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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has a serious widespread drug abuse problem with more than 2.5 million illicit drug users, half a million of whom are strenuous addict. According to figures by the Ministry of Public Health, more jobs should be created for the youth to help battle drug use. “There …

AT News Taliban leadership has rebuked speculations about prospects of a recent tug-of-war between the United States and Iran on their peace effort in Afghanistan. “Negotiations between the Taliban and the US peace delegations are at a concluding edge and both sides are about to strike a peace agreement,” said …

Following the hike in criminal activities in the heart of Afghanistan – capital Kabul – there has been an operation launched and a scheme devised by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to rein the crime-stained situation in. This operation and plan against criminals are being waged after several people were …

AT News Kabul: Following the mounting crime rate in the capital city of Kabul, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has notified of a 3-month reshuffle scheme aimed at eradicating crimes. The MoI on Thursday announced that it has prepared a plan to transfer all Kabul-based police officials and heads of …

AT News KABUL: Iranian Ambassador to Kabul Bahador Aminian reassured that his country would not attack Afghanistan, but said senior officials in Tehran would decide if to attack the US military bases deployed in Afghanistan if Washington wants to attack Iranian targets. In an interview with the private broadcaster of …

AT News KABUL: The government has appointed a fact finding delegation to investigate the murder of Abdul Sattar (known as Commander Sattar), a powerful man and former jihadi commander. Sattar was murdered by an intelligence agency’s operative unit in the weekend in Kabul city’s Police district 11 along with his …

AT News KABUL: National Assembly has begun investigating three major financial violations vis-à-vis a misuse of millions of dollars by the government from a special budgetary code, according to the House speaker. Among the violations is illegitimate transfer of millions to the budgetary code 91 and an unexplained spending of …

AT News KABUL: The government has nodded in agreement with a reform policy that will allow for proper law enforcement in Afghanistan’s prisons, a statement said on Wednesday. The policy entails the evaluation of prisons-related laws and investigation of legislative documents to pave the ground for reforms in jails and …

AT News KABUL: The lower house of the parliament or Wolesi Jirga during their Wednesday’s general session once again approved the contentious Afghanistan-Iraq Air Services Agreement turned down by the Presidential Palace last year. The agreement, which stipulates that both the countries should provide required facilities for mutual flights, had …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s election complaints tribunal has launched another ballot recount in the light of thousands of complaints suggesting fraud in hundreds of voting stations in the country’s high-stakes presidential race. Earlier the commission announced it had identified more than 3,272 election offences out of thousands of complaints that …