AT News Report-KABUL: The differences among senior officials in the Independent Election Commission are deepening as now they have problems over appointing regional and provincial employees. The head of the commission, commissioners and head of secretariat had previously problems over appointing of heads of provincial branches. The new problems and …

AT News Report-KABUL: The government denied a report that says it had signed contracts for extraction of mines in the insecure areas, but admitted that illegal extractions of mines were still challenges. Abdul WadirMotfi, spokesman of the ministry of mines and petroleum, said Saturday that “better systems” were established to …

By Basir Qazizada -KABUL: The High Peace Council called Taliban’s refusal over holding another round of talks with the US officials ‘not important’, saying Washington should seek solutions if it seriously wants to help peace in Afghanistan. Western media had earlier quoted some anonymous Taliban officials as saying that the …

Electoral body once said security and funding will present the biggest challenge to the forthcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. The prediction is totally right, but it forgot to calculate situation in case of massive fraud and its consequences. Beside security and funding, the biggest issue that hampers elections is mass …

Trust levels on election commissions have dampened, said ex-IEC chief, amid large-scale fraudulence and rigging in the election process. Najib Ahmadzai said the ongoing security debacle and a widening distrust on election commissions will cause an election disaster and prompt a drastically low turnout. He demanded the election process be …

Anger is boiling against the bilateral partnership treaty with the U.S. amid escalating insurgency and violence as civil activists are sticking to their guns regarding the revoking of the crucial security pact. Civil activists in a press conference demanded the Bilateral Security Agreement be revised or revoked, ‘because on one …

President Ashraf Ghani has recently ordered army and police to change stance from defensive to offensive against the armed opposition groups. The order comes as insurgent groups particularly Taliban militants have accelerated attacks across the country as it was not expected by the military experts who are monitoring the situation …

AT-MAZAR: The terrible impact of the Afghan war on its civilians was the focus of this week’s 2018 Mazar Short Film Festival. Supported by UNAMA, the festival showcased the work of film-makers from Balkh province. The films, of up to six minutes in length, looked at the many different ways …

AT Monitoring Desk-Afghanistan’s drawn-out conflict could be deadlier in 2018 than the war in Syria, experts have warned. Despite the violence in Afghanistan seemingly appearing less frequently in the media, 17 years after the US-led invasion, the country’s conflict could prove the deadliest in the world this year in terms …

A delegation of the Afghan High level Peace Council meets Nepal Communist Party (NCP) Co-chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal to learn about the Nepali model of peace process, in Kathmandu, on Thursday, September 13, 2018. Photo: Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s secretariat AT Monitoring Desk A delegation of the Afghan High level Peace …