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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan reported 27 coronaviruses -related deaths on Tuesday, an uptick in the fatalities as the second wave of Covid-19 has rapidly started spreading around the society. Daily tally of the new infection is also increasing – 256 new cases were recorded on Tuesday, according to the Public …

AT News  KABUL: At least 44 drug runners were found guilty of drug trafficking and were sentenced to years of jail terms in the past one week, officials said on Tuesday.  A statement issued by the Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF), said that four drug traffickers were sentenced …

AT-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on the vehicle of Afghanistan Times reporters, Hekmatullah Aziz, Fahim Habibi, Shoaib Shirzai and their driver on Qargha Street in Kabul on Monday night (December 14th, 2020). On Monday at around 7:30 p.m., four unidentified individuals riding on motorbikes tried to stop the reporter’s vehicle …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban leadership has warned they will resume attacks on U.S. forces if Washington does not pull troops out of Afghanistan as promised, Taliban officials told BBC on Monday. The Taliban have warned the United States against breaching its commitment to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan in …

By Zia Nezam Peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban have held hope for a peaceful, stable Afghanistan. However, can there be hope as violence continues across Afghanistan? Anti-government attacks against the Afghan people have increased fifty percent in the third quarter of 2020, according to SIGAR (The …

AT News   KABUL: Seven people have lost their lives in different incidents in eastern Laghman and Nangarhar provinces, officials said on Monday. Two men and a girl have been killed after a rocket landed in their house in Alishang district of Laghman province. Nine more people of the same family …

AT News KABUL: The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad said tragically, the war continues in Afghanistan. “The two Afghan negotiating teams announced in Doha they will take 20 days off to “consult on the agenda items. Tragically, the war continues. The need for a political settlement, reduction …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 211 new coronavirus infections with four fatalities in the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Monday. With 211 new positive cases, the total tally has been reached to 49,484 around the country since the outbreak of the epidemic started nearly one …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Education has announced it revived the Islamic department after heavy criticisms by the people and parliamentarians over a decision made by the acting minister to shift school students (grades one to three) to the mosques. The revival of the Islamic department was ordered by …

AT News KABUL: Parliament Speaker, Mir Rahman Rahmani called for an investigation to a report over the misuse of money by President Ashraf Ghani’s aides. The Etilaat Roz daily newspaper had earlier reported that Ghani’s aides receive millions of Afs from the code 91 as extra money to different ways …