AT News KABUL: With 112 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 35,727 coronavirus cases across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that out of 377 suspected samples, 112 were reported positive. According to the ministry, 43 positive cases were recorded …
Read More »Badakhshan: Excessive poaching forces fish species into extinction
AT News KABUL: The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) local office says that excessive and improper fishing has endangered a number of fish species in northeastern Badakhshan province. According to NEPA’s officials, both illegal armed persons and ordinary people were complicit in hunting out of proportion. They described usage of …
Read More »Afghanistan between negotiations; Peace leads to stability
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has been stuck between war and negotiations—a peace deal is a possible diplomatic triumph but also a possible disaster as the reconciliation process faced deadlock. There is much work to be done in the parts of the Afghan government and the Taliban group to succeed in …
Read More »Ghani-Abdullah spokesmen at odds
AT News KABUL: The High Council for National Reconciliation said that remarks made by the spokesman of the President Ashraf Ghani over the formation of the reconciliation council has shown his lack of awareness from the power sharing agreement signed between Ghani and Abdullah. Faridon Khawzon, spokesman for the high …
Read More »Freed Taliban prisoners return to battlefield
AT News KABUL: A Taliban fighter recently freed from the Afghan government custody as part of peace efforts – was rearrested in the battlefield marching against the Afghan security forces in Kofab district of northern Badakshan province. Provincial Police Spokesman, Sanaullah Rohani had identified the militant as Shirullah also known …
Read More »Over 27K tablet-K pills seized in Kabul
AT News KABUL: At least 27,674 tablet-K pills were discovered and confiscated during an operation carried out by Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) in Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, the capital city. CNP arrested four suspected drug smugglers in connection, the ministry of interior said in a statement. The cases …
Read More »Ghazni residents protest civilian deaths in government-Taliban clash
AT News KABUL: Tens of residents of central Ghazni province took to the streets to vent their anger over civilian casualties as a result of clashes between the Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters in the provincial capital. The protestors, who blocked the Kabul-Kandahar highway, claimed that Afghan security forces …
Read More »We will destroy gate on Durand-Line: Mohib
AT News KABUL: The National Security Advisor, Hamdullah Mohib has warned to demolish the gate if anyone tries to build at the zero point of the Durand-Line. Mohib made the remark during his visit to eastern Afghanistan, following a report that Pakistani military has established a gate in Durbaba district …
Read More »Pakistani citizens among 39 Taliban killed in Kandahar clashes
AT News KABUL: At least 39 Taliban fighters, including Pakistani militants were killed in different military sting by the Afghan security forces and an airstrike by the NATO in southern Kandahar province on Monday night, officials said on Tuesday. Jointly with Panjabi militants, the Taliban fighters had attacked checkpoints of …
Read More »24 drug traffickers sent behind bars
AT News KABUL: At least 24 drug runners were sent behind bars in the past one week. The Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said that five drug traffickers sentenced to four to 10 years’ incarceration after examining their dossiers by primary court and the remaining 19 drug dealers …
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