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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

By Sabawoon Ahmadzai The national labor conference in Kabul April-May 2018 brought to light a number of issues impacting the Afghan labor force, which need to be redressed to fix the growing unemployment and underemployment rates in the country. In Afghanistan, there is currently a significant lack of decent subsistence …

Ex-spymaster Rahmatullah Nabil says no politicians will ever attend illegitimate inauguration of none of the leaders AT News KABUL: Presidential candidate Rahmatullah Nabil will boycott the swearing-in ceremony of Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, whom he and many others have called “an illegitimate” President. Amidst an aggravating post-election crisis, presidential …

AT News KABUL: In the wake of political division over disputed election, the NATO civilian representative to Afghanistan, Nicholas Kay has called for a ‘cooling off’ situation among the Afghan leaders. He cited the remarks amid high election tensions, erupted between President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah after …

AT News KABUL: A political leader called on the war parties to ignore their personal and private interests and work honestly for the peace. Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, head of the Hezb-e-Islami, said Monday that the peace process and the scheduled deal between the United States and Taliban were warmly welcomed …

AT News KABUL: Lawyers believe that preparations for President Ashraf Ghani’s swearing in ceremony were illegal, citing the law that says the ceremony should be be held at least one month after the president is elected. Sobhan Mesbah, member of the lawyers’ association, said Monday that Ghani’s preparations for taking …