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AT News KABUL: At least 260 people were tested positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours across the country, Afghanistan’s Health Ministry said on Sunday. 10 other patients have lost their lives battling the virus during this period of time, according to the ministry. These new cases come positive …

AT News KABUL: Hamdullah Moheb, President Ashraf Ghani’s National Security Adviser, says that Afghanistan’s political system in the future will be inclusive in which all parties would have representatives. The statement comes as Ghani’s representatives are in Qatar since early September to talk to the Taliban negotiators on peace and …

AT News KABUL: The ministry of education says it plans to shift the grade 1-3 school students to mosques, aiming apparently to make education system as Islam-centered. In a statement issued on Sunday, the ministry called the change as “great and important” for education, saying that this would go ahead …

AT News KABUL: Former chief of intelligence, Rahmatullah Nabil has visited the State Minister for Peace, Sayed Mansoor Naderi to discuss the ongoing progression of the Afghan peace process. Nabil in a statement said that both sides discussed the recent development in the peace talks and next steps of reconciliation …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan politicians and foreign stakeholders in the Afghan peace process have welcomed the formation and the first leadership committee meeting of the Afghanistan High Council for National Reconciliation. The committee held their first maiden meeting on Saturday with participation of Afghan leaders, Jihadi and influential figures. …

AT News KABUL: As part of a series of interactive radio programs marking 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, participants from Afghanistan’s central provinces called for urgent measures to help prevent the crime. “Violence against women is inhumane and un-Islamic,” said Sarah Seerat, a women’s rights defender, speaking on Radio Sada …

AT News KABUL: A number of female motorcyclists in the central province of Daikundi, have embarked on a motorcycling race to draw support for the women rights as part of the 16-days campaign of ending violence against women. The exhibitive race, which was held in the provincial capital of Nili, …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Urban Development and Land – MUDL has started the construction work of Jogharafia Boys’ School in Shina Qala village of Sang Takht-o Bandar district and the Taq Mandara School in Mira Mor district of central Daikundi province. Moreover, the Jogharafia School is being constructed …

AT News KABUL: Amidst fear of a second wave of coronavirus, the Ministry of Public Health on Saturday confirmed 253 new infections out of 1,400 simples tested in the last 24 hours around the country. Another 18 patients have lost their lives battling the virus and 138 others have fully …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: A number of Afghan leaders and influential figures including former President Hamid Karzai, Jihadi leaders, speakers of parliament’s two Houses (Wolesi Jirga, and Meshrano Jirga) attended the first meeting of the leadership committee of High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR), where they stressed the need for …