Afghanistan has joined the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) after 41 years, according to the education ministry. In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said Afghanistan’s scout movement is WOSM’s 171st member and will be entitled to all its rights and privileges. “Afghanistan’s scouting members will be participating …
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AT News KABUL: Saffron is considered as one of the world’s most expensive spices as it is largely cultivated and harvested by hands requiring a vast amount of labor for its harvesting and on-farm processing. Saffron stigma and corm are used in cooking for color and delicate flavoring, perfume and …
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Tensions are mounting between Afghanistan’s two election commissions over the complaints tribunal’s decision to recount ballots from 2,555 polling stations after a sweeping audit, further ratcheting up the post-election turmoil. The independent election commission and the complaints commission remain at an impasse over whether to conduct a recount on constituencies …
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AT News KABUL: The Lower House of the Parliament or Wolesi Jirga on Saturday voiced grave concern over recent tragic events where three Afghanistan National Army (ANA) choppers fell out of the sky, saying a probe should be launched into these incidents and the reason behind them ascertained. According to …
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AT News KABUL: The parliament called on the government not to treat subjectively with the case of Nezamuddin Qaisari, an armed militia commander in the north, who escaped a government operation aimed to arrest him last month after being released from government custody. The lawmakers said in the parliament’s Saturday …
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AT News KABUL: At least 18 Taliban militants have been killed and eight others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
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AT News KABUL: In the wake of heightened tensions in the Middle East and Iran’s shaky security situation, the international airlines are re-routing flights from Iran and diverting them to Afghanistan airspace. The overflights from Afghanistan airspace has increased 25 percent amid airlines’ fading trust on Iranian security, Head of Afghanistan …
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AT News KABUL: Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Saturday said that the Afghan security forces have retaken Dara-e- Takht of Heart province and Dar-e-Kamanj of Ghor from the Taliban. Dar-e-Takhat in Chesht district of Herat was under control of Taliban for nine years and Dara-e-Kamanj of Shahrak district of Ghor …
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AT News KABUL: A US drone strike intended to eliminate a splinter commander of the Taliban militant group in western Afghanistan has killed at least 60 civilians who were nearby. A gubernatorial spokesman in Herat, Jailani Farhad, said that Mullah Nangialai was killed in Shindand district of Herat province near …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has a serious widespread drug abuse problem with more than 2.5 million illicit drug users, half a million of whom are strenuous addict. According to figures by the Ministry of Public Health, more jobs should be created for the youth to help battle drug use. “There …
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