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By Farhad Naibkhil KABUL: Afghanistan will now be manufacturing protective equipment to be used against a rapidly spreading COVID-19 disease, which has coalesced with a depleting protective equipment. The country’s first-ever factory to produce protective medical equipment was established and operated in Kabul under the auspices of the Health Ministry …

AT News KABUL: A ban on motorbikes has come into force in the Afghan capital, Kabul, aimed at curbing crime. The Interior Ministry said Monday night that criminals riding motorbikes most often robbed, mugged, and terrorised people. The ministry even linked terrorist activities to motorcycle-rolling criminals. “Police will begin enforcing …

AT News KABUL: The self-proclaimed president, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has asked for the release of two former female electoral commissioners that were found guilty and sentenced to jail during 2018 parliamentary election. Abdullah asked reinforcement agency to look up to the matter and get Maliha Hassan and Hamira Haqmal out …

AT NEWS Taliban say the prisoner release process of the Afghan government inmates from militants’ jails will continue in future as a gesture of goodwill although the process has not been coordinated as a prisoner swap with the Afghan government. The group’s political spokesman in Qatar, Suhail Shaheen says they …

By NAJIBULLAH LOODIN The concern of gender inclusion in water management has been evolving since decades. The first international attempt to recognize the issue of gender in natural resources management policy happened in 1970s via “Women in Development” (WID) approach. It was later used by international organizations such as the …

AT NewsKABUL: The rate of poverty is expected to jump 60 to 70 per cent within three months due to threats of the Corona virus, ministry of economy has predicted.Kabul and other major cities are in full quarantine for three weeks as the virus is spreading. Government and private businesses …

AT NewsKABUL: Inmates in Parwan province prison say that jailors demand bribe to sign their freedom documents, despite a presidential decree that allows them leave jails because of the fear of Corona virus.Some 500 prisoners who enjoy the presidential order for freedom, said Monday that their jailors ask them to …

AT NewsKABUL: The Ministry of Defense has said that the Taliban have been continually violating their peace deal with the United States and intensifying attacks against the Afghan security forces.Rohullah Ahmadzai, a spokesman for the ministry said that despite the Afghan security forces had owned a defensive position; the insurgent …

AT News KABUL: At least 58 covid-19 cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, brining the tally of the pandemic to 665 in Afghanistan with warning from health officials to take the virus seriously and observe the period of quarantine to help stop the wild spread of the …

AT News Kabul: The Partnership and Stability Electoral Ticket is supposed to receive the decision-making authority with respect to 50 percent of governmental positions, divulges an unofficial draft of a likely power-sharing agreement between President Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah that went viral on social media. Going from hand …