By Javier Delgado Rivera In late June, Deborah Lyons, the U.N.’s top envoy in Afghanistan, briefed the UN Security Council via teleconference on the situation in the country. Ms. Lyons told the world’s highest multilateral authority that for many Afghans life is still a daily struggle for survival, and that …
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By Mujeeb R. Awrang KABUL: Disagreement over leadership of the Jamiat-i-Islmai Afghanistan – a politically party, has got out of the hand and will hardly hit the nail on the head after top members of the party decided not to recognize Salahuddin Rabbani as chief of the party, replacing him …
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AT News KABUL: The government has called Taliban insurgents to cut relationships with all “foreign terrorist groups” as the militants had vowed to stop relations with the al-Qaeda group in a US peace deal signed late February. Sediq Sediqqi, President Ghani’s Spokesman confirmed a US state of defense report that …
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AT News KABUL: The US special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad said that he discussed ‘economical development opportunities’ that would be following a sustainable peace in Afghanistan, with the Taliban Qatar based political office and Qatari officials. “Adam Boehler, CEO, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation and I have concluded meetings …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission has called on the government to seriously probe the killing of their two staffers. Seven days ago, Fatima Khalil, 24, was on her way to work at Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) when the car she was traveling in exploded. Khalil …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has granted the highest army rank of ‘Marshal’ to his former vice-president Abdul Rashid Dostum, according to people close to Dostum. Enayat Farahmand, a close ally of Dostum, said Friday that they received the presidential decree on Thursday. Ghani’s office is yet to comment …
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AT News KABUL: Senior members of the Jihadi party named Jamiat-i-Islami Afghanistan (JIA) are wrangling for the chairmanship after some party figures decided this week not to recognize Salahuddin Rabbani as chief of the party anymore. The decision was made in a meeting led by Atta Noor, the party’s chief …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has come under serious criticism following a controversial statement about Afghan youth, who he said were engaged in ‘corruption’. On Wednesday, President Ghani appeared on a live TV debate on National Radio Television and conferred on his policies regarding Afghanistan’s issues. However, his response …
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AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Friday that 302 new cases of coronavirus have been registered round-the-clock across the country, taking the nation’s overall tally to 32,324. The cases were recorded in Kabul (39), Herat (43), Kandahar (3), Balkh (3), Paktia (20), Takhar (9), Bamyan (57), …
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AT News KABUL: Troubles made after the new Central Bank governor’s appointment, still remain unsolved with conflicting reasons. Ajmal Ahmadi was appointed by President Ghani as the acting Central Bank governor. He immediately fired five senior officials that was followed by reactions from government, parliament and people. The Central Bank …
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