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AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission published a proposal on the perspective of intra-Afghan-negotiations, in which it called on the conflict sides to include the victims of the war in the process. A member of the AIHRC, Zabiullah Farhang said that the proposal contains four parts. “The …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan lawmakers on Tuesday have expressed their anger over delay of the government’s cabinet appointments–saying that they would strip acting ministers of their authority if the government did not introduce its cabinets to the parliament. Deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (lower house), Abass Ibrahimzada said …

AT News KABUL: Local officials in northern Balkh have said that at least four people were detained over alleged of sexual assault of a woman in Dehdai district of the province. The detainees were arrested alongside two rounds of AK-47 on Monday late evening, officials said on Tuesday. Earlier, a …

AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday said that it has recorded 759 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 16,509 in Afghanistan. Health Ministry said that out of 1,322 suspected samples, 759 were tested positive during this period. 266 …

AT News KABUL: A terrorist bombing wreaked havoc at a mosque in Kabul on Tuesday night, killing two worshippers including Afghanistan’s most revered clergies and injuring at least two others. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. Imam of the mosque, Dr. Ayaz Niazi – a famous …

AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday met with Chinese ambassador Wang Yu to Kabul to discuss Afghanistan’s ongoing peace process and prospects of its success. They discussed developments in the peace process and expressed hope that the intra-Afghan negotiations would start at the earliest to advance peace …

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission says that any release of Taliban prisoners should be responsible. The commission stressed Monday that the government should not release the prisoners who have people’s blood on their hands. “No doubt the release of prisoners should be done to pave the …

AT News KABUL: The Amnesty International calls the government of Afghanistan to bring the perpetrators of Saturday’s attack against a group of journalists and media workers in Kabul, saying that the impunity for those who kill journalists should be over. A roadside bomb targeted a minivan carrying the personnel of …

AT News KABUL: Local officials claim that Taliban fighters have shot dead four civilians in Badakhshan province, the northeastern remote area that borders Pakistani tribal regions from where Taliban militants can enter the once relatively peaceful province. The incident took place late Sunday in Do Aab village of thee Arghanjkhwah …

AT News KABUL: A paradox seems to have emerged from the figures presented by the Kabul government and the Taliban of prisoners being released by both sides. Although the Afghan government claimed on Sunday to have freed some 290 Taliban prisoners that day, those inmates have not been released so …