By Matin Royeen Introduction: The Coronavirus known as COVID-19 was first discovered in Wuhan, China at the end of December of 2019 and it was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization (WHO) by the end of January 2020. There is controversy regarding the outbreak of this virus. …
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AT News KABUL: A team working to find facts about allegations on the drowning of Afghan migrants by Iranian border, claims that they were drowned by Iranian forces inside Iran. The team claimed Monday they had found evidences to prove Iranian forces were guilty in the incident. Iranian officials had …
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AT News KABUL: Acting Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar in a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, discussed allegations of drowning of Afghan citizens by Iranian border police. Unofficial reports suggest that Iranian border guards threw more than 50 Afghans who were trying to illegally cross the border …
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Afghanistan’s coronavirus cases exceeded 4,687 as the outbreak shows no sign of slowing down even with draconian lockdowns in the main cities. The number of confirmed cases rose by 285 to 4,687 on Monday with the death toll jumping to 122, Wahidullah Majroh, spokesman for the health ministry, told reporters. …
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AT News KABUL: At least six Afghan security forces were killed after the Taliban fighters attacked their checkpoint in eastern Laghman province, military officials confirmed on Monday. The ministry of defense in a statement said that the militants staged attacks on Sunday night on their checkpoints in Ali-Shing district, where …
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AT News KABUL: The Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) has voiced concerned over negotiations about the portion of judicial system between the two feuding Afghan leaders, President Ashraf Ghani and Former Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah. CEO of IWA, Sayed Akram Afzali said, “It has been a longtime that corruption is looming …
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AT News KABUL: Multiple blasts as a result of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) have rocked Kabul, the capital city on Sunday morning, in which four civilians received injuries, security official said. Four back to back roadside mines went off in 17th PD that injured four civilians, including a child, said …
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AT News KABUL: At least three people all civilians were killed when unknown armed men opened fire at them in Paktia province, local officials said. The incident took place late Saturday in the Dand-e-Pathan district. “Saturday night in the Siri Kas neighborhood of Dand-e-Pathan, three civilians were going home after …
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AT News KABUL: Some religious scholars call on the government to end the lockdown imposed because of the Corona virus outbreak, saying that people can no longer bear starvation. The government imposed a day-time curfew in many cities to prevent further spread of the virus. Kabul business and state offices …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has been grappling with circle of challenges and uncertainties as it comes to grip with ongoing complicated peace process—continuation of war despite US-Taliban peace deal—rejection of Ramadan humanitarian ceasefire by Taliban—and the most importantly the internal rifts between Afghan feuding leaders over power sharing. There should …
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