By Wang Yu, Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan A few days ago, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a cordial and friendly phone call with Afghan Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar. This is the first phone call between the two old friends since Foreign Minister Atmar took …
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AT News KABUL: Nuristan, placed in eastern Afghanistan with a special geographical location, has so far been out of pandemic covid-19 threats; there is no lockdown and the residents are hanging around as usual unlike other provinces, which are under strict lockdowns. As the state is out of covid-19 trouble …
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AT News KABUL: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai congratulates Afghanistan’s press family on the World Press Freedom Day, a statement from his office said on Monday. “The former president considers freedom of the press to be one of the most valuable achievements of the last two decades in the country …
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AT News KABUL: While the Afghan government and the Taliban have been engaged on prisoner swap process, the militants had carried out a deadly car bombing in Helmand province that killed five soldiers—showing unwillingness over prospective of reduction in violence, despite calls of ceasefire offered by the US, NATO, Afghan …
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AT News KABUL: The Afghan government has once again called on the Taliban to accept humanitarian ceasefire as the pandemic coronavirus is in a surge across the country. Speaking to a press conference, President Ashraf Ghani’s spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi said that humanitarian ceasefire is a demand of the Afghan government …
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AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Monday said it has recorded 190 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 2,894 across Afghanistan. Health Ministry Deputy, Wahidullah Majroh said that out of 498 samples, 190 cases were positive. Speaking at a press …
Read More »By Shamim Shahid The post Doha Qatar peace agreement between United States and Taliban now resulting wide range shifts in policies of regional and neighbouring countries whereas amidst strange-pulling for power between President Ghani and Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan government is engaged in honouring of commitments made regarding …
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AT New KABUL: Life in 2020 is under existential threat globally. The entire world is frantically writhing in pain and flurry from the shockwaves of the fatal abominable COVID-19 pandemic. The time has not stood still for the global health crisis in the intervening months since its outset. Humanity could …
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By Sayed Maqsood Sadat The US-Taliban peace agreement signed in February 2020, aimed to enforce the “Afghan-led and Afghan-owned” reconciliation process within 10 days. However, enough has transpired since then, to prove the peace agreement has failed until now to move the peace efforts forward substantially. It is desirable that …
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AT News KABUL: 98 Taliban fighters have been released from government detention in a recent step of prisoner release. Javed Faisal, Spokesman of the National Security Council, said Sunday the fighters with bad health condition, older people and those whose serve term is near to end were released. President Ghani …
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