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By Dr. Jawid Ahmad Baktash and Eng. Kazim Naseri Despite incredible improvements in health since 1950, there are still a number of challenges, which should have been easy to solve. One billion people lack access to health care systems 36 million deaths each year are caused by no communicable diseases, such as …

By Matin Royeen On December 31, 2019, China reported a pneumonia of unknown origin in the City of Wuhan to the World Health Organization (WHO).  After analyzing the case, WHO declared this outbreak as a global public health emergency on January 30, 2019. In the past three months, world community …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned airstrikes against civilians in the Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province and Chashma-e-Sher area of Baghlan province as inhumane acts and against peace. A number of civilians including women and children were killed and wounded in the attacks. Karzai urged for …

AT News KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) said its operatives had recently detained head of IS-K, or Daesh extremist group, Abdullah Orikzai, aka “Aslam Faroqi” along with his 19 fighters. He has confessed about Daesh’s deep ties with regional intelligence. Following the detention, five militants loyal to the Daesh …

AT News  KABUL: The Taliban have asked for releasing of their 15 prisoners—a demand that strongly brushed off by the Kabul administration, saying they were behind major attacks and can be released simply. The lack of mechanism to facilitate the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners in return to 1,000 Afghan …

AT News KABUL: The increase of insecurity in the northeastern province of Badakhshan has caused concerns among the residents in addition to fears from Corona virus outbreak. The fears come as Taliban fighters took the Yomgan district in the remote mountainous province once one of the calm areas. Insecurity is …

AT News KABUL: Total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Afghanistan surged to almost 400 Monday, with 11 deaths including death in Kabul of a senior doctor after contracting the coronavirus. Spokesman of Public Health Ministry Wahidullah Mayar said on Monday that most of the fatalities were patients with advanced …

The sparring leaders are oscillating in ambivalence as the country is sliding into mayhem. A post-election conflict of ‘wounded egos’ and tug-of-war has disturbed the economy more than it has undermined the politics. The stakes of a feud over power are bigger than they bargained for AT News KABUL: Presidential …

AT News KABUL: Pakistan has reopened Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan after its weeks-long shutdown over coronavirus fears stranded tens of thousands of people and hundreds of trucks. Pakistan said it closed the Torkham border crossing “in order to ensure safety and security of vehicles and pedestrians”. Torkham is the main …

With global economic activity ramping down as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, it is not surprising that emissions of a variety of gases related to energy and transport have been reduced. Traffic levels in the city were estimated to be down 35% compared with earlier normal days. Emissions of …