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 …
Read More »Senior politicians discuss post-election crisis
AT News KABUL: Political leaders including former president Hamid Karzai, presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Mohammad Karim Khalili, Mohammad Mohaqqeq, Hajji Din Mohammad, ANwarulhaq Ahadi, Batur Dostum and Salahuddin Rabbani held a meeting in Rabbani’s residence on Wednesday and discussed the problems and crisis came out after the announcement …
Read More »Hamid Karzai steps in to intercede as dispute over election is spiraling out of control
Karzai Suggests Continuation of National Unity Govt AT News KABUL: Since a few days, former president Hamid Karzai and jihadi leader Abdulrab Rasoul Sayyaf have stepped in to intercede in the election dispute between Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, as tensions risk ratcheting up into deeper political divide and casting …
Read More »Coronavirus Cases Soar in Afghanistan Amid Worsening Outbreak in Iran
Afghanistan had confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus pneumonia on Monday as numbers spike in Iran AT News KABUL: Afghan authorities have announced sweeping precautionary measures in the country’s west as they scramble to contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Confirmed cases surged from one on Monday …
Read More »Taliban violates violence reduction promise in Kandahar
AT News KABUL: Amid a one-week reduction in violence between Afghan, US forces and the Taliban fighters, the security officials in southern Kandahar said that the Taliban had violated the agreement, setting attacks on three districts of the province. Provincial Police Spokesman Jamal Nasir said the Afghan Security Forces have …
Read More »Teenage girls forcibly married to Taliban fighters
AT News KABUL: Local officials in northern Badakhshan province said that a number of Taliban fighters have forcibly married teenage girls in the wake of ongoing weeklong violence reduction that so far went well. According to the provincial officials, four girls who are between 12-13 years old were forcibly married …
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