AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The foreign ministry of China said that there have been steady progresses made in all undertakings in Xinjiang state of China. Talking to a press conference, Chinese Deputy Director-General of the Publicity Department, Xu Guixiang said that the security has been surging across Xinjiang. “Firstly, the …
Read More »Afghan airstrike kills four al-Qaeda terrorists in Helmand
AT News KABUL: At least 22 Taliban rebels and four al-Qaeda terrorists were killed in an airstrike launched by the Afghan security forces in various parts of southern Helmand province, ministry of defense said on Saturday. A spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, Fawad Aman said that 15 Taliban prisoners …
Read More »70pc freed Taliban prisoners have returned to battlefield
AT News KABUL: A top official in the northern Faryab province said that a Taliban prisoner, who has been released based on the US-Taliban peace deal signed February 29th, was killed in the fight against the Afghan security forces. The deal stipulated the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners in exchange …
Read More »Kabul, Tehran Seeking to Promote Tourism
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iranian Deputy Tourism Minister Vali Teymouri met Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister of Culture Sayeda Mojgan Mostafavi over the development of the industry between the two neighboring nations. The two officials discussed the expansion of tourism between the two countries through videoconference on Friday, Iranian media reported on …
Read More »Saleh says morning sessions will continue
AT News KABUL: After a halt on the regular morning 6:30 session, First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh said the meeting would continue but the details would not be shared with the media. “The Afghan people should be assured that happy news is on the way to them but bad news …
Read More »Afghans Yearn for Peace
Political Leaders Attend 2nd Meeting of Reconciliation Council AT News KABUL: The second meeting of the leadership committee of High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) held on Saturday, leading by Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, head of the council, the leaders focused on the Afghan peace process, calling on the Afghan negotiating …
Read More »Editorial: Air pollution another life threat to Kabul residents
The air over the capital city of Kabul looks like the bricklaying factories that use plastics and tires as fuel at the eastern and northern outskirts of the city and that blacken the surrounding area with smoke. The air of the capital city is just black and one cannot see …
Read More »Incompetent security personnel to be dismissed
AT News KABUL: The First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh announced a halt to his regular 06:30 morning session which he had led for almost two months to bring reforms in the government departments. With the halt of the morning session, Saleh in a statement said that he will make efforts …
Read More »VP Danesh blames Taliban of undermining peace
AT News KABUL: Second Vice President, Sarwar Danesh called on the nation to become united and counter the psychological pressure that the militants are attempting to put on them. Taking to a conference organized by the Afghan Civil Rights Committees, where besides the activists, the representatives of the foreign countries …
Read More »170 new infections, 13 deaths reported in last 24 hours
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan recorded 170 new positive coronavirus and 13 fatalities in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said. These cases were reported positive out of 2,275 samples tested during the same period of time. The new cases were reported in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Balkh, Nangarhar, …
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