By Javier Delgado Rivera For starters, no breaking news. Afghanistan is still, and by far, the country of the world where most opium is cultivated – approximately 84 per cent of global production over the past five years. This is the World Drug Report 2020’s top-line remark on Afghanistan, a landmark publication …
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AT News KABUL: Officials in Parwan province say that gunmen shot dead two people one of them a mullah (religious scholar) in the Sayedkhil district. Wahida Shahkar, provincial governor’s spokeswoman said that the incident took place early Wednesday while the two people were going to mosque for morning prayers. She …
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Dostum extols for his role in breaking political impasses Ghani-Abdullah called to put differences aside and get united as country is in “critical condition” AT News KABUL: Abdul Rashid Dostum was given the highest military rank in a grand gathering of his fans and supporters, after waiting for months. The …
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AT News KABUL: At least eight civilians were killed and six others wounded after cross-line shelling by Pakistani forces targeted Sarkano district and Asadabad city, the capital of eastern Kunar province, provincial governor said on Wednesday. The attack took place in Nawpass areas in Sarkano district at the zero point …
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AT News KABUL: With 254 fresh positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 34,994 coronavirus cases across the country. According to Afghan ministry of health, 1002 covid-19 patients have recovered and 32 others lost their lives battling the virus during this period. The Ministry of Public …
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By Zia Nezam Afghanistan, a non-aligned country, was a founder of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Belgrade, the capital of the former country Yugoslavia in 1961. NAM comprises 125 member states. After the United Nations, NAM is the largest grouping of developing nations in the world. NAM members include Iran, …
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AT News KABUL: The ministry of interior said that it has detained a young thug, Zubair Danish, son of a member of the parliament, on charge of gun firing in public in Kabul city. Deputy Minister Abdul Sabor Qani said Tuesday that “Danish” has been handed over to the Attorney …
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AT News KABUL: Some members of the Lower House of the Parliament on Tuesday criticized government’s inaction against the fencing of the Durand Line in eastern Nangarhar province and asked authorities to take proper measures to stop the illegal acts of the Pakistani forces in the area. As part of …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned terrorist attacks in Kabul’s district of Saroobi as well as Maimana city, provincial capital of Faryab province in the northwest. The two attacks killed and injured a number of civilians including women and children. Karzai expressed deep concerns over violence and …
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AT News KABUL: The outbreak of the deadly Corona virus is considerably downing in the western Herat province, an area where the first case of the deadly Chinese virus was found. Health officials in the province believe that people in Herat have passed the peak of the virus spread and …
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