By Farhad Naibkhel -KABUL: Voting for Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections officially began on Saturday at 7am across the country amid extremely volatile security situation, in what was seen as a gloomy day for the broken nation of Afghanistan. The voting counter-intuitively didn’t happen as anticipated mostly because of long delays in …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Parliamentary election started by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani at 7:00 am today in a polling site in capital Kabul amid high security alert. President Ghani along with Chief of Election Commission (IEC) and some other officials, while using his right to vote, said that today unbelief changed …
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AT-KABUL: Influential and powerful police commander of southern Kandahar province, General Abdul Raziq and provincial intelligence chief, General Mumin were martyred and provincial governor along with Zonal police chief were injured in a terrorist attack today afternoon in Kandahar. The terrorist attack took place late today afternoon around 3:30pm in …
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KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai believes that stability in Afghanistan would cause stability in the region. Karzai who was speaking at the 15th Annual Meeting of Valdai Discussion Club in Russia’s city of Sochi, recited a poetry from Iqbal Lahori on Afghanistan that says “Asia is a body made by …
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KABUL: The leadership of the High Peace Council met on Wednesday with representatives of some political parties as well as other politicians in Kabul. The council’s chairman, Mohammad Karim Khalili, said that it was the best opportunity for peace in the country and the council had made indirect contacts with …
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KABUL: The Daesh is reforming in Afghanistan, according to reports, amid the government’s claims that the terrorist group was defeated in the country and had no power to face security forces. A news agency that is covering Daesh’s activities in Afghanistan has reported that the Daesh fighters are working to …
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KABUL: At least 12 Daesh fighters were killed during intelligence forces special unit crackdown in eastern Nangarhar province. National Directorate of Security (NDS) special unit operatives have conducted clampdown in Jamal Khil, Dewana Baba, Kandaro and Chenar villages of Achin district in Nangarhar, which as result 12 Daesh loyalists were …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Khalil Karzai announced his resignation on Wednesday, citing ‘differing points of view’ with the government. In his resignation letter to the President, Karzai said he would rather be alongside people and quit than have to continue as deputy foreign minister, alluding to an …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Interior Ministry said Wednesday it has tightened measures to ensure election security on Saturday in a bid to thwart any potential terror threats, amid fears polls would be widely disrupted by mayhem and marred by fraud. In a press briefing, Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak assured …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Parliamentary election candidate, Abdul Jabar Qahraman, along with his three supporters, was “martyred” and seven others wounded today morning in a blast which took place inside his election campaign office in southern Helmand province. Ministry of Interior Deputy Spokesman, Nasrat Rahimi said that four people, including the …
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