By Shamim Shahid Contrary to tall claims on the part of Prime Minister Imran Khan and his government of strengthening bilateral relations with Afghanistan by easing sanctions and restrictions against travelers, traders and transporters, the ground reality is different at Torkham and other crossing points. Almost people who are either …
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AT News KABUL: A vehicle belonged to Italian embassy to Kabul was targeted by a magnetic bomb Monday morning in Kabul amid the chain bombings that usually target government’s senior military and civil employees. Kabul police confirmed the attack but said no casualties were reported. “The attack occurred on a …
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AT News KABUL: Relatives of those members of parliament who rejected the budget draft offered by the government for the second time, have been fired from their jobs in government offices, the legislators claim, calling it a way to pressure them to approve the budget. Parliament Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani, …
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AT News KABUL: The parliament announced Monday of appointing a team to make a plan for speeding up the ongoing efforts for peace, criticizing continuous violence and the probable increase of war in spring. Members of parliament said in their Monday session that people lose their loved ones on daily …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani in a meeting with the chairman of reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah, emphasized on an immediate ceasefire in the ongoing peace negotiations with the Taliban. Presidential office said Monday in a statement that the meeting took place in Ghani’s office where his two deputies and …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 78 new positive cases of coronavirus and four fatalities in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health on Monday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 54,750 cases in the country. The news cases …
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AT News KABUL: Kabul Police has arrested 28 people on the charge of different crimes during the latest crackdown carried out across the city in the past 48 hours. The police have succeeded to capture 28 people accused of armed robbery, killing, selling drug, disrupt of public order, plundering and stealing …
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AT News KABUL: Unidentified armed men have shot dead a religious cleric in Sayed Khel district of central Parwan province, authority said Monday. Provincial Police Chief, Mohammad Sadeq Hashimi named the Imam as Abdul Raqib, saying that he was targeted after the performance of evening prayers on Sunday. A doctor …
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AT News KABUL: First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh assured the people that the government would soon prevent the string of killings by the magnetic mines, targeting professional figures in Kabul, the capital city. The last time people suffered casualties was two weeks ago in Qarabagh district of Kabul after the …
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AT News KABUL: 24 January is considered as ‘International Day of Education’, where Afghanistan also celebrates this day as in the last 20 years, one of the greatest accomplishments has been increasing access to education for all Afghans. Despite the tremendous achievements, 3.7 million Afghan children are still deprived of …
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