AT News KABUL: Tadamichi Yamamoto, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday at the Security Council meeting entreated Afghan candidates and other “stakeholders” to continue supporting the Afghan election process. “When I last addressed this Council, the people of Afghanistan were preparing to vote in the …
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Protagonists must protect civilians, end targeting of schools and clinics AT News KABUL: The forty-year-old conflict in Afghanistan is having a devastating impact on children and the protagonists are failing in their duty to shield them from its consequences, UNICEF said today (Tuesday). A report released by the UN children’s …
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AT News KABUL: An electoral commission, Mohammad Hanif Danishyar has been accused of being forged his identity card—the case must be probed, said Chief Executive Office. CEO’s spokesman, Omid Maisom said that Danishar’s hypocoristic documents should be investigated by the judicial system. A domestic newspaper, Itlaat-e-Roz has found out documents, …
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AT News KABUL: Political analysts believe that donor countries and the international community are dissatisfied with Afghan government’s campaign against corruption. The analysts say that the US ambassador’s accusing statements in the presence of the vice president, government officials and representatives from international organizations was an insult to the government. …
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AT News KABUL: Tens of people in the eastern province of Laghman took to the streets on Monday to protest killing of one civilian and injuring of two more by the intelligence operatives. The protesters blocked road to Kabul and said that the National Directorate of Security’s unit 02 attacked …
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AT News KABUL: Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Monday said that audit and recounting process have been completed in three provinces out of seven, and the rest will be finished today (Tuesday). According to IEC, audit and recounting process has already been ended in Panjshir, Jawzjan and Sar-e-Pul provinces. Panjshir …
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AT News KABUL: The streets of Jalalabad, the capital city for eastern Nangarhar province have been packed with widespread marches by hundreds of supporters of presidential candidate, Abdullah Abdullah, in which they called for transparency, asking for segregation of clean votes from the fraudulent one. Former member of the parliament, …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Tehran-based Afghan filmmaker Sahra Karimi said that her drama “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha” is the outcome of helpful Iranians. The film is currently on screen at some Iranian movie theaters. It is about three pregnant Afghan women from different social backgrounds living in Kabul, each of …
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AT News KABUL: Afghan security forces have failed to arrest Commander Nizamuddin Qaisari despite conducting heavy clashes with use of helicopter gunships on his house in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city of northern Balkh province. Provincial officials confirmed that the clearing operation has been completed but the commander had succeeded to …
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In 2018, after heavy and deadly fighting, the Afghan Special Forces arrested Commander Nizamudin Qaisari in the northern province of Faryab. He was in custody for a while but soon released after second vice president, Abdul Rashid Dostum mediated and secured his release. In that time, Dostum was in exile. …
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