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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has reported fewer coronavirus cases on Tuesday after the health ministry recorded 279 new cases in the last 24 hours that brought the total tally to 31,517 across the country. 12 patients have lost their lives battling the virus and 197 others recovered during this period, …

AT News KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has blamed the Afghan security forces for killing of over 20 civilians in a mortar attacks in Sangin district of Helmand province. “UNAMA’s initial impartial findings indicate Afghan National Army mortars inflicted heavy civilian casualties Monday at market in …

AT News KABUL: More than 80 percent of poppy is cultivated in the areas controlled by Taliban militants, who gain plenty of incomes from drug product and trade, interior ministry says. Mohammad Hashem Ortaq, deputy interior minister for counter-narcotics, said Monday that police have launched 4,833 operations against drug traffickers …

AT News KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah is making efforts to regain support from the members of Jamiat party after differences emerged when he agreed to work under President Ghani, a move that his party fellows did not want. He has met senior member of Jamiat, Atta Mohammad Noor in which other …

AT News KABUL: A number of civil society activists protested the newly-appointed Central Bank acting governor for his decisions, calling it “questionable”. Ajmal Ahmadi, who had previously served as commerce caretaker minister, has been lately appointed by President Ghani as the caretaker for the Central Bank. Ahmadi fired four senior …

AT News KABUL: The Kabul police have arrested a ‘wanted criminal’ during a fresh crackdown to help boost security of the city. Anti-crime cell of Kabul police conducted a purposive operation, in which the head of a criminal gang was detained in PD 2nd, said Kabul Police Spokesman, Ferdaws Farmarz. …

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have pushed back the Taliban attacks in the central provinces of Logar and Ghazni, military officials said on Monday. The ministry of defense said in a statement that the militants staged attacks on the Afghan security force checkpoints in Elyas village of the …

AT News KABUL: A team of Afghan climbers have scaled the Paghman Mountain before reaching a summit in Shakardara during a one-day expedition, covering five kilometers distance in central Kabul province. The Afghanistan Climbing and Mountaineering Federation while offering felicitations to these young mountaineers said efforts were on to further …

AT News KAUL: At least 29 suspected criminals were arrested in different crackdowns carried out by the police in western Herat province. Police conducted operations against criminals in different districts and the city of Herat, in which 29 people were arrested on the charge of different crimes, Press Disk of …

AT News KABUL: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Hezb-e-Islami political party has called on the Afghan government authorities to stop chanting of war as it would damage the ongoing peace process. According to him, some figures inside the government “are against the peace process”. Declaring his party’s stand regarding …