic side and will also carry the message of “participatory government” with the Taliban, a group the US had signed a deal last year to find …
Read More »A Female Doctor Dies in Blast, Gunmen Kill Seven Workers as Security Worsens in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: A female doctor was killed in a bomb blast in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province and seven Hazara workers have been killed in Surkh Rod district of the same province. The doctor lost her life after a magnetic bomb attached to a vehicle she …
Read More »16 People Dead in Badakhshan Avalanche
AT News KABUL: At least 16 people have died in a major avalanche that occurred in Raghistan district in the Northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday, officials said on Friday. Provincial Governor Spokesman, Nek Mohammad Nazari said that another five people received injuries. The avalanche happened in Zarandab village in the …
Read More »Afghan Suspected of Stabbing 7 Held in Custody in Sweden
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A 22-year-old Afghan man who is suspected of having stabbed seven men in a town in southern Sweden, leaving three of them in critical condition, was remanded in pretrial custody for at least two weeks on Friday. The Eksjo District Court added that there was a …
Read More »Afghanistan Records 13 New Cases of COVID-19 in Past 24 Hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 13 new positive cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the ministry of public health said on Friday. These cases come out of 1,430 suspected samples. Three patients have fully recovered n from COVID-19 during the same period of time. Afghanistan now has …
Read More »Religious Scholar Killed in Kabul
VP Saleh Says his Assassination Plot Foiled AT News KABUL: A religious scholar has been shot dead in an unknown armed men attack in Kabul just in some minutes after the First Vice President Amrullah Saleh talked about failed assassination plot to kill him. Kabul Police confirmed that Faiz Mohammad …
Read More »Commando Forces Rescue 34 Hostages from Taliban Captivity
AT News KABUL: The Afghan Commando Forces have freed 34 hostages, including military personnel during a night raid in western Herat province, officials said on Wednesday. They were released in an operation conducted by the Special Forces of the Afghan Commando against a Taliban prison in Korocha village of Adraskan …
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