AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Taliban militants killed at least 18 Afghan soldiers in clashes that erupted overnight when troops were trying to capture a senior Taliban leader, government officials said on Wednesday. The clashes started after several soldiers were air dropped into the Ab Kamari district of western Badghis province …

AT News Report KABUL: Second deputy of Chief Executive Office, Mohammad Mohaqiq on Wednesday has claimed that Presidential Palace in collaboration with the Central Static Organization (CSO) attempt to pre-design the upcoming Presidential elections slated for 28th September. Mohaqiq said that segregating of votes due to national identity cards with …

AT News Report KABUL: A number of presidential candidates and political parties – who deem President Ghani’s stay in office beyond term as illegal – on Wednesday declared that in case of rigged presidential poll they would jointly take some crucial decisions to decide the future of the country. Ahmad …

AT News Report KABUL: US troops’ spokesman in Kabul, Col. Sonny Leggett on Wednesday turned down the Taliban’s claim, in which four US soldiers have been killed in the attack conducted by the militants in central Ghazni province. Col. Leggett said in his twitter page that none of their soldiers …

AT News Report KABUL: Though the electoral watchdogs have already expressed concerns over corruption in the last year’s parliamentary elections, now the members of parliament claim that there was a “widespread” financial corruption in the race. These parliamentarians said Wednesday that people’s votes were not criterion, but a group of …

AT News Report KABUL: The Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) claims that some “circles inside the government” try to use women for their political goals, an allegation following previous accusations by a former adviser to President Ghani that women were asked for sex in the presidential palace to get …

AT News Report KABUL: A number of journalists accused the media supporting fund of “dual treatments” with them and criticize its functions. They journalists on Wednesday called the fund as “a symbol”, alleging that no reporter has so far received support from that. Javed Kargar, a journalist who was wounded …

AT News Report KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani’s senior guard on Wednesday succumbed to his injures after being under medical threat for almost a week from an explosion received injuries in Kabul, the capital city. Abdul Ghafar Ahmadzai, the commander of President Ashraf Ghani’s house guards, was wounded in a roadside …

AT News Report KABUL: Taliban group has forced Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (SCA) to close its 42 out of 77 health facilities in six out of nine districts of Wardak province, the organization said in a statement, adding that “due to this closure, an estimated 5,700 patients are affected on …

AT News Report KABUL: The United States has welcomed the finalization of a budget for the forthcoming Afghan Presidential Elections salted for September 28th and expect all the candidates, whether they are currently in government positions or not, to refrain from trying to use government resources. U.S. Ambassador to Kabul, …