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AT News KABUL: Officials in the western province of Farah say that the Corona virus pandemic has caused increase of violence against women. Kobra Azimi, head of provincial women’s affairs department, said Wednesday that they had registered 25 cases of violence against women in last month. She called the Corona …

AT News KABUL: Violence and hostility of the armed group Taliban has surged since a U.S. peace deal with them in March, with hundreds of civilians killed in the crossfire and deadly attacks. National Security Council says the Taliban and its associate terrorist groups were behind civilian deaths and casualties. …

AT News KABUL: The leader of the Taliban group, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada in his Eid message has called on the United States to not let anyone make the US-Taliban peace deal failed with posing hurdles and delay in the process. He said that the US-Taliban peace deal is worldwide confirmed …

AT News KABUL: At least 11 worshippers have “embraced martyrdom” and six others received injuries after armed militants opened fire on them during praying in two mosques in northern Parwan and southern Khost provinces. The terroristic incidents had occurred on Tuesday evening, official said on Wednesday. In continuation of crimes, …

AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday said that it has recorded 492 new covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 8,145 across the country. Kabul has once again hit worse with 262 new cases from 1,003 samples that had been tested during this …

AT News KABUL: Days after a political reconciliation between Afghan leaders, the U.S. special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, has arrived in Kabul to resume his formal quest and negotiations to seek peace with the armed group of Taliban, seeking to reconcile the militants with the central government of Afghanistan. An official …

By Mohammed Gul SAHIBBZADA Now that political reconciliation was reached between President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah by signing a power-sharing agreement on 17 May 2020, the Government should step up efforts to prepare a comprehensive, multi-faceted National Agenda, rally people around it and prioritize long due tasks …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: China has pledged to provide two billion US dollars to the World Health Organization (WHO) to help fight covid-19 while the US has threatened to cut funding to the Organization and revoke its membership if the group doesn’t make change in its system.  US President Donald …

AT News KABUL: An addicted father from the northern province of Takhar has sold his 7 year old daughter to survive. Zuhra’s mother who has divorced from his husband has five children. She says her husband is a drug addict and that was the motive for her to get divorced. …

An uptick in civilian death toll sounds the alarm of an escalating conflict and a need to contain it with more solemn peace effort AT News KABUL: Rising numbers of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, with a disregard for international law aimed at protecting civilians from harm, underscore the urgent need …