Afghanistan Times
AT-KABUL: A suicide bomber rammed into a patrolconvoy of foreign troops in northern Parwan province on Sunday morning, killing three Resolute Support service members, said officials. “A suicide bomber on foot blew up his explosivesnear a patrolling convoy of foreign forcesin Khalazai area in Charikar, center of Parwan province on …
Read More »MoU singed to construct medical institute in Paktia
AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health on Sunday signed Memorandum of Understanding with Norway Committee to construct a regional medical institute in southern Paktia province. Minister of Public Health Ferozudin Feroz said that over $1.3 million was donated by Norway to build a regional medical institute in Gardez city capital of …
Read More »Election anxiety of political parties sane: Abdullah
AT-KABUL: Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah admitted Sunday the views and suggestion offered by political parties over the October legislative election as “reasonable”. Speaking at the 89th anniversary of a former foreign minister, Mohammad Wali Darwazi, Abdullah said that political parties were playing weak role as they did in the past …
Read More »Foreigners have no say in peace process; govt
AT-KABUL: The government says that foreigners are not authorized to make decision over the peace program in Afghanistan, a statement in reaction to a US official’s remark over talks between Taliban representatives and US officials. President Ashraf Ghani’s Spokesman, Shah Hossein Mortazavi, said Sunday that the US and other foreign …
Read More »Security and counter-corruption lapses, NUG’s main failure: Nabil
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The National Unity Government (NUG) has miserably failed in providing security to the Afghan masses as none fell safe anywhere in Afghanistan, the farmer head of National Directorate of Security (NDS) said – also criticizing NUG’s for its incompetence in the fight against corruption. In a special …
Read More »Polio virus; 9.9m children to get immunization
AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health, together with UNICEF and WHO, will launch its third national polio vaccination campaign for 2018. Over the next five days, around 9.9 million children under the age of five will be targeted for vaccination against polio across the country, a statement from health ministry …
Read More »Govt. dismisses SIGAR report on Taliban ground gains
AT-KABUL: The government dismissed a report prepared by the US-based Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) that Taliban are controlling more ground. Defense ministry spokesman, said Sunday that all the provincial capitals and most of the districts are under government control that is 85 per cent of the ground. …
Read More »Over 40 soldiers martyred in Taliban attack in Uruzgan
AT-KABUL: Police in the southern province of Uruzgan confirmed that Taliban militants stormed an army base in the Chenarto district, taking control of the base. Akhtar Mohammad, police chief of the district said Sunday that at least 44 soldiers were killed in the attack and their bodies are still at …
Read More »Officials dismiss MP’s allegations of Daesh-Madrasas nexus
AT News Report-KABUL: The Hajj and Religious Affairs Department in the eastern province of Nangarhar rejected allegations raised by the powerful lawmaker Zaher Qadir as seminaries there were used as recruitment centers for Daesh terrorist group. Nangarhar was the first stronghold of Daesh terrorist group when it emerged in Afghanistan …
Read More »Electoral commission under pressure of strongmen
AT News Report-KABUL: The two electoral commissions are under severe pressure from the powerful individuals, and they have taken these commissions as hostages, claimed the Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA). The electoral complaints commission said it has recently disqualified 25 people who are accused of leading illegal …
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