AT News KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg has warned over hasty and uncoordinated way of leaving Afghanistan, saying the price of doing so could be very high. This is as recently US media reported that incumbent US President Donald Trump is eyeing a troop drawdown against the advice of the …
Read More »Nearly 1K death-row prisoners still at jail
AT News KABUL: Nearly 1,000 prisoners with death penalty are still remaining at jail despite execution order, officials said Monday. The judiciary committee of the government cabinet said that the execution orders on 976 prisoners have not been implemented so far. The office of the second vice president, Sarwar Danesh …
Read More »Academy of Science of Afghanistan organizes seminar on water management
Avoiding water confrontations AT News KABUL: The Academic of Science of Afghanistan has organized a one day seminar to discus Afghanistan water management and to deal with the issue form knowledgeable perspectives The seminar titled “Afghanistan’s Water Management and Regional Diplomacy,” was attended by different governmental officials, university teachers, media …
Read More »Second mastermind of deadly Kabul University attack killed, says VP
AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed the number two mastermind of Kabul University attack, in which 22 people, mostly students were killed and dozens others wounded, said First Vice President Amrullah Saleh. According to Saleh, “second mastermind” was killed in eastern Paktia province, and the number three …
Read More »Nominees for foreign, interior and finance ministries explained programs in parliament
AT News KABUL: The nominees for ministries of foreign affairs, interior and finance on Monday went to parliament and explained their programs to the lawmakers. Hanif Atmar, nominee for ministry of foreign affairs, said that he would give priority to peace in his foreign policy once he gets vote of …
Read More »Conflicting reports over district collapse to Taliban in Kunduz
AT News KABUL: Local officials in northern Kunduz province said that Dasht-e-Archi district of the province has fallen to the Taliban. Kunduz provincial council member, Mohammad Yusuf Ayoubi said that drastic conflicts have been erupted between the Afghan security forces and Taliban since past several days. He said that the …
Read More »Coronavirus cases on the rise again; 228 new infections reported Monday
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan sees fastest growth in new daily coronavirus cases after over 200 new infections were registered on Monday. The Afghan health ministry said 228 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 43,468 cases throughout the country. These cases come positive …
Read More »VP Saleh tasked to tackle corruption
AT News KABUL: First Vice President Amrullah Saleh is given the responsibility to counter administrative corruptions at the government departments. Saleh in a statement said that President Ashraf Ghani handed over the task of combating administrative corruption to the morning session to provide tighter security and prevent fraudulence. The regular …
Read More »VP calls for public trial of terrorists
AT News KABUL: The first vice president, Amrullah Saleh has called for public trial of terrorists. “On behalf of the nation of Afghanistan, I ask the judiciary of Afghanistan to hold open trial sessions for the arrested terrorists and invite the families of martyrs to the trial sessions,” Saleh said …
Read More »Afghanistan ‘strongly’ rejects Pakistan allegation over use of its territory for terrorist activities
As a major victim of terrorism, Afghanistan is committed to a policy of combating all forms of terrorism, without discrimination around the world, Afghan foreign ministry said. AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly rejects the allegations of the spokesman of the Pakistani Army claiming the use …
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