AT News KABUL: A roadside bomb targeting a military convoy killed seven police personnel in northern Faryab province, local officials said Tuesday. The blast was followed with a clash erupted between the security forces and Taliban. Provincial Police Spokesman, Kareem Yurish said that the incident occurred on Monday evening in …
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AT News KABUL: The acting minister of education says of less progress in educaiton sector despite allegations on considerable developmeents in paving the ground for education. Rangina Hamidi, who failed to secure parliament’s vote of confidence as education minister, said Tuesday that she had worked a lot to improve quality …
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AT News KABUL: Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai Head of the Negotiation Team of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan during an online meeting with Afghans living in European countries said that strengthening of consensus among Afghans and having a unified voice will ensure sustainable peace and stability in the country. Mr. Stanekzai, …
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AT News KABUL: At least four people were killed by unknown gunmen in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday. Provincial press department said in a statement that a number of armed men opened fire on a military vehicle in PD 3 of Jalalabad city, …
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By Shamim Shahid KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai has held an important meeting with the NATO Ambassador Stefano Pontecorvo, the NATO’s most senior civilian representative to Afghanistan in Kabul whereas they exchanged views on current situation, especially the peace process. Though details of such a meeting couldn’t made public but …
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At least 65 media and rights workers have been killed in a series of attacks across the country since 2018. But 11 of them were killed within four months. The number of attacks rose substantially since the start of peace talks in September 2020. Thirty-two of the 65 victims were …
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By Noor Ahmad Khalidi and Translated by Mujeeb R. Awrang Historic Background When, Mountstuart Elphinstone, the British (British India) representative came to the winter capital of Shah Shuja in Peshawar in 1809 to sign a deal with him to prevent the possible aggression of Napoleon, the territory of Kabul kingdom …
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AT News KABUL: At least 33 drug runners, including a woman, were found guilty of drug trafficking and sentenced to several years jail term in the past one week, anti-drug authority said on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF), six drug …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 22 new infections of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours around the country, the Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday. The total tally since the outbreak of the epidemic has reached to 55,540 cases across the country. According to the ministry, the new cases …
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Kabul says targeting, killing civilians against human, Islamic values AT News KABUUL: Afghanistan has strongly condemned the killing of 13 innocent Turkish civilians by the terrorist PKK in northern Iraq. The Afghan Foreign Ministry in a statement said the targeting and killing of civilians are against humanity, as well as …
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