AT News KABUL: The German Secretary of Defense Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in a trip to Afghanistan on Tuesday has visited the country’s soldiers, who are stationed under Resolute Supports’ Mission in northern Mazar-e-Sahrif. She later on held a meeting with the Afghan President Ashraf Ghan in Kabul. The ongoing election and …
Read More »Logar sexual abuse alleged victims must be protected
AT News KABUL: The Group of Friends of Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) has called on the Afghan government to take measure steps towards protection of the boys who were according to reports sexually abused by the school teachers and principals in southeastern Logar province. A statement released by the …
Read More »15 billion Afs illegally transferred to ministry of finance
AT News KABUL: Some 15 billion Afs from communication taxes have been illegally transferred from Central Bank to the ministry of finance, members of parliament claim. The ministry cuts 10 per cent from mobile phone subscribers as tax. The lawmakers said in their Tuesday session that the money should be …
Read More »38 drug traffickers sent behind bars
AT News KABUL: At least 38 drug runners were sentenced to years behind bars in the past one week after they found guilty of drug trafficking. A statement by Courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said Tuesday that 38 drug traffickers including two women sentenced to three-10 years’ incarceration …
Read More »67 militants killed in fresh crackdowns
AT News KABUL: At least 67 militants were killed and 30 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 Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) in …
Read More »Global advisory board holds dialogue on drugs-trafficking in Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The Mini-Dublin Group, an international advisory board, on Monday hosted a dialogue in Kabul focused on Afghanistan concerning how to best coordinate collective efforts against drugs-trafficking in the country, a statement from the group. The “Mini Dublin Group for Afghanistan” is a platform dedicated to dialogue on …
Read More »Pension law for private sector takes effect
AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani has approved a regulation proposed by the relevant ministry concerning pensions for non-government organizations’ employees across the country, officials said on Monday. The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoLSAMD) had devised a regulation– comprised of three chapters and 22 articles — …
Read More »‘Coalition govt. can end existing uncertainty’
AT News KABUL: Tensions and crack over the presidential election has getting more complicated and chaotic by passing each day. The Presidential Candidate Council (PCC) has called the formation of coalition government as the only way to get rid of the current challenges and prevent the almost possible election crisis. …
Read More »Kabul, one of world’s polluted cities
AT News KABUL: Kabul has marked the top of the world’s polluted city, said the Assessment by Air Visual, a US and Swiss based air measuring company, adding that the city “has reached hazardous level of polluted wither.” But the National Environmental Protecting Agency has put the measures to a …
Read More »65 insurgents killed in fresh ops
AT News Report KABUL: At least 65 militants were killed and nine 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 Monday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …
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