AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the car bombing in Kandahar province that injured a number of people. The bombing occurred Wednesday in the Ayno Mina Township in the center of Kandahar city, the provincial capital of the same name. Nearly 20 people were wounded in the …
Read More »AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants kidnapped about 28 civilians in Jalriz district of Maidan Wardak province. Provincial Police Spokesman told Afghanistan Times that Taliban rebels had stopped nearly ten passenger vehicles in Behsod district that were en route to Kabul. According to him, the Taliban rebels had transported 28 …
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AT News KABUL: Peace is the priority for the Afghan government, Spokesman for the President Ghani said. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Sediq Sediqqi said no breakthrough has been made in the talks between the Afghan peace team and the Taliban negotiating members in Doha of Qatar. He rejected …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 212 new positive cases of Coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 45,490 cases throughout the country, the Ministry of Public Health said Wednesday. These cases come positive out of 1,476 suspected samples – 56 positive cases were recorded in …
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AT News KABUL: The regular shortage of electricity in Kabul city has caused closure of dozens of factories where 15,000 workers have lost their jobs. Kabul residents are suffering problems from electricity shortage in the last one month and are provided with power only six hours a day. The power …
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AT News KABUL: The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) says they have started the initial works of the restoration of the fifth minaret in the western province of Herat. They said Wednesday that samples of the minaret had been taken and would be sent to Italy for more research. An …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Aga Khan, on behalf of the Ismaili Imamat and the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), on November 24 reaffirmed his enduring commitment to a peaceful and pluralistic Afghanistan, according to the AKDN. In a statement delivered at the virtually held 2020 Afghanistan Conference, His Highness the …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai met chairman of reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday, talking about the council’s efforts on peace and the recent developments. Abdullah’s office said that the two sides emphasized on reduction of violence, urging that all points of peace should be concentrated on this. …
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Two explosions rocked central Bamyan city, formally regarded as one of the safest provinces, injuring nearly 50 others AT News KABUL: Double explosions in the heart of Bamyan city, the provincial capital of the same name, claimed 14 lives and injured nearly 50 others, provincial officials confirmed. The blast happened …
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AT News KABUL: The dead body of a young trader was found in Kabul River in PD 3rd of the city, security officials said Tuesday. Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz identified the trader as Mohammad Javad. The body was shifted to the forensic medicine directorate, he said without giving more …
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