AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 793 new positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours — the Afghan health ministry said that the total tally has reached to 26,310 cases across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday said that out of 1640 suspected samples, 793 …
Read More »Many COVID-19 patients die due to scarce oxygen in hospitals, finds AMC
The coronavirus pandemic is taking its severe toll on Afghans at a time when doctors haven’t received their salaries for three months AT News KABUL: Majority of the hospitals located in capital Kabul are grappling with shortage of medical supplies, something that has led to many COVID-19 patients losing their …
Read More »Afghanistan remains deadly place for children
AT News KABUL: The United Nations in its annual reports verified that around 3,410 grave violations against 3,245 Afghan children were committed by the militants, the Afghan and international security forces in 2019 in Afghanistan. The report published on June 9th said that of total 3,149 children, including 2,226 boys, …
Read More »Stoltenberg urges Taliban to “break all bonds” with al-Qaeda
AT News KABUL: The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said that situations in Afghanistan remained challenging and the Taliban group must live up to their commitments, and “break all bonds” with Al-Qaeda. In a pre-ministerial press conference on Tuesday, Mr. Stoltenberg said that NATO will continue to adjust their …
Read More »Freedom of expression at risk; Amendment of Mass Media Law is draconian and unconstitutional
AT News KABUL; Afghanistan government has proposed to amend the mass media law, seeking to curtail freedom of expression and silence critical voices. The proposed provisions has ignited a flurry of criticism from media community, calling the move draconian, unconstitutional, and a constraint to the freedom of media. Media outlets …
Read More »Taliban must uphold its end of peace deal: NATO
AT News KABUL: The Acting Foreign Minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo, have discussed issues related to the Afghan peace process and the future steps to move forward the talks. “Had a very good meeting with the foreign minister, Mohammad Haneef Atmar. …
Read More »Man kills wife, sister in Laghman
AT News KABUL: A man has killed his wife and his sister in the eastern province of Laghman, officials in the province said. The incident took place late Sunday in the Baba Saheb Camp in the Mehtarlam city, provincial capital. Provincial Spokesman Assadullah Dawlatzai, identified the killer as Khoshbin and …
Read More »17 militants killed in police counter-attacks in Faryab
AT News KABUL: At least 17 Taliban fighters were killed in the northwestern province of Faryab in police counter-attacks, provincial officials said. Taliban attacked police some police outposts during the past 72 hours in the Qaisar district, but faced hard resistance that killed 17 of their fighters. Karim Yuresh, provincial …
Read More »Vice President rejects US report on Afghanistan’s Shia population
AT News KABUL: Vice President Sarwar Danesh has shrugged off a new report by the U.S. Department of State over a wrong figure of the population of Shia Muslims in Afghanistan. The report has said that 10 to 15 percent of Afghanistan’s population of 35.5 million are Shia Muslims. The …
Read More »Afghanistan to resume international flights
AT News KABUL: International flights are to be rescheduled soon, the aviation department said, after almost three months of pause as the country imposed a nationwide quarantine for the fear of spread of the Corona virus. The aviation department said Monday in a statement that health instructions would be observed …
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