AT News KABUL: Two police officers were killed and two more wounded when a Taliban infiltrators opened fire on them in the southern province of Uruzgan, provincial officials said. Zelgai Ebadi, provincial spokesman, said that the incident happened late Monday at a police checkpoint at the southern outskirts of Tarin …
Read More »Six million Afghan children at risk as pandemic expands
AT News KABUL: The deadly Corona virus has affected some six million children in Afghanistan with facing different vulnerabilities. The ministry of labor and social affairs, said Tuesday that more than seven million children are facing with poverty due to the virus spread. Four million of the children have been …
Read More »Roadside bomb kills 7 workers in Kunduz
AT News KABUL: At least seven laborers were killed when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in the northern province of Kunduz, provincial officials confirmed. The incident took place late Monday in Jangal Bashi area of the Khan Abad district, provincial spokesman Esmatollah Moradi said. Another six people, Moradi said, …
Read More »Watchdogs demand inclusion of war victims in peace process
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission published a proposal on the perspective of intra-Afghan-negotiations, in which it called on the conflict sides to include the victims of the war in the process. A member of the AIHRC, Zabiullah Farhang said that the proposal contains four parts. “The …
Read More »Anger simmers in Parliament over delay in cabinet appointments
AT News KABUL: The Afghan lawmakers on Tuesday have expressed their anger over delay of the government’s cabinet appointments–saying that they would strip acting ministers of their authority if the government did not introduce its cabinets to the parliament. Deputy speaker of the Wolesi Jirga (lower house), Abass Ibrahimzada said …
Read More »Four arrested over alleged rape in Balkh
AT News KABUL: Local officials in northern Balkh have said that at least four people were detained over alleged of sexual assault of a woman in Dehdai district of the province. The detainees were arrested alongside two rounds of AK-47 on Monday late evening, officials said on Tuesday. Earlier, a …
Read More »COVID-19 cases surge past 16,500
AT News KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday said that it has recorded 759 new positive cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 16,509 in Afghanistan. Health Ministry said that out of 1,322 suspected samples, 759 were tested positive during this period. 266 …
Read More »2 killed including Dr. Niazi, 2 injured in Kabul mosque bombing
AT News KABUL: A terrorist bombing wreaked havoc at a mosque in Kabul on Tuesday night, killing two worshippers including Afghanistan’s most revered clergies and injuring at least two others. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. Imam of the mosque, Dr. Ayaz Niazi – a famous …
Read More »Chinese envoy reiterates support for peace process in meeting with Karzai
AT News KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday met with Chinese ambassador Wang Yu to Kabul to discuss Afghanistan’s ongoing peace process and prospects of its success. They discussed developments in the peace process and expressed hope that the intra-Afghan negotiations would start at the earliest to advance peace …
Read More »Watchdog warns against releasing notorious Taliban prisoners
AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission says that any release of Taliban prisoners should be responsible. The commission stressed Monday that the government should not release the prisoners who have people’s blood on their hands. “No doubt the release of prisoners should be done to pave the …
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