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AT NewsKABUL: The delay in Formation of the Commission on Media Violation (CMV) has been criticized by the Media Watchdogs, saying that despite three months passing since the promise of the caretaker government regarding media, the CMV has yet to be established, and challenges remain unsolved. Nearly three months ago, …
Read More »Islamic Emirate Turns Down Report of Airstrike in Helmand
AT News KABUL: The Islamic Emirate turned down the reports which claimed a US airstrike targeted a weapons cache in the southern province of Helmand, saying that the Islamic Emirate’s forces gathered mines and detonated them near the Shorab area in the province. Earlier, Modern Diplomacy reported that a US …
Read More »Haqqani Urges Tribal Elders to Help Women be provided with Sharia Rights
AT News KABUL: The acting Minister of Interior, Sirajuddin Haqqani in a meeting with the tribal elders from the southern provinces of Paktia, Khost and Paktika, emphasized that women must be granted their Shariah rights. Haqqani was quoted by the Interior Ministry as saying that they are committed to the …
Read More »Three-Day Meeting Chaired By Islamic Emirate’s Supreme Leader in Kandahar
AT News KABUL: The cabinet members of the Islamic Emirate including the Prime Ministers were called in for a meeting chaired by the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate, Mawlawi Hebatullah Akhundzada in the southern province of Kandahar. The meeting lasted for three days and was held without media coverage. …
Read More »Banning Girls Students in Grade 7-12 From Schools Faced Strong Outcry
By Rafiullah Anwari KABUL: The remained ban on girls students in grades 7-12—who were not allowed to attend their classes in many parts of the country—faced strong reactions on national and international levels. Earlier, the Ministry of Education announced all schools will be reopened for girls students on Wednesday, but …
Read More »397 Civilians Killed Between Aug 2021-Feb 2022: UN
AT News KABUL: At least 1,153 civilians suffered casualties, “including 397 deaths in Afghanistan” between mid-August 2021 and February 15, 2022, said Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Monday in Geneva citing the statistics of the United Nations Assistant Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the …
Read More »56 People Killed in Suicide Bombing at Mosque in Peshawar
AT News KABUL: At least 56 people were killed and 190 others were wounded in a suicide bombing during Friday prayers at a Shia mosque in Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reported. Some of the injured are reported in critical condition. No group has yet to claim the attack. …
Read More »U.S. Says No Decision Yet to Recognize Islamic Emirate
AT News KABUL: The Special envoy for Afghanistan, Thomas West, said that there is no decision as of now about the recognition of the Islamic Emirate by Washington.US Special Representative for Afghanistan, Thomas West, in a special interview with TOLOnews, said that no decision has been made regarding the recognition …
Read More »Former Afghan Female Mayor Returned to Afghanistan
AT News KABUL: The former mayor of Maidan Shahar, capital of Wardak province, has returned home, hoping to help the people who are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Zairfa Ghafari, who was appointed as mayor of Maidan Shahar in 2018, by ex-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani—who fled the country amid …
Read More »Shortage of Instructors Remain Main Problem at Public Universities: Students
AT News KABUL: With the government has recently decided to reopen all public universities in cold areas, the lack of sufficient instructors to run the classes remains an unsolved problem. After a longtime lull, the Islamic Emirate reopened all public universities in cold areas on Saturday. “We are facing a …
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