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AT-KABUL: Representatives from Kandahar province in the senate say that a large number of the voter registration centers remain closed in the province due to lack of necessary equipment. Rahmatullah Achakzai, a member of senate, said Tuesday that most of the voter registration centers in Kandahar lack electoral equipment and …

AT-KABUL: Official at Afghanistan Central Civil Registration Authority (ACCRA) has informed on Tuesday about opening of an Electronic National Identity Card (e-NIC) distribution center in Kabul, the capital city, in the upcoming days. In the face of rift between the leaders of the National Unity Government over distribution of electronic …

AT-KABUL: The active participation of everyone in political decision-making is essential for the country’s stability and development, observed panelists in a UN-backed symposium in the central highlands province of Daikundi. Community leaders, women’s rights advocates, government representatives and electoral officials met at a symposium, organized by UNAMA’s Bamyan regional office, …

AT-KABUL: Afghan Taliban leaders have called on Pakistani religious clerics to boycott the Indonesian government’s efforts to broker a peace deal in war-ravaged Afghanistan ahead of an international conference of religious scholars, according to reports, underlining the desperate efforts of the group to drill any peace attempt in the country. …

AT-KABUL: At least 47 militants have been killed and 44 others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said on Tuesday. In a press release issue here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said …

AT-KABUL: At least 59 militants were killed and 34 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past 24 hours. 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 Directorate of Security (NDS) personal …

AT-KABUL: A suicide attacker who attempted to target a blood donation campaign was shot dead on Monday in Shahr-e-Naw Park before reaching his target, officials said; a failed terrorist attempt in the wake of a string of suicide bombings. This time terrorists wanted to target a blood donation campaign that …

AT-KABUL: Increasing poverty and unemployment has made senators concerned, who said that people have become helpless and the government has failed to hold resolving programs. Alam Izadyar, deputy head of senate said Monday that poverty and joblessness are two major problems after insecurity, arguing these problems had caused other social …

AT-KABUL: Minister of Interior Wais Ahmad Barmak on Sunday during a questioning in the Parliament regarding election security said his team was working on ‘stringent plans’to beef up security in voter registration centers, explaining that they will change tactic against militants as has the Taliban. We are jointly working with …

AT-KABUL: As many as 36 people – most of them children – have been killed and dozens other received injuries in aerial operations carried out by the Afghan forces helicopters following multiple rockets and firing heavy machineguns during an open-air ‘dashtar bandi’ religious ceremony next to a madrassa where hundreds …