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KABUL: Afghanistan’s drug courts have sentenced seventeen people to prison for conspiracies to smuggle or sell drugs, said officials on Tuesday. Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said that 17 drug traffickers have been given short and long term prison sentences over the past week. CJTF in a press statement said …

Kabul: Afghanistan’s first polio case in 2019 was reported in Kandahar province, where a 22-month-old girl from Spin Boldak district was infected by the poliovirus. According to a statement the Minister of Public Health, Dr. Ferozuddin Feroz said, “this case indicates that the poliovirus is still transmitting in Kandahar and the …

AT-KABUL: The Independent Human Rights Commission office in the southeastern zone says that some 50 per cent people being held in the prisons of Paktia province were deprived of having access to defending attorneys. The commission has said lack of advocates in Paktia prisons has caused the delay of inmates’ …

AT-KABUL: US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad on Tuesday held separate meetings with Afghan and UN officials, where he discussed fresh development made during talks with the Taliban group in Qatar. During meetings he said that no one had a monopoly on the diplomacy of peace and …

KABUL: Police in Kabul said Tuesday that it has arrested nine drug peddlers in an anti-narcotics raid in Kabul city, a clampdown that began almost a month ago against drug kingpins and peddlers in the capital. Kabul Police said in a statement that Counter Narcotics Police launched raids in 1st, …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Top American envoy said that US and the Taliban group reached “agreement in principle” on various important issues for a peace deal that could end the longest war in Afghanistan. Former US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James Dobbins says the deal is ‘a hopeful …

Statement in reaction to Afghanistan peace talks – by Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council. “As humanitarian workers in Afghanistan we welcome any negotiated solution that can end decades of brutal conflict in Afghanistan. There is no military solution to this bitter conflict, but although the international …

AT-KABUL: The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Promote: Women in Government (WIG) project hosted a graduation ceremony to recognize 300 female interns who completed the projects’ year-long internship program. USAID Promote’s internship programs equip qualified Afghan women with the knowledge and experience to join the Afghan civil service. In …

KABUL: Afghanistan will initiate trade through Iran’s Chabahar Port with the first transit cargo to be shipped to India next month using the international customs transit system (TIR system). According to Marine Link, Husne Mubarak Azizi, head of foreign affairs and Ministry of Transport of Afghanistan said that the country is preparing to …

By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: After marathon negotiations between the insurgent Taliban and the United States in Qatar last week, President Ashraf Ghani on Monday called on the Taliban to shun violence and engage in direct peace talks with his government. This comes a day after the US special peace envoy …