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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The meeting of the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group took place in Beijing at the level of deputy foreign ministers of Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, SCO Secretariat and SCO RATS Executive Committee, foreign media reported. During the meeting, the sides discussed the ways of …

AT-KABUL: Afghan government objected to the recent decision made by Pakistan parliament based on which, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) would be emerged as part of the country’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, saying that “limiting of the independence of the tribal areas is not acceptable” for the people of Afghanistan, …

AT-KABUL: A number of senators claimed Sunday that some lawmakers were buying people’s national ID cards (give them money to get their ID cards’ copies), an attempt to gather more support in the October legislative election. The senators condemn the move, calling it misuse of the people’s poverty. The senators …

AT-KABUL: A peace caravan consisting of seven youth from the southern Helmand, who had started a walking tour, has arrived in Ghazni province after passing Kandahar and Zabul provinces. The youth from other areas also joined the caravan that its number now reaches 25 people. Some of them have interesting …

AT-KABUL: National Security Adviser, Haneef Atmar flew to Islamabad to discuss the implementation of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Action Plan for Peace and Solidarity with the Pakistani officials, said an official from the Security Council office. Afghan government calls the action plan “important”, frequently emphasizing on its implementation by Pakistani side. “This …

AT-KABUL: More than 79Taliban insurgents have been killed and40more sustained critical injuries in extensive government military operations in the past days, said government officials Sunday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development on Sunday said an agreement for 22 development projects worth Afs 225 million has been singed with provincial councils of twelve provinces. These development projects will be implemented in Daikundi, Faryab, Ghor, Jawzjan, Kabul, Kunduz, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, Nuristan, Panjshir and Parwan provinces, …

AT News Report-KABUL: Pakistan’s Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai in Pakistan’s National Assembly has recently delivered a rare scathing critique on how vindictively Pakistani government has been meddling in Afghanistan and how badly the war-ravaged nation has been hemorrhaging to Pakistan’s dubious strategy. “For God’s sake, stop …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Members of Wolesi Jirga of the Parliament on Saturdaycalled existence of counterfeited identity cards and fake voter registration stickers ‘a matter of concern’. The grievance was raised on Saturday during an interpellation of the Independent Election Commission and Population Registration Office officials. Parliament members believed that existence …

AT News Report-KABUL: Former head of the independent election commission, Najibullah Ahmadzai accused the commission of wrong counting of the people registered to vote the October legislative election, saying “few people have registered”. “Only 400,000 people have so far registered in 17 provinces,” Ahmadzai said Saturday. He said the commission’s …