Last week, President Ashraf Ghani delivered his speech to the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Unable to travel to New York due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, like the rest of world leaders, President Ghani’s pre-recorded video address, screened in the Assembly hall, was closely watched by …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghan officials believe there would be no durable peace sans justice. In a ceremony titled “National Summit of Justice and Peace” the Afghan officials said a robust peace is only possible when there is justice across the country. The event was organized by ‘Salah”, or (Peace), …
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AT News KABUL: The parliament reacted to President Ghani’s fresh order that takes some authorities from interior ministry and gives them to the National Security Council, criticizing him for interfering in ministries and government bodies’ businesses. Parliament Speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani, said on Wednesday that Ghani has limited the interior …
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AT News KABUL: Landmines and other unexploded ordnances remain hidden killers that threaten lives of thousands of people in different areas of Afghanistan mostly in the rural regions. In latest incident, 14 civilians most of them women and children were killed when a minivan carrying them to a pilgrimage area …
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AT News KABUL: The hydrometeorology department warns that torrential rainfall would cause floods in several provinces. The provinces of Kunar, Nooristan, Panjshir, Laghman and Kapisa have been forecast to be targeted by floods, while the hydrometeorology department says that Kaul, Badakhshan and Nangarhar would witness heavy rainfall. Mohammad Nasim Moradi, …
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AT News KABUL: More than 2,200 children will have access to education in Afghanistan appreciation to two schools constructed by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) with the generous contribution by the Republic of Korea. One of the schools located in the Jebrail area, Herat province in Afghanistan’s western region was …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has seen a sharp decrease in new infections of the covid-19 disease. The Afghan health ministry recorded 15 new cases in the past 24 hours across the country that brought the total tally to 39,268. The Health Ministry on Wednesday said that these cases come positive …
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AT News KABUL: Pakistani President Aref Alavi met Afghanistan’s point man for peace Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday and reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to the Afghan peace negotiations, despite fears that Islamabad is banking on Kabul’s desperation for peace to woo Afghanistan for its own cause. In the third and last day …
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“PPIEDs killed or injured more than 100 civilians in August alone. Stop using these illegal improvised landmines. This is not the road to peace,” UNAMA says. AT News KABUL: NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo says all the Afghans need to feel the benefits of peace to believe …
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U.S. point man for Afghanistan returned to Doha to mediate between Afghan and Taliban peace delegations to reach an understanding on a roadmap for future peace talks AT News KABUL: US point-man for peace has returned to Doha, the capital city of Qatar, where the Afghan peace team and the …
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