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AT News KABUL: At least seven inmates at a prison in southeastern Afghanistan have escaped through breaking window of a mosque from inside the jail, officials confirmed on Monday.     They escaped from a jail in Gardez city, the capital of the province on Sunday, the governor’s office said. Provincial …

Aisha Khurram It was 06:00 o’clock of a cold and cloudy morning, Dec 11th-2019 when I packed my backpack and suitcase to leave Kabul and begin my long solo trip to Berlin and then to the NYC. I landed in Berlin at 05:30 late evening, then went out for dinner, …

AT News KABUL: Afghans deserve peace. No more indiscriminate IEDs which maim and kill innocent civilians, Nicholas Kay, NATO Senior Civilian Representative to Afghanistan. Answering questions posed in twitter, he said that “no attacks on schools and mosques. The Taliban must end violence. It is time to focus on the …

AT News KABUL: The United States and Taliban are negotiating a possible release of more than 5,000 militant prisoners and a reduction of Taliban violence before a peace deal could be struck, according to sources privy to the developments, in what is seen as an unprecedented concession to the militant …

AT News KABUL: A parliamentarian delegation sent to Balkh province to find out the facts of a military operation launched last month by the government to arrest a militia commander Nezamuddin Qaisari, says the operation lacked a court permission and was a political game. The delegation told a gathering of …

Afghanistan’s election complaints tribunal has announced it will conduct a massive ballot recount of roughly 3,000 polling stations in the light of thousands of complaints suggesting fraud in the country’s high-stakes presidential race. The Electoral Complaints Commission’s spokesperson said Sunday the panel ruled a ballot recount in 2,928 polling stations …

AT News KABUL: Shokrullah Atef Mashal, Afghanistan ambassador to Pakistan has resigned, a source in the presidential palace said. The source who was speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Kabul News broadcaster on Sunday that Mashal offered his resignation letter to President Ghani and the president agreed with the …

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan is to join the Global Alliance for Responsible Media and the government welcomed a demand by Britain to join the international body. Alison Mary Blake, British Ambassador to Kabul called Afghanistan to the alliance in a meeting with vice president Sarwar Danesh Sunday in Kabul, Danesh’s …

KABUL: Afghanistan was hit again by heavy rains and snowfall this week as several provinces across the country reported deaths as well as severe transport delays and disruptions. State Ministry for Disaster Management has confirmed at least 19 deaths caused by the snowstorm and torrential rains across Afghanistan. More than …

AT News KABUL: Production of marble has increased by 57 percent in Maidan Wardan province, the Afghan Ministry of Mines and Petroleum reports. In an interview with Voice of America (VoA), the ministry’s spokesperson Abdul Qadir Mutfi said the province has produced over 46,000 tons of marbles during this fiscal …