AT News KABUL: Unknown gunmen kidnapped two doctors in Parwan province, some 60 kilometers north of Kabul, provincial officials confirmed. The incident took place Tuesday in the Bagram district, home to the largest US military base. Abdul Shakoor Qoddusi, district governor identified the kidnapped doctors as Habib Rahman and Heshmatullah, …
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AT News KABUL: First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh praised the arrest of the three Senators on the charges of taking bribes in the northern province of Balkh. Saleh said in a statement that “thrilling arrests” to be continued, referring to corrupt officials, where there is no place to hide “Three …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghan security brass have blamed the Taliban group for carrying dozens of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and twisted in the direction of soft targets after they were defeated in the battlefields. Head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), General Zia Saraj said that militants had …
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AT News KABUL: Four officials of the Ministry of Public Health were detained on Tuesday on charges of corruption by the National Directorate of Security, officials said. A government official, who was talking on condition of anonymity, said that two of the detainees were close relatives to the Minister of …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 183 new positive cases of coronavirus and 10 fatalities in the past 24 hours throughout the country, said the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic reached to 52,330 around the country. The new cases …
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AT News KABUL: The government of China has strongly rejected U.S. claim that Beijing has put over one million Uyghur Muslims in “detention camps”. “The U.S. diplomatic authorities, led by several anti-China politicians, have been neglecting truth, making fabrications, and time and again spreading disinformation about Xinjiang. China firmly opposes …
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AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai congratulated prominent cricketer Rashid Khan for being selected as the best player of the decade by the International Cricket Council. “I congratulate Rashid Khan and all the people of Afghanistan for this great pride and valuable achievement,” Karzai said in a statement on …
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AT News KABUL: A large number of female journalists in the rural parts of the country forced to quit their jobs as threats against media workers and activists have been intensified all over the country, human rights watchdogs said on Monday. The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said that the …
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AT News KABUL: As insecurity has escalated, the 6:30 regular morning session chaired by the First Vice President, Amruallah Saleh appears to have reached an agreement with security agencies to double the number of Kabul police. In his Facebook page, Saleh says even in a state of stability and calm, …
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AT News KABUL: The Parliament has decided to summon security brass next week as insecurity has sharply been increasing across the country. Speaker of the House of the Representative (Wolesi Jirga), Mir Rahman Rahmani said that the lawmakers would share their concerns and questions with the authorities on the surge …
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