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AT News KABUL: Afghan government-backed negotiators are set to head to Kabul for consultations on peace talks, an official said on Monday, as part of efforts to advance the crucial talks with the Taliban that has dragged for months. Habiba Sarabi, a member of Afghanistan’s negotiating team, has said the …
Read More »China-led CA5 countries declare support to Afghan peace process
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Participants of virtual China-Afghanistan-Central Asian Countries (CA5) Vice Foreign Ministers’ Meeting called on the international community to support the Afghan peace and reconciliation process, step up counter-terrorism cooperation and create an enabling environment for relevant cooperation. The meeting on Trade and Connectivity was successfully held, said …
Read More »211 new infections, four deaths reported in a single day
AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has recorded 211 new coronavirus infections with four fatalities in the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Monday. With 211 new positive cases, the total tally has been reached to 49,484 around the country since the outbreak of the epidemic started nearly one …
Read More »Editorial: Fragile yet rejuvenates peace talks
Afghan and Taliban peace negotiators had announced a three-week pause in the ongoing talks in Doha. The Kabul peace team will arrive back home today (Monday) – really no idea where the Taliban negotiators will go. Both sides shared initial lists of agenda items and conducted preliminary discussion on the …
Read More »Education Ministry revives Islamic department amid increasing criticisms
AT News KABUL: The Ministry of Education has announced it revived the Islamic department after heavy criticisms by the people and parliamentarians over a decision made by the acting minister to shift school students (grades one to three) to the mosques. The revival of the Islamic department was ordered by …
Read More »Parliament urges probe into alleged misuse of govt funds by president aides
AT News KABUL: Parliament Speaker, Mir Rahman Rahmani called for an investigation to a report over the misuse of money by President Ashraf Ghani’s aides. The Etilaat Roz daily newspaper had earlier reported that Ghani’s aides receive millions of Afs from the code 91 as extra money to different ways …
Read More »83 Taliban insurgents killed in fresh clashes
AT News KABUL: At least 83 Taliban rebels have been killed and 18 others were wounded during the latest crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in Southern Kandahar and Ghazni provinces in the past 24 hours, defense officials said Monday. A group of Taliban attacked Afghan National Defense and …
Read More »Afghan negotiators head to Kabul as peace talks unfold
AT News KABUL: Afghan government-backed negotiators are set to head to Kabul for consultations on peace talks, an official said on Monday, as part of efforts to advance the crucial talks with the Taliban that has dragged for months. Habiba Sarabi, a member of Afghanistan’s negotiating team, has said the …
Read More »Militants kill 10 border guards in Kunduz
AT News KABUL: Ten Afghan border guards have been killed by Taliban militants in an attack on their base in Kunduz province which left 4 more wounded, officials said Monday. A Taliban attack in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province, ten border guards were killed and four others were wounded. …
Read More »VP Saleh lauds Kabul police for checking crime
AT News KABUL: First Vice President, Amrullah Saleh has lauded Kabul Police for their excellent jobs for cracking and arresting a notorious criminal that was involved in various crimes. “Alongside other achievements, the police had detained Sultan, known as Dog-Nassim in PD 13th,” Saleh said. In a statement as part …
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