AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 30 new coronavirus positive cases in the last 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 39,074 across the country. The Public Health Ministry on Monday said that out of 165 suspected samples, 30 were reported positive—17 cases were recorded in Balkh, six in Herat, …
Read More »Child dead after two blasts rock Kabul
AT News KABUL: A child was killed and three adults were wounded in two separate blasts that happened in Kabul, security sources said on Monday. Kabul Police’s Spokesman, Ferdaws Faramarz said that three people were wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in PD 5th of Kabul. According to him, the …
Read More »Afghanistan, Taliban nearing agreement on agenda of negotiations
AT News KABUL: The Afghan government and Taliban teams in Doha negotiating an initial deal to end the war seem to be finalizing the main agenda items after nearly two weeks of intensive talks. “We have made progress,” said member of Afghan government’s negotiation team, Nader Naderi. He added that …
Read More »Afghan Peace Negotiations Should Delve Deep into Issues That Require Resolutions to Ensure Lasting Peace
By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA Since the US and the Taliban signed an agreement early this year, prospects for end of the war and start of negotiation between the Afghan Government and the Taliban have become very vivid. According to the US envoy for Afghan peace, Ambassador Zalmai Khalilzad, the accord …
Read More »China donates $7m in food aid to Afghan flood victims
AT News KABUL: China has donated foodstuff including wheat and rice to the flood-affected people in Afghanistan, Afghan officials said. Bahauddin Jilani, state minister for disaster management, said Sunday that totally 5,266 tons of wheat and rice were donated at a cost of 550 million Afs. He said that the …
Read More »Authorities to clamp down on illegal mining in Parwan
AT News KABUL: Officials in Parwan province assure to prevent illegal mine extractions. The comments came Sunday after illegal demining of chromite in the Koh-e-Safi district sparked controversies, with residents blaming powerful individuals of being behind the business. The chromie mine was discovered some 10 years ago in the Akhundzadagan …
Read More »Rising civilian casualties unnerves Karzai
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed deep concerns over the increasing civilian casualties by the recent bombing attacks. “We have witnessed violence in the country recently that has inflicted casualties on a large number of our country-fellows,” Karzai said Sunday in a statement. “The recent tragic incident in …
Read More »No civilian casualties in Kunduz raids; Defense Ministry
AT News KABUL: Defense Ministry on Saturday rejected claims about civilian casualties in a series of attacks in northern Afghanistan. People in Kunduz claim that 15 civilians have been killed and several injured in the wake of an aerial raid by security forces in KhanAbad district. They said the first …
Read More »Civilian casualties rise amid escalating insurgent attacks
AT News KABUL: Security officials say that the recent bombing attacks have increased civilian casualties. According to the officials, two civilians were killed and more than 20 injured in two bombing attacks Saturday in the provinces of Balkh and Paktika. “In two bomb blast incidents in the Janikhil district of …
Read More »Anxiety simmers after U.S. embassy warnings on possible attacks
AT News KABUL: People in different provinces of Afghanistan have been worried in the wake of a warning issued Saturday by the US embassy that terrorist attacks would probably target government’s civilian servants in the upcoming days and weeks. The human rights activists call on the war parties not to …
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