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AT News Report-KABUL: A sum of 35 election hopefuls was removed on Saturday by the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission from the final list of parliamentary elections’ candidates. This deletion comes as the complaints panel had commissioned earlier this month a board to investigate links of some candidates with illegal armed …

AT-KABUL: Political parties and movements on Friday gave the government until two weeks to implement electoral reforms and guarantee transparency in the upcoming parliamentary and district council elections. Leaders and representatives of political parties issued the two-week deadline in a gathering in Kabul, urging the government to carry out their …

AT-KABUL: The second meeting of India-Afghanistan Joint Working Group on Development Cooperation (JWG-DC) was hosted in Kabul on August 9, 2018. The meeting was co-chaired by Shri T. S. Tirumurti, India’s Secretary of Economic Relations, and Ismail Rahimi, Afghan Deputy Minister of Policy and Technical Affairs of Ministry of Economy. …

AT-KABUL: In a coordinated attack on southern Ghazni city, the Taliban suffered heavy casualties as more than 150 militants were killed and wounded after security forces countered the assault and repelled the rebels, police said on Friday. As clashes ensued for several hours, four security personnel were killed and several …

AT-KABUL: In the wake of a wave of peace movements and cross-country convoys to propagate nonviolence, a group of people started on Friday a foot journey from Kabul towards northern Balkh province, in pursuit of an end to spiraling conflict and restoration of peace. The activists embarked on the 550-kilometer …

AT-KABUL: At least 10 Taliban fighters including their three group leaders were killed during an airstrike in northern Faryab province, said officials Thursday. “The Afghan air force conducted an airstrike in Grezwan district of Faryab at 2:00am today early morning, killing 10 Taliban fighters,” said Sheen military corps spokesman Hanif …

AT-KABUL: Egypt is ready to cooperate with Afghanistan in preventing of extremism, Egyptian Ambassador to Kabul stated. In a meeting with Afghan Security Advisor, Hanif Atmar in Kabul, Hani Salah would also help Afghan government in the higher education, Islamic education and fight against terrorism. Salah assured Atmar of Cairo’s …

AT-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai praised the government of Egypt for honoring Afghan philosopher, Sayed Jamaloddin Afghan and erecting his statue in the Liberty Park in Cairo. Cairo’s municipality unveiled the Afghan’s statue on August 6th, already erected in the Cairo’s liberty park. The former president called the move as …

AT-KABUL: The newest sanctions the United States imposed on Iran, will put a negative impact on the business situation of Afghanistan, as Tehran is one of the largest trade partner to Kabul, said the Afghan Commerce Chamber. Deputy head of the chamber, Khanjan Alokozai said Wednesday that Iran and Afghanistan …

AT-KABUL: The government plans to build a costly and highly secure facility to print all confidential government documents, said the Ministry of Finance, announcing that the foundation stone of the printing press was laid down on Wednesday. The facility will be built at a cost of 70 million Euros, funded …