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Taliban Attacks Kill 487 Civilians in 3 Months: MoI
December 20,2020
KABUL - At least 487civilians have been killed and 1,049 wounded in Taliban attacks during the past three months, said the Ministry of Interior on Saturday...
Artists Call for Thorough Probe Into Attack on Yama Siawash
December 20,2020
KABUL - A group of artists in Kabul painted a mural of Yama Siawash, former TOLOnews anchor who died in an attack on Nov. 7, and said that by this move, they are trying to support those ...
Afghan Female Health Workers Nominated in ‘Top 100 Midwives and Nurses Leader’ Program
December 20,2020
KABUL - The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 as the “International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife,” in honor of the 200th anniversary of Florence ...
UNICEF Strikes Deal with Taliban to Set Up Informal Schools
December 20,2020
KABUL - UNICEF has struck an agreement with the Taliban to establish thousands of informal schools in areas controlled by the insurgent group – schools that will reach up to 140,000 ...
Rockets Fired at US Air Base in Afghanistan: Officials
December 20,2020
KABUL - Four rockets hit the Bagram Airfield, a major US air base in Afghanistan, early Saturday morning but so far officials have not given details on possible casualties in the incident ...
Afghanistan Reports 80 New COVID-19 Cases in 24 Hours
December 20,2020
KABUL - Ministry of Public Health reported Saturday, that out of 1,123 samples, 232 cases have turned positive in the last 24 hours.
At least 178,954 people have so far been tested ...
Will Respond to Taliban Demands If Bloodshed Stopped: Ghani
December 19,2020
KANDAHAR CITY - President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday said the government was ready to respond to Taliban’s demands if they stopped bloodshed. ...
‘Sensitive Military Equipment Given to Afghan Forces Unaccounted’
December 19,2020
>KABUL - The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in a report released ...
Gen.Milley Stresses Immediate Reduction in Violence
December 19,2020
KABUL - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley has met Taliban representatives in Doha as part of the military channel established in the US-Taliban agreement. ...
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Meets Taliban in Islamabad
December 19,2020
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan met with the Taliban delegation led by their deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
The discussions focused on the progress ...
Abdullah: Details of Peace Talks Must Be Shared with Public
December 19,2020
KABUL - Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Thursday said that the Afghan people must be informed about the details of the agenda ...
Foreign Troops Committing Crimes Should Be Brought to Justice: Chinese UN Envoy
December 19,2020
Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations said on Thursday that all foreign forces in Afghanistan committing crimes should be brought to justice. ...
‘Talks Must Resume in January as Agreed’: Khalilzad
December 16,2020
KABUL - The US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday night said "tragically, the war continues" in Afghanistan and "the need for a political settlement, reduction in violence ...
Ghani, Pelosi Concerned at Escalating Violence
December 16,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani and US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi have discussed the peace process in Afghanistan...
Senate Wants Doha Talks Moved to Afghanistan
December 16,2020
KABUL - The Afghan government’s chief negotiator and Qatar’s deputy prime minister have discussed latest developments in the peace talks...
Qatar’s Deputy PM, Stanikzai Talk Peace Parleys
December 16,2020
KABUL - The Afghan government’s chief negotiator and Qatar’s deputy prime minister have discussed latest developments in the peace talks...
Pakistan Army Chief Meets with Khalilzad and Miller to Discuss Security
December 16,2020
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa met with US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Resolute Support Mission ...
256 New Cases of COVID-19, 26 Deaths Reported in Afghanistan
December 16,2020
KABUL - The Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 256 new positive cases of COVID-19 out of 1,451 samples tested in the last 24 hours...
Saleh Views Riding Two-Up Bikes ‘Terrorist Threat’
December 16,2020
KABUL - Amrullah Saleh, First Vice President, said motorcycles that travel carrying two passengers are considered a terrorist threat...
Int’l Community Agrees on Persevering Republican System in Afghanistan: Atmar
December 15,2020
KABUL, Afghanistan – Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar, speaking at the house of representative Monday, said the world has not voted for any peace; expect the one preserves the republican ...
Women’s Role Critical in Promoting Peace
December 15,2020
KABUL - The role of Afghan women in the peace process — unlike its media portrayal — is neither inadequate nor ceremonial.
The tradition of stretching or holding one’s scarf corner ...
One in Three Healthcare Facilities in Afghanistan Has No Water Services: UN
December 15,2020
KABUL - One in three healthcare facilities in Afghanistan has no water services, the United Nations said in a report released Monday...
Kabul, Abu Dhabi Agree to Boost Cooperation
December 15,2020
KABUL - Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to step up bilateral cooperation to a level reflecting the strategic partnership between the two countries. ...
President’s Adviser Defends Use of Code 91 Funds
December 15,2020
KABUL - Waheed Omer, presidential adviser and head of the Office of Public and Strategic Affairs of the President, in response to a media report last week listing his office's receipt ...
MoE: Dept. Of Islamic Studies Revived
December 15,2020
KABUL - Under the Ministry of Education in accordance to a presidential decree, Islamic studies department has revived.
Previously, it was decided by the Ministry ...
Ghani Tells Summit Afghanistan Extremely Vulnerable to Climate Change
December 14,2020
KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani said this week that Afghanistan has tremendous potential to produce clean energy and develop an eco-friendly green industry...
NATO Pledges Continued Support to Afghan Security Forces
December 14,2020
KABUL - US and NATO Forces Commander in Afghanistan Gen. Scott Miller on Sunday vowed support to Afghan security forces.
Addressing reporters, Gen. Miller said ...
Turkey Pledges $15 Million in Military Aid for ANDSF
December 14,2020
ANKARA - Turkey has agreed to assist Afghanistan with 100 million Turkish Lira (about US$13 million) in military equipment for the Afghanistan National Defense and Security ...
Peace Talks Sans Minorities Will Be Symbolic: Survey
December 14,2020
KABUL - Second Vice President Sarwar Danish has acknowledged government negligence in developing minorities cultural and language after a new research showed ...
MP’s Driver and Bodyguard Killed in Botched Assassination Attempt
December 14,2020
KABUL - Tawofiq Wahdat, a member of the Afghan parliament (Wolesi Jirga), confirmed that his vehicle had been targeted in an explosion early Sunday morning ...
Afghanistan Most Affected Nation by Terrorism: IEP
December 14,2020
KABUL - The Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) in its annual World Terrorism Index has placed Afghanistan as the most-affected country on earth from the impacts of terrorism....
Next Rounds of Talks Should be Held in Afghanistan: Mohib
December 13,2020
KABUL - The National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib on Saturday said the next rounds of the peace negotiations between the teams of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and ...
57% of Surveyed Afghans Optimistic About Peace Talks
December 13,2020
KABUL - A survey by the Institute of War and Peace Studies (IWPS) shows that over 57 percent of surveyed Afghans are optimistic that the ongoing negotiations between the Afghan Republic ...
World Bank Approves $85 Million in Grants for Afghanistan
December 13,2020
KABUL - The World Bank has approved two grants totaling almost $85 million from the International Development Association (IDA), as part of a $393 million financial package ...
NATO Backs Afghan Forces with Medical Supplies
December 13,2020
KABUL - The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has operated several chartered flights to Afghanistan, transporting hundreds of tonnes of pharmaceutical supplies ...