AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health assures people of fully readiness in prevention of the Coronavirus that takes victims in China, the country it was found for the first time. Health Minister, Firozuddin Firzo, said Saturday that they had meetings with officials from World Health Organization to ask …
Read More »Teenage girl sexually assaulted in Bamyan
AT News KABUL: Local officials in central Bamyan province have said a teenage girl has been sexually assaulted by unknown men in the provincial capital city. Police spokesman, Mohammad Reza Yusufi has described the age of the girl to around 15th and said the event took place in Bigfoladi area …
Read More »Hundreds march in Mazar to protest insecurity
AT News KABUL: As instability haunts northern Afghanistan, hundreds of people took to the streets in Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh province in a protest to denounce a steep rise in insecurity, demanding measures to combat the hooliganism in the city. The protestors were carrying out the corpse of 22 years old, …
Read More »Karzai calls for ‘coordinated peace plan’
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai emphasized that the peace plan should be coordinated. In a meeting with some political leaders, Karzai said Saturday that they were to form a peace outline to represent all the people of Afghanistan. Abdullah Abdullah, who runs for presidency, welcomed the step, saying …
Read More »Taliban murder girl and dump her body in a garden
AT News KABUL: Taliban militants in the north have reportedly killed a young girl and dumped her body in a garden after keeping it in an undisclosed location for two days, according to authorities in Faryab province. Faryab police chief, Mohammad Nasir Khan, said the girl has been ruthlessly killed …
Read More »421 govt. posts remain vacant in Paktia: IARCSC
AT News KABUL: Amid troublesome joblessness, the Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC) reports of hundreds of government posts being vacant in southeastern Paktia province, something that has adversely affected the official affairs in government organizations. Aminullah Jawad, head of the IACSC, called vacancies on paper a serious …
Read More »Karzai saddened over spiritual man’s demise
AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed his deep sorrows over the death of Mir Mohammad Afzal, a spiritual man and religious leader of the Gazargah in Herat province. “The late Mir was a spiritual figure and one of religious scholars of the country who dedicated his life to …
Read More »42 rebels killed in fresh ops
AT News KABUL: At least 42 Taliban militants have been killed and 20 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »10 suspected criminals arrested in Kabul
AT News KABUL: Kabul Police has arrested 10 people on charge of plundering, robbery and carrying illegal arms during latest crackdowns. Ministry of Interior (MoI) has said that Kabul police arrested these suspected criminal in 1st, 3rd, 6th and 15th PDs of Kabul, the capital city. Three pistols also discovered …
Read More »Ceasefire, a prerequisite for a sustainable peace in Afghanistan
By Wali Muhammad Alizai Peace is a grave desire in a conflict-ridden Afghanistan after four-decades-long ruinous war. It now seems that the U.S.-Taliban peace talks would pave path for the prevalence of everlasting peace in the country, which will ensure stability, development, education and protection of women rights in the …
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