AT-KABUL: Some Taliban fighters who have joined the peace process, claim that Russia, China and Iran support the militant group. 50 Taliban militants with their commander Mullah Abdul GhaffarToofan, recently laid their weapons down and joined the government’s peace process in the northwestern province of Badghis. The group was engaged …
Read More »Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Prominent lawmaker Fawzia Kofi who has been barred from running for October parliamentary vote heaped scorns on Sunday on election panel’s decision over the rejection of her nomination for allegedly having link with illegal armed groups,and demanded an impartial investigation on accusations slung against her. Incumbent member of …
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Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Fierce battle still continued in southern Ghazni on Sunday as Afghan soldiers and Taliban guerillas fight to claim the tumultuous city, with the army chief of staff claiming rebels sustained heavy casualties, and pledging to end the fight in a few days. “The Taliban are using residential houses, …
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AT-KABUL: Provincial councilmen and civil activists warned on Sunday of a humanitarian crisis in the embattled Ghazni if fighting continued, amid a fierce battle that erupted a few days back and spiraled across the city and its outskirts. The Taliban guerillas attacked Ghazni city on Friday night from multiple directions, …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Afghan political pundits supported on Saturdaya two-week deadline issued by political parties on the government to ensure a transparent and nationwide vote. Political parties and coalitions on Friday gave the government until two weeks to implement electoral reforms and guarantee transparency in the upcoming parliamentary and district …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Kabul Airport is set to generate more revenues as surveillance costs have lowered thanks to a new air space control system, Civil Aviation Directorate said Saturday. A modern air space control system was inaugurated by President Ghani on Thursday in Hamid Karzai international airport. Civil Aviation Director …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Political heavyweights and coalition representatives on Friday moved to proclaim their stance on the country’s ongoing fundamental issues including reconciliation effort and elections and made a landmark peace proposition. Ex-president Hamid Karzai too declared his support to a unanimous proposition of the political coalition for constituting of …
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AT News Report-KABUL: A sum of 35 election hopefuls was removed on Saturday by the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission from the final list of parliamentary elections’ candidates. This deletion comes as the complaints panel had commissioned earlier this month a board to investigate links of some candidates with illegal armed …
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AT-KABUL: Political parties and movements on Friday gave the government until two weeks to implement electoral reforms and guarantee transparency in the upcoming parliamentary and district council elections. Leaders and representatives of political parties issued the two-week deadline in a gathering in Kabul, urging the government to carry out their …
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AT-KABUL: The second meeting of India-Afghanistan Joint Working Group on Development Cooperation (JWG-DC) was hosted in Kabul on August 9, 2018. The meeting was co-chaired by Shri T. S. Tirumurti, India’s Secretary of Economic Relations, and Ismail Rahimi, Afghan Deputy Minister of Policy and Technical Affairs of Ministry of Economy. …
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