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AT News KABUL: The NATO expresses concerns over what it calls a “hasty” troop pullout of Afghanistan, calling it dangerous that could jeopardize the past two decade achievements. NATO Chief Yens Stoltenberg, said Tuesday that the military organization was in a dilemma. “If we remain in Afghanistan, we will encounter …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan and Pakistan are to establish the joint technical negotiations committee for preferential trade agreement. The Pakistan embassy in Kabul said in a statement that the committee would constitute joint secretary of the ministry of commerce, deputy secretary of the ministry of commerce and the trade development …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: China’s embassy in Australia said politicians there had “misread” a tweet showing a digitally-altered image of an Australian soldier holding a bloodied knife to the throat of an Afghan child, and were trying to stoke nationalism. Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday called the tweet …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 283 new cases of coronavirus cases within past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 46,498 throughout the country, health ministry said Monday. These case reported positive out of 1,300 suspicious samples, 35 cases were registered in Kabul, 34 in Herat, 33 in Balkh, …

AT News KABUL: The security forces have arrested 24 people convicted of various crimes such as robbery, plundering and breaking the laws around Kabul, the capital city. Kabul police in a statement said that the perpetrators were detained in the crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in PD …

AT News KABUL: A veteran diplomat, Hamid Sediq was honored by the ministry of foreign affairs for his good job that presented him a certificate. Sediq worked as chief of the office for Mohammad Zahir Shah, the last king of Afghanistan. He also worked as head of ceremonial affairs of …

AT News KABUL: The mastermind of an attack on a security compound in Ghazni province was killed alongside seven other militants in an airstrike conducted by the Afghan security forces, the defense ministry said Monday. “Hamza Waziristani, the mastermind behind the terrorist attack on the ANDSF base in Dah-Yak district, …

AT News KABUL: The Members of the Parliament on Monday approved six members of the government cabinet, and head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) with vote of confidence –rejecting nominees for the ministry of women’s affairs and ministry of information and culture. The parliament set ballot box for …

AT News KABUL: Fawzia Koofi, a member of the Afghan peace negotiation delegation has rejected any reports over “impasse” in the ongoing talks on peace in the Persian Gulf Arab state of Qatar, saying that the negotiations have entered a new stage. The first ever negotiations between the government of …

AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health launched the vaccination for more than 9.9 million children across the country. The ministry in a statement said that the anti-polio campaign, which is set for five-days, would provide immunization drops for the children who are under five years old. Children under …