AT News KABUL: A former official warns against the successive droughts in the country, calling it a threat for the future of agriculture since deserts are widening as farmlands are being useless. “The deserts are widened day by day as the farmlands are useless, pastures are removed and forests are …
Read More »Covid-19 drop in Afghanistan for 5th consecutive day
AT News KABUL: Afghan Health officials said that coronavirus cases have seen a slight reduction for a 5th consecutive day in a row, amid an overwhelming public anxiety that the virus might continue to spread further beyond summer. Deputy Minister of Health, Shafiqullah Shahim, said Afghanistan had only 324 coronavirus …
Read More »Health Ministry’s employee convicted in huge bribery scandal
AT News KABUL: A cashier of the Ministry of Public Health was arrested on Tuesday on charges of a huge bribery scheme, Attorney General Office said, a scandal that uncovers corruption and administrative disarray in the government. The corruption involved more than $80,000 in bribe that a warehouse manager of …
Read More »At least 6 policemen dead in Taliban attack in Balkh
AT News KABUL: At least six Afghan Local Police personnel were killed in an attack on their checkpoint by the Taliban loyalists in northern Balkh province, local officials said Tuesday. The incident took place in Payazkar village in the Balkh district on Monday night, said Provincial Governor’s Spokesman, Munir Ahmad …
Read More »Karzai condemns attack on AGO staffer
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an attack that killed five personnel of the attorney general office. The attack happened Monday in the Deh Sabz district of Kabul province and the judiciary staffers were heading to the Bagram detention center as they worked on the release …
Read More »The Ethnic, Cultural and National Identity in Afghanistan
By Dr. Matin Royeen The term identity is derived from Latin (identitas) which means sameness, likeness and oneness. In practical terms, identity refers to accumulation of human qualities, beliefs and roles that defines an individual. Psychologists have discussed different stages of identity formation beginning at infancy and continuing until old …
Read More »UNAMA’s anti-corruption report is a gloomy read
On June 18th, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published its 4th Annual Anti-Corruption Report entitled “Afghanistan’s Fight Against Corruption: Crucial For Peace And Prosperity.” The paper, also available in Dari, paints a bleak picture of the country’s anti-graft apparatus and work, and puts forward a set of recommendations to …
Read More »Danesh calls for security along Daikundi-Uruzgan road
AT News KABUL: Vice President, Mohammad Sarwar Danesh asked for tight security along the Daikundi-Uruzgan road, a reaction to the recent kidnapping of hostages blamed on Taliban fighters. Danesh called on the security forces to take further steps for security on the roads connecting central provinces to southern areas. Officials …
Read More »Spike in civilian casualties unnerves Karzai
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed his deep concerns over increase in armed conflicts and civilian casualties in different parts of the country. Karzai reiterated Monday that the ruinous war has been imposed on Afghans by the aliens, calling on Afghan sides in the war to realize the …
Read More »Ghani recalls amended draft media law, muses about more consultations
AT News KABUL: President Ghani has ordered the recall of the amended draft of the mass media law from the parliament until the draft is further discussed with the media under the leadership of the Second VP Sarwar Danesh. The Presidential Palace said in a statement on Monday that Ghani …
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