Among a myriad of other miseries, Afghans are also suffering from issues that stem from telecommunications and internet services. In this era of technological developments, telecoms and internet services are indispensable resources across the globe. However, the telecom networks and the government here are extorting Afghans to the fullest, while …
Read More »Brief lull in violence ends; 14 killed, 44 injured
AT News KABUL: The timeline of a weeklong partial ceasefire agreement between US, Afghan forces and Taliban ended up at 12:00am (local time) of Friday night. The weeklong reduction in violence will be followed with a peace deal to be signed between Washington and Taliban in Qatar, rolling out direct …
Read More »‘Afghan Armed Forces Day’: An Outcry of Disabled War Veterans over Negligence
AT News KABUL: Friday coincides with Afghanistan’s Armed Forces Day, a day to gratify the country’s brave soldiers who fight in the frontlines of the war against insurgency inexorably. But disabled soldiers are let down by a government’s neglect to their situation. A handful of soldiers who lost a limb …
Read More »Afghanistan’s road to peace will be long: NATO
AT News KABUL: The secretary general of NATO has expressed optimistic about the Afghan peace process but believes the road to peace will be long and hard. Speaking in a press conference following a North Atlantic meeting which held in Brussels at Turkey’s request for Article 4 constitutions on the …
Read More »Temporary Truce Heightens Hopes for Peace
AT News KABUL: The world watches in awe as Afghanistan is hewing closer to an end to violence with an outstanding euphoria surrounding a seven-day ‘reduction in violence’ between the US and the Taliban that raised hopes over prospects of peace. After years of violence, Afghanistan is in the turning …
Read More »10 more cases of corona-virus tests negative
AT News KABUL: Health officials said Friday that 10 recent suspicious cases of coronavirus were tested negative after diagnosing in the laboratory. Of 10 cases, five of them have been registered in capital Kabul, one in northern Baghlan and three cases in western Herat provinces. The blood symptoms of the …
Read More »Saleh’s aides defend his decision to sue dozens for ranting online
Rafiullah anwari KABUL: A President Ghani’s running mate Amrullah Saleh’s decision to sue nearly 40 people for ranting and posting malicious comments on social media has set off a storm of criticism that it is an appalling violation of the right to freedom of speech and social media activities. Civil …
Read More »Massive Weapons Cache Discovered in East
AT News KABUL: Police seized an arsenal from a moving truck in a border city in Nangarhar province, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday, linking the truck loaded with weapons to the Taliban. Anticrime police have arrested three suspects in Torkham town of Nangarhar as they were trying to smuggle a …
Read More »Peace deal to be signed next week: Taliban sources
AT News KABUL: Sources close to Taliban say that all conditions of the reduction in violence were observed, announcing that they would sign a peace deal with the United States on Saturday February 29th. Jalaluddin Shinwari, attorney general in Taliban government (1995-2001), said Wednesday that the deal would be signed …
Read More »Coronavirus Breakout; Border Closure ‘Won’t’ Hurt Trade
AT News KABUL: Afghan government announced the closure of the country’s land borders to Iran earlier this week to stem the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia into the country. Ministry of Commerce and Industries said Wednesday that trade relations with neighbors is at its normal trend and a travel restriction on …
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