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Karzai condoles university professor’s death

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed his sympathies and condolences over the death of Mir Hossain Shah, an intellectual and university professor. “Late Professor Mir Hosssain Shah was one of kind lecturers, patriotic person and committed to his homeland and people, who served more than 30 years at …

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Kabul peace force ready to carry talks with Taliban

AT News KABUL: Afghan peace negotiation team is ready to carry intra-Afghan talks with the Taliban—a group that had hammered out peace deal with US on late February in Qatar. After US-Taliban deal, intra-Afghan talks were expected in immediate move between Kabul administration and the Taliban Qatar-Based group that however, …

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Afghan-Iranian officials discuss Afghan migrants drowning incident

AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan said that an Iranian delegation arrived in Kabul on Tuesday to discuss the incident of Afghan migrants’ torturing by the country’s border guards on the borderline with Afghanistan. The ministry in a statement said that the delegation was led by …

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Editorial: Truce extension, everybody’s heart’s desire

Fortunately in war-ravaged Afghanistan, the despondency over the increasing number of coronavirus infections – hovering above 11,000 now – was offset by the announcement of a 3-day truce among the warring parties in view of the Eid-ul-Fitr occasion. The double whammy of intensified war and coronavirus pandemic claiming numerous lives …

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Covid-19 cases close to 12k in Afghanistan

AT News KABUL: With recording of 658 new covid-19 cases within past 24 hours, the tally has reached to 11, 831 across Afghanistan, as the country is going through its peaking glassy of the pandemic virus. According to a statement issued by the Afghan Ministry of Public Health, Kabul is …

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‘Extend truce to stop bloodshed’

AT News KABUL: The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Tuesday has called for extension of the three-day ceasefire observed during Eid al-Fitr festival so that killing of civilians is avoided and all the attention is focused on the peace process. Shaharzad Akbar, head of AIHRC, wrote on her …

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China welcomes violence reduction, reiterate support to Afghan peace quest

AT News KABUL: The Government of China has welcomed violence reduction between the government of Afghanistan and the Taliban group, and reassured its strong support to the ongoing peace efforts to end war in the country. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Zhao Lijian in a press conference on Tuesday said that …

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Afghanistan coronavirus cases breach 9,000-mark

AT News KABUL: The ministry of public health has registered 542 new cases of Corona virus that gets the total number of people infected with the virus to 9,216 across the country. “We registered 542 new cases during the past 24 hours across the country. With the new cases, the …

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Taliban grasping at straws to save U.S. deal

AT News KABUL: In his meeting with the US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, the head of the Taliban Qatar Based Political Office; Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has warned that “any further” delay in the implementation of the US-Taliban peace deal would “harm” the fragile Afghan peace process. …

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Violence at its crescendo: Taliban killed 25 civilians last week alone

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan National Security Council said that at least 25 civilians were killed and nearly 100 others wounded by the Taliban during one last week of the holy month of Ramadan. According to the security officials, the militants killed over 17 civilians at the first week of Ramadan …

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