AT News KABUL: In a statement on Wednesday, the Election Support Group (ESG) acknowledged the patience displayed by all Afghans awaiting the announcement of presidential election results and notes recent statements by electoral authorities that they will shortly announce important decisions on the appeals adjudication process. “Safeguarding the integrity of …
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Taliban splinter group says their 30,000-strong army is waging war against ‘Taliban Emirate’ militants AT News KABUL: A Taliban splinter commander has said that peace negotiators in Qatar are stooges of Pakistan – amid marathon Washington-Taliban talks to find a solution to the conflict in Afghanistan. Mullah Abdulmanan Niazi said …
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AT News KABUL: A policewoman was killed after a number of unknown armed men had opened fire on her in PD 9th of capital city of southern Kandahar province, officials said on Wednesday. After shooting, the attackers had escaped the area, according to the provincial police department. Nobody has asserted …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai welcomed the US President Donald Trump’s statements on putting end to Afghan war and ensuring peace in the country. “For the people of Afghanistan who have suffered a lot of problems because of the war, ending war and strengthening of peace are vital,” …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai in a statement, praised freedom of speech as “one of valuable achievements” in the past two decades in Afghanistan, expressing concerns over restrictions to media for access to information. Karzai said that restrictions are against the country’s laws. He said Afghanistan’s flourishing media …
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AT News KABUL: The government has been accused of “holding the access to information law hostage” as it recently emerged important bureaucratic institutions including the presidential palace have avoided conveying information to media. “The government has been very reluctant in implementing the law, and it could be said that the …
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AT News KABUL: The Independent Election Complaints Commission (IECC) on Wednesday announced it has ended the scrutiny to appellant complaints with addressing of 22,500 elections related whines. Head of IECC, Zuhra Baian Shinwarai in a press conference said that out of 22,500 complaints and objections, 16,500 of them have been …
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AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has sealed its borders and restricted travel to and from the People’s Republic and also Tajikistan amid a novel coronavirus outbreak that has spread beyond even the figures reported for the country’s last deadly disease epidemic. Authorities in northern Badakhshan province bordering China and Tajikistan have …
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AT News KABUL: At least 52 Taliban militants have been killed and 36 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Wednesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
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AT News KABUL: More than 140 acres of lands the government’s cabinet sold to Alokozay, a non-alcoholic beverage company were the properties of a man named Karabala Khan. The Sputnik news agency reported on Tuesday that the lands lying in the Deh Sabz district, east of Kabul were sold 2015 …
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