Khan Wali Khan Basharmal-The influence and interruption of the warlords, corrupt bureaucrats and tribal leaders in the social, economic and bureaucratic system of the government of Afghanistan, have to go; many such instances derailing the progress of Afghan society. Our weak bureaucratic structure and tribal-based non-technological system of institutional hiring …
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By Ambassador Dr. Zia Nezam, Former Afghan Ambassador to Vienne, Brussels and Rome-Throughout most of its history, highly centralized regimes governed Afghanistan. Allegiance to a king, aided by a hierarchy of his chosen subordinates, sometimes provided political stability with national identity greater than ethnic affiliation, yet this partly feudal system …
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There should an end to the politics of symbolism. Everything has limitations and this imagery has to be ended. By giving promises to improve the burning issue of insecurity at best level, however, a mere pledged that doesn’t see the light of the day so far. This is only in …
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AT News Report-KABUL: The Afghanistan Times, leading English Newspaper in the country marked its 11th anniversary on July 22, 2017. The newspaper started publications in carnets as an eight-page newspaper in 2006, which is today in 12 pages (four in color). This paper belongs to everyone because it is a …
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AT News Report-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai congratulated the achievement of the Afghan girls’ robotic team in a match held in the United States. “With great happiness, I learned that the Afghan girls’ robotic team who participated in an international robot contest in the United States of America, gained the …
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AT News Report-KABUL: The Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) reopened a small health clinic in the northern Kunduz province, a step to maintain activities in Afghanistan after a delay following the bloody US airstrike that targeted a hospital in the Kunduz city, the provincial capital that killed and wounded scores of …
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AT News Report-KABUL: At least 56 militants were killed and 30 others were wounded in different crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National …
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AT News Report-KABUL: At least 11 local policemen were killed and 20 others went missing in northern Badakhshan province on Friday, said officials. “Taliban attacked a checkpoint in Tagab district of Badakhshan, which as result 11 local police were killed and 20 other are missing,” said provincial spokesman, Nik Mohammad …
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AT News Report-KABUL: At least 16 police officers were killed and two others wounded in an airstrike carried out by the US forces in southern province of Helmand, provincial officials said. “The strike was carried out on Friday afternoon in Parchaw locality of Greshk district, after they came under foreign …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The ongoing clashes between Afghan security forces and the Taliban insurgents have been resulted into closure of Kunduz-Takhar highway in Khanabad district of northern Kunduz province on Friday. According to provincial officials, Khanabad district is in brink of collapse as clashes on the move. The Khanabad distract …
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