AT News KABUL: Analysts ask the security forces to keep outside of the current tensions between politicians. The tensions ripped almost across the country after the Independent Election Commission announced President Ashraf Ghani as the winner of last year’s polls. The announcement faced serious reactions from Ghani’s rivals especially the …
Read More »‘Patrons of parallel state’ appoint new governor in Jawzjan
AT News KABUL: Loyalists and allies of self-proclaimed president Abdullah on Saturday appointed a new governor for Jawzjan province as part of an unfolding campaign to form a parallel state in defiance to the president-elect’s government. The Independent Directorate of Local Governance says governors of the country’s 34 provinces will …
Read More »Khalilzad meets politicians amid election shellacking
AT News KABUL: In the midst of political convulsions among the Afghan elites over disputed election results, the US President’s aide Zalmay Khalilzad on Sunday held separate meetings with leaders of two major political parties to discuss peace, election and other issues related to Afghanistan. Khalilzad who spearheads the United …
Read More »Editorial: Partial truce relieving Afghans’ agony
The realization of the reduction-in-violence plan in practice by the US, the Taliban and the Afghan government has been one of the cheerful moments for Afghans across the country. The violence reduction scheme has revived the war-ravaged people’s hopes about peace. The reduced violence is relieving Afghans’ agony as they …
Read More »Afghanistan closes border with Iran to stop coronavirus spreading
AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan on Sunday has temporarily blocked any travel to and from Iran to prevent the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The decision has taking during special meeting of the National Security Council in Kabul, in which Afghan officials decided to temporarily block any travel …
Read More »Coronavirus outbreak: Kabul shuts consular services in Iran
AT News KABUL: Following the outbreak of corona virus in Iran, the Afghanistan embassy in Tehran has suspended consular services against the applicants. The embassy in a statement said as the numbers of applicants are in high rate, the embassy has suspended its consular section until Wednesday to prevent the …
Read More »Some people try to sabotage peace process, Taliban spokesman says
AT News KABUL: A Taliban spokesman says that there are some circles that endeavor to lead the peace process toward a failure. Suhail Shahin, the group’s political office spokesman based in Qatar, told Al Jazeera News on Sunday that some circles make efforts to make the ongoing talks between Taliban …
Read More »UN concerned over Abdullah loyalist’s outlawed reshuffles
AT News KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is extremely concerned by the events that are ongoing to replace government officials. “Resorting to force or any other unlawful means at the very time that efforts are ongoing to realize a reduction in violence – with the expectation …
Read More »Health officials worry as Iran Coronavirus infections surge
AT News KABUL: Officials at the ministry of public health say they were worried to learn that the Coronavirus had broken out in the neighboring Iran where millions of Afghans live as migrants. Iranian officials have confirmed that scores of people were suffering the Coronavirus with four of patients losing …
Read More »Politicians come together to discuss election crisis, peace
AT News KABUL: Powerful political leaders gathered Saturday to discuss what they called “electoral crisis and peace process”. The meeting was held at the residence of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Hezb-e-Islami in which Hamid Karzai, Karim Khalili, Abdullah Abdullah, Mohammad Mohaqqeq, Salahoddin Rabbani, Anwarul Haq Ahadi and Batur Dostum attended …
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