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The ingeniously established Pakhtoon Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) is ahead with hard days as Pakistani organs initiated acts and actions against its leading members. At least nine of its leading members from Swabi have been arrested on the charges of arranging a rally without permission on August 10 last and using …

AT News Report-A blast as a result of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) have killed five civilians who were attending a wedding party in Afghanistan’s central Logar province—a tool the insurgent groups use against Afghan and foreign forces that unfortunately almost leads to civilian casualty. The provincial police chief spokesman, Shahpoor …

AT monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang assured Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah of China’s lasting support to counter terrorism and speed up reconstruction in the country. At a meeting with Dr. Abdullah in Dushanbe, Prime Minister Li Keqiang reiterated China’s all-weather commitment to Afghanistan in train Afghan personnel. He …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An accord for building high voltage power line to carry electricity from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan has been signed and supply to the national grid will increase by 600 megawatts, according to reports. Afghanistan signed a project implementation agreement with Turkmenistan on Friday to build Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) power …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Taliban have reinstated a security guarantee in Afghanistan for the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC), two months after withdrawing safe passage for the neutral humanitarian agency, the militant group and an ICRC official said on Friday. According to Reuters, a meeting in the Taliban’s Qatar-based …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah met with Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Rumas on Friday, in which both sides discussed the fulfillment of cooperation agreements between the two countries. “Belarus knows and highly appreciates your constructive approach to promoting cooperation between Belarus and Afghanistan, as well as …

KABUL: The UN mission in Afghanistan has recorded more than 8,050 casualties among Afghan civilians from January 1 to September 30. Figures released Wednesday by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) show continuing high casualty rates being inflicted on the Afghan civilian population, especially by anti-government elements. Since …

AT-KABUL: The Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA), an electoral watchdog says security threats against the October 20 legislative election still remained worrying. “Unfortunately, some parliament candidates were killed in different provinces. This shows that either their security is not considered serious or there is a discord between …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said Wednesday that election campaign of all Wolesi Jirga hopefuls across the country would come to an end on next Wednesday 48 hours before the polling day. IEC Spokesman Hafizullah Hashimi briefing newsmen said that no candidates would be able to do …

AT Monitoring Desk-The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has elected nine new members including 24-year-old Samira Asghari, an Afghanistan women’s national basketball team player. Afghanistan was ineligible to compete at the 2000 Sydney Games because its National Olympic Committee did not follow the Olympic Charter, most notably the Taliban prohibiting female …