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22 June

Taliban captures yet another district of Kunduz

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Dasht-e-Archi district of northeastern Kunduz province has fallen to the Taliban, said an official in the district. Dasht-e-Archi district chief, Nasiruddin Saadi, confirmed that the district has fallen under the Taliban’s control around 8:00 am on Monday. This is the second district of Afghanistan that has fallen …

22 June

Taliban stormed parliament; bid to confirm defense minister disrupted

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Taliban assaulted the Parliament on Monday just as parliamentarians were convening for their third attempt to cast their vote of confidence for a defense minister. A suicide bomber exploded himself up behind the gate of the Parliament when Masoom Stanikzai, was going to be officially introduced …

22 June

MoEC concerned over declining national economic growth

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: After the decline in international aid there has been a gradual fall in the annual national economic growth and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), said the Ministry of Economy (MoEC) on Monday. Making the ministry’s 100-day action plan public, the economy minister Abdul Sattar Murad said that the …

22 June

Attack on parliament draws global condemnation

AT-KABUL: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government of Pakistan and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly denounced terrorist attack on parliament in Kabul on Monday. Narendra Modi in his twitter account termed the attack on Afghan parliament as a cowardly act. “There is no place for …

21 June

Two million children deprived of education?

Insecurity, lawlessness and joblessness have been on the rise. There are too many factors behind the rise in these problems, but the biggest one is militancy. Around two million children have been pushed into the streets to work and augment their families’ income. What did push them into works instead …

21 June

Punishment blunder: Nabil apologizes to two varsity lecturers

AT-KABUL: The Chairman of National Directorate of Security (NDS), Rahmatullah Nabil, apologized to two lecturers, whose heads were shaved for allegedly taking bribes. The two lecturers were detained by NDS operatives and their heads were shaved as punishment by Ghazni Attorney General Office (AGO) officials. A statement issued by the …

21 June

Electronic ID cards department fires 800 staffers

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Electronic Identity Cards Department fired 800 of its staffers, said an official on Sunday. Nasir Ahmad Amin, the executive head of the department, said that they have fired 800 of their staffers due to lack of budget. He added that they took the decision after that donor …

21 June

Holding parliamentary elections not possible this year: IEC

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said that holding parliamentary elections are not possible this solar year. According to constitution of Afghanistan, Wolesi Jirga’s tenure ends on 21st June, 2015. Deputy Chairman of the IEC, Abdulrahman Hotaki, told Azadi Radio that holding parliamentary polls are not possible till …

21 June

Troops reclaim Yamgan district of Badakhshan: Official

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan security forces have recaptured Yamgan district in northeastern Badakhshan province from insurgents. According to the Interior Ministry spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi, Afghan security forces have recaptured Yamgan district Sunday morning after days of large-scale military operations and targeting insurgent’s safe havens. Sediqqi said that 120 militants have …

21 June

Insecurity, maladministration hampered energy projects: MoEW

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Energy and Water (MoEW) on Sunday said that insecurity, technical problems and poor monitoring programs are main factors that hampered the important energy projects. Briefing news reporters on the 100-day action plan, the minister Ali Ahmad Osmani said that even a single hydro-power dam or …