AT News KABUL: Ministry of Education (MoE) decided to shut primary schools in cold climate provinces next week due to severe cold and premature snow and rainfall in the country, authorities announced Sunday. According to the authorities, the primary schools (1st-6th grade) will close on November 21st, while the secondary …
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AT News KABUL: Some media supporting agencies call on the government of Afghanistan to seriously investigate killings of journalists and mistreatments against them. Yama Siawash and Elyas Daei, two journalists were killed in two separate but similar attacks (bombings) last week in Kabul and Helmand province. Siawash was a former …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded the highest increase in the number of coronavirus cases on Sunday as the country has zero restrictions and premature winter could also worsen the situation. The Ministry of Public Health said it has recorded 205 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 …
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AT News KABUL: At least 134 civilians have been killed in the past 25 days of fatal violence conducted by the Taliban rebels around the country, security officials said Sunday. Talking to a news conference, spokesman for the ministry of interior, Tariq Aryan said another 289 people were wounded in …
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AT News KABUL: At least 10 Taliban rebels were killed in an airstrike conducted by the Afghan Air Force in Shamalzoi district of southern Zabul province. The ministry of defense in a statement said Sunday that the militants were planning to attack the security checkpoints before being targeted by the …
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By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan In October, the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) was successfully held in Beijing. General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered a report on the work of the Political Bureau at the meeting. The plenary session …
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KABUL- Members and supporters of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in a large gathering, heled in north Waziristan, expressed their opposition to a new war being imposed on Afghans on both sides of the so-called Durand Line. “Pashtuns in a massive PTM gathering in Waziristan are expressing opposition to the …
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Dozens of students were killed and wounded as gunmen rampaged through the camps, firing indiscriminately. AT News KABUL: The mastermind behind the deadly Kabul University attack has been arrested, First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh said on Saturday. A group of three terrorists stormed the sprawling Kabul University campus early this …
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AT News KABUL: Former jihadi leader Ismael Khan accused President Ghani’s government of not being honest in the peace efforts, saying the situation would have been much better if the government was honest. In a meeting with chairman of the reconciliation council Abdullah Abdullah in Herat province (Khan’s birthplace), Khan …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan is to visit Kabul in the ongoing week amid stalled peace negotiations between the government and Taliban’ peace negotiation teams in Doha of Qatar. A spokesman for the ministry of foreign affairs, Gran Hewad said that Khan would discuss the Afghan peace, …
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