AT News KABUL: At least eight drug runners have been found guilty of drug trafficking and were sent behind bars during the past one week. A statement by the courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said that two drug traffickers sentenced to two-five years’ incarceration after examining their dossiers …
Read More »Covid-19 cases continue to decline in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The number of confirmed Afghanistan cases since the coronavirus pandemic has risen to 33,384 and the death toll has climbed to 920, according to the Afghan health ministry that sees the lowest infections and fatalities comparing to some countries in the world. 22 patients have lost their …
Read More »Pakistani spy-drone crashes in Kunar
AT News KABUL: Local officials in eastern Kunar said that a Pakistani spy-drone has crashed in Sarkano district of the province. A security source, who wished to be unnamed, said the crash occurred in Sar-e-Kamar village alongside the Durand-Line. The Afghan security forces failed to approach the site of the …
Read More »Taliban says will hold talks with govt. after all prisoners released
AT News KABUL: The Taliban have said they would hold talks with the government just one week after the last of their 5,000 prisoners was released from government jail. The group’s Qatar-based political office said on Monday that the government of Afghanistan should not postpone the release of imprisoned insurgents, …
Read More »Senate speaker, Saudi ambassador discuss bilateral relations, not building schools
AT News KABUL: Fazl Hadi Muslimyar senate speaker met on Monday with Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Kabul Mohammad al-Khaledi, talking on strengthening of Kabul-Riyadh relationships. The Saudi embassy said in a statement that the two sides did not discuss construction of 100 seminaries and a hospital in Afghanistan by Saudi …
Read More »Govt. to keep hundreds of Taliban prisoners amid pressures to release
AT News KABUL: The government is not intended to release some 600 imprisoned insurgents, while it has released most of the 5,000 prisoners Taliban had demanded early this year. “The process of prisoner release is going on, but there are a number of them who will not be released because …
Read More »Women beaten up by Taliban in Sar-e-Pul
AT News KABUL: Two Afghan women were beaten up by the Taliban rebels in northern Sar-e-Pul province for being out of homes without male partners, describing harsh behavior of the Taliban rebels that still highly persist. The incident occurred in an area under control of the Taliban in Sang-Chark district, …
Read More »Stalled prisoner swaps sapping peace efforts
International community has provided an opportunity for the Taliban to embrace peace that could be achieved by shunning violence, Presidential Palace said. AT News KABUL: Afghanistan will not release 597 Taliban prisoners that are involved in moral crimes, including rape charges – a significant setback that has sapped a brief …
Read More »Free Detained Journalist “Hakimi”
AT News KABUL: NAI, Supporting the Free Media Organizations in Afghanistan has called on the National Directorate of Security to release Mahbobullah Hakimi, a reporter of the Bonyan Radio in southern Zabul province. Hakimi has been detained by the NDS since last Wednesday, according to NAI. NAI said that Hakimi …
Read More »Covid-19 cases in Afghanistan jump past 33k
AT News KABUL: With 239 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 33,190 coronavirus cases across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Monday said that out of 668 suspected samples, 239 were positive. 34 coronavirus patients have lost their lives to the virus, …
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