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Kabul Police nab 13 on criminal charges

AT News KABUL: Kabul police have arrested 13 people on the charge of different crimes during crackdowns carried out in Kabul city and its districts. Police succeeded in arresting 13 people accused of killing, armed robbery, plundering, stealing vehicles and mobiles of the citizens in PD 2nd, 9th, 10th,  15th …

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Afghanistan virus cases surpass 15k

AT News  KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Sunday said that it has recorded 680 new positive cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, pushing the total tally to 15,205 across the country. Health ministry said that out of 1,112 suspected samples, 680 of them came positive in different …

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1,000 Taliban inmates freed in 2 days

AT News KABUL: The process of prisoner release between the Afghan government and the Taliban has been accelerated as 710 Taliban prisoners were released on Saturday and 290 others on Sunday as part of peace efforts. The National Security Council said that based on President Ashraf Ghani’s decree, the Afghan …

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Kabul urges Taliban to stop hostilities

AT News KABUL: The government says that Taliban had no excuse now to continue war and the militants need to bow to the wills of people of Afghanistan. “Taliban’s prisoners are being released, so the war should not continue anymore,” said Dawa Khan Minapal, President Ghani’s Spokesman on Saturday. “The …

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Abdullah ready for direct talks with militants

AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah says he was ready to sit and directly talk with the Taliban representatives to end the war in the country. Abdullah who was appointed by President Ashraf Ghani as head of the reconciliation council, said Saturday that he would not spare any efforts that lead …

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Coronavirus spreading fast and wide in Afghanistan

AT News KABUL: The deadly Corona virus is unprecedentedly breaking out in Afghanistan, with the latest reports suggesting that 866 positive tests in the past 24 hours. Now, according to official reports, the total number of the Corona virus patients is 14,525. The Ministry of Public Health says that the …

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European Union says no to Taliban’s Islamic Emirate

AT News KABUL: The European Union has said the reinstatement of Taliban’s Islamic Emirate in Afghanistan is “not acceptable under any circumstances”, reiterating its support for peace and stability of the war-ravaged country. In a joint declaration, foreign ministers of 27 countries of the European Union have warned to cut …

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Afghan Peace Process: Lasting Peace Requires Round-the-Clock Readiness for War

By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s order to the armed forces to break with status of ‘active defense’ and enter into ‘active military operation’ against the Taliban and other military groups  in the wake of military attacks by the Taliban and other armed groups on Afghan Defense & …

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Pandemic tips Afghanistan into economic recession

By Farhad Naibkhel The outbreak of Covid-19 has devastated Afghanistan’s economy, unleashing a plethora of commercial and financial restraints which are proving to be fatal both economically and socially. Trade and business has been brought to a standstill almost entirely, with hundreds of thousands losing their jobs or paltry livelihoods …

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Roadside bombing kills 2 staff of Khurshid television

Afghanistan media has been the usual target of terrorist attacks for years, the deadliest of which was a 2018 bomb attack that killed 10 journalists AT News KABUL: A roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying staff of Khurshid local television Saturday afternoon, killing 2 people including a journalist, in what …

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