Afghanistan already has a host of viruses to battle against – ranging from the Polio to the Congo virus – and its deficient and scanty healthcare system cannot afford new infections at a time when a new strain of coronavirus is making headlines and spreading panic around the world. According …

AT News KABUL: Anger has simmered in Balkh province after Afghan forces purportedly killed six civilians in an airstrike. Hundreds of residents in Balkh province on Sunday marched in the streets to protest the killing of six civilians including women and children who they claimed were killed in a pre-dawn …

AT News KABUL: Attorney General Office has said seven people have been arrested in connection with investigations into serious misconduct allegations against schoolchildren in southeastern province of Logar that has made headlines. The sex scandal rocking boys’ schools over past months in Logar which has escalated into a full-blown investigation …

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Ministry has talked about evacuation of 62 Afghan students from Wuhan city of China – the state which is epicenter of deadly coronavirus and is quarantined by the authorities to avoid the contagiousness of the virus to the foreign state and countries. The …

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 …

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 …

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, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Iran eased past Afghanistan 16-1 at the CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal Championship 2020 on Saturday, Tehran Times reported. Roghayeh Sume’eh scored seven goals for Iran and Maral Torkman and Fahimeh Arzani each scored three goals. Ziba Afroogh had a brace and Nasrin Ghomi also scored one …

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 …

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 …