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Afghanistan, the crucible of crisis; Taliban locks horns with Kabul over inmates’ release

Afghanistan has been engulfed in a turmoil of uncertainty and its peace process is in shreds. The irony of reconciling with the narco-belligerent, isolationist, troglodytic Taliban is becoming eerily daunting KABUL: Government of Afghanistan and the Taliban group are at odds over the release of militant prisoners with no compromise …

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MCC donates medical supplies to Afghan government against COVID-19

One world, one fight.MCC is taking actions to fight against Covid-19 KABUL: On 5th April, the first batch of Covid-19 supplies donated by China Metallurgical Group (MCC) arrived in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and was handed over to the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MOMP). This batch of medical …

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Police rescue kidnapped child in Khost

AT News KABUL: Afghan National Police has rescued a five years old child from kidnapper, the ministry of interior said, adding the boy had been earlier abducted from Alishir district of southern Khost province. The security forces had detained one kidnapper, who confessed his involvement in the abduction, the ministry …

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Editorial: Delaying the inevitable

The Afghan presidential saga continues to disrupt the political and economic state of affairs of the country, besides spilling over into the peace process. Given the impasse among the feuding leaders – President Ashraf Ghani and self-proclaimed president of ‘inclusive government’ Abdullah Abdullah – the political elite have taken it …

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Coronavirus cases in Afghanistan rise dramatically

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health declared on Tuesday that 56 new positive cases of Covid-19 have been registered in Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 423. Herat had the highest number of new cases, registering 27 positive cases. A further 12 cases have …

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Unchecked influx of Afghans from Pakistan prompts alarm

KABUL: Social media videos showed an influx of thousands of Afghans on Tuesday morning from Pakistan through Torkham cross point without any medical screening, despite fears of a risk of spiraling spread of the new coronavirus. Pakistan is now suffering from 4,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus with 55 deaths and …

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Accessibility Assessment of Health Services in Kabul City

By Dr. Jawid Ahmad Baktash and Eng. Kazim Naseri Despite incredible improvements in health since 1950, there are still a number of challenges, which should have been easy to solve. One billion people lack access to health care systems 36 million deaths each year are caused by no communicable diseases, such as …

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Coronavirus is a threat to humanity

By Matin Royeen On December 31, 2019, China reported a pneumonia of unknown origin in the City of Wuhan to the World Health Organization (WHO).  After analyzing the case, WHO declared this outbreak as a global public health emergency on January 30, 2019. In the past three months, world community …

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Karzai denunciates airstrikes on civilians in Uruzgan, Baghlan

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned airstrikes against civilians in the Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province and Chashma-e-Sher area of Baghlan province as inhumane acts and against peace. A number of civilians including women and children were killed and wounded in the attacks. Karzai urged for …

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ISIS losing grip in Afghanistan

AT News KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) said its operatives had recently detained head of IS-K, or Daesh extremist group, Abdullah Orikzai, aka “Aslam Faroqi” along with his 19 fighters. He has confessed about Daesh’s deep ties with regional intelligence. Following the detention, five militants loyal to the Daesh …

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