AT News KABUL: With 234 new positive cases in the last 24 hours, Afghanistan now officially has 29,715 cases across the country. The Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that out of 651 suspected samples, 234 were positive—a scene of slight reduction for a 6th consecutive day in a …
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AT News KABUL: The outbreak of coronavirus has impinged upon the implementation of major construction projects in the central province of Bamyan, local officials said. The government has stopped Bamyan’s main road and construction projects because of the coronavirus pandemic and its implications. The project of asphalting of 178 km …
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AT News KABUL: Financial implications of the COVID-19 outbreak have been stark and overwhelming for Afghanistan as the Ministry of Finance estimates the coronavirus pandemic has resulted in lost revenue of around $285 million in Q2 of 2020. Acting Minister of Finance, AbdulHadi Arghandiwal, has told VOA that custom revenues …
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AT News KABUL: A former official warns against the successive droughts in the country, calling it a threat for the future of agriculture since deserts are widening as farmlands are being useless. “The deserts are widened day by day as the farmlands are useless, pastures are removed and forests are …
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AT News KABUL: Afghan Health officials said that coronavirus cases have seen a slight reduction for a 5th consecutive day in a row, amid an overwhelming public anxiety that the virus might continue to spread further beyond summer. Deputy Minister of Health, Shafiqullah Shahim, said Afghanistan had only 324 coronavirus …
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AT News KABUL: A cashier of the Ministry of Public Health was arrested on Tuesday on charges of a huge bribery scheme, Attorney General Office said, a scandal that uncovers corruption and administrative disarray in the government. The corruption involved more than $80,000 in bribe that a warehouse manager of …
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AT News KABUL: At least six Afghan Local Police personnel were killed in an attack on their checkpoint by the Taliban loyalists in northern Balkh province, local officials said Tuesday. The incident took place in Payazkar village in the Balkh district on Monday night, said Provincial Governor’s Spokesman, Munir Ahmad …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s former President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned an attack that killed five personnel of the attorney general office. The attack happened Monday in the Deh Sabz district of Kabul province and the judiciary staffers were heading to the Bagram detention center as they worked on the release …
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By Dr. Matin Royeen The term identity is derived from Latin (identitas) which means sameness, likeness and oneness. In practical terms, identity refers to accumulation of human qualities, beliefs and roles that defines an individual. Psychologists have discussed different stages of identity formation beginning at infancy and continuing until old …
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On June 18th, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published its 4th Annual Anti-Corruption Report entitled “Afghanistan’s Fight Against Corruption: Crucial For Peace And Prosperity.” The paper, also available in Dari, paints a bleak picture of the country’s anti-graft apparatus and work, and puts forward a set of recommendations to …
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