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Abdullah owes ex-employees in unpaid salaries

AT News KABUL: The personnel of chief executive office formerly led by Abdullah Abdullah say they have not received salaries for five months. A staffer of the chief executive office which was canceled after the 2019 presidential election, said Sunday that their payments were stopped after President Ghani took office …

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Alipour’s men ambush Afghan security outpost

AT News KABUL: The armed men loyal to militia commander Abdul Ghani Alipour have reportedly attacked the outposts of security forces in Wardak province’s district of Behsood. The attackers are said to have inured two government soldiers and took one another hostage. Provincial Governor Mozaffaruddin Yameen on Sunday confirmed the …

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Calls intensify for ceasefire as peace talks near

AT News KABUL: Hundreds of people in the eastern province of Paktia gathered Sunday in the provincial capital of Gardez and called the government and Taliban to agree on a cease fire prior to the peace negotiations expected to begin soon. Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, a civil society activist spoke to …

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Shpageeza Cricket League begins amid fears of covid-19 spike

By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: Afghanistan kicked off its famous cricket league “Shpageeza” amid fears of second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic with a fractured health care system. The inauguration ceremony of the league took place on Saturday evening in international cricket stadium of Champion Amanullah Khan in downtown Kabul, with …

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Taliban sees escalation of violence as privilege in peace talks: Khalid

AT News KABUL: Acting Minister of Defense, Asadullah Khalid said that Taliban has intensified violence to gain privileges in the intra-Afghan negotiations. He made the remarks on Sunday in a gathering in eastern Laghman province. “Our negotiation team was ready to go to Qatar several days ago,” he said. “The …

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Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan sign agreement on power

AT News KABUL: Kabul, Ashgabat and Islamabad have agreed on a project to transmit power from Turkmenistan to energy-starving Pakistan through Afghanistan, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat has said. Breshna’s advisor Mujtaba Hoshmand speaking about a project touted as TAP for the construction of the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan power transmission line. The first …

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34 criminals nabbed in Kabul

AT News KABUL: Police arrested 34 people on charge of different crimes during a fresh crackdown carried out in Kabul city and its districts. The Kabul Police had succeeded arresting 34 people accused of murdering, armed robbery, plundering and stealing mobiles of the citizens in 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, …

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Tajikistan to export 150MW of electricity to Afghanistan

AT News KABUL: Tajikistan is expecting to normalize its energy exports to Afghanistan with a plan to transmit a whopping 150 megawatts of electrical power, according to the nation’s Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat. Breshna’s advisor, Mujtaba Hoshmand, said on Friday that Tajikistan will be exporting 150 megawatts of electricity to …

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U.S. point man in Doha as talks loom, Taliban reshape negotiating team

AT News KABUL: Taliban are restructuring their negotiating team with new faces in the leadership ranks as crucial intra-Afghan peace negotiations are in the offing after a hectic prisoner exchange ended last week. U.S. Department of State has said special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad headed off to Doha on Friday to …

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Afghanistan sees a slight spike in covid-19 cases with 74 new infections in last 24 hours

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recovered 74 new positive coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, a slight increase in new infections in the face of complete nix lockdown.  With new infections, Afghanistan now has 38,398 confirmed covid-19 cases since the outbreak of the virus started in the country around …

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