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5 July

Senators seek convention of Loya Jirga, interim administration

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: As security has been deteriorating across the country, a number of senators demanded convening of Loya Jirga to help find out a way out to the gnawing conflict. They said as security situation has been worsening because of the internal bickering between the leaders of the National …

5 July

ALP carnage: Activists urge Wolesi Jirga to summon security officials

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: A number of civil society activists and scores of protestors on Sunday asked Wolesi Jirga to summon the security officials for their negligence regarding the deadly incident in Jarliz district of Maidan Wardak province, where more than 30 Afghan Local Policemen (ALP) were killed by the …

5 July

Senators boycott session as officials fail to appear before Meshrano Jirga

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Members of the Meshrano Jirga on Sunday staged a walk out protest as the summoned high-ranking security officials failed to appear before the Senate. The gate of Meshrano Jirga (MJ) or Senate was closed down till coming Wednesday as protest after the minister of foreign affairs and …

5 July

Karzai condemns acid attack on school girls in Herat

AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai strongly denounced acid attack on school girls in western Herat province. In a fresh case of violence against women, unidentified men on motorcycles hurled acid at three girl students in the province. Hamid Karzai termed the acid attack a cowardly act and said that it was …

5 July

Airstrike kills 23 militants in Faryab

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 23 Taliban militants have been killed in Afghan military airstrike in Faryab province the other day, said a local official. Mohammad Reza Rezaye, a spokesman for 209th Shaheen military corps, said that the airstrike come after that a swarm of Taliban militants stormed Kohistan …

5 July

Wolesi Jirga urges govt to announce new defense minister-designate soon

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Wolesi Jirga urged the incumbent government to introduce its new pick for the Ministry of Defense (MoD) soon. This comes at a time that Massom Stankzai, minister-designate for defense failed to get vote of confidence from Wolesi Jirga. The Jirga also previously rejected Sher Muhammad Karimi to …

5 July

IDPs living in dire conditions in Kunduz

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kunduz province continue to live in dire conditions, Radio Azadi reported. Recent wars and conflicts in different districts of the province forced thousands of families to leave their homes and move to the capital city of the province and other safe areas. …

5 July

President urged to recover ‘looted money’ from Turkish, American firms

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Scores of Afghan companies on Sunday alleged different American and Turkish firms of ‘looting’ over $100 million from local contractors. The local companies urged President Ashraf Ghani for justice. Representative of the Afghan companies, Sayed Qaribullah Sadat, said that the US and Turkish construction firms have deprived …

5 July

Nepalis being sent to Afghanistan illegally

By Devendra Bhattarai-Rabin Khadka, 27, of Lamjung and Bir Bahadur Gurung, 30, of Kathmandu have been making rounds of various hotels and centres of New Delhi for the past seven months after a group duped thousands of rupees from them promising a good job at a security force in Kabul, …

5 July

Team assigned to probe Jalrez carnage

AT-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has appointed a team of high-level government officials to investigate the Jalrez district tragedy in central Maidan Wardak province, a statement from the Presidential Palace said. The statement said that the president had nominated a delegation to thoroughly investigate the incident and submit the final …