KABUL: Amid an aggravation of election violence, the independent election commission on Sunday called upon Afghan forces to reinforce security of the entire election processin order to ensure a vast voter turnout and safe election. Security forces must ensure people that the parliamentary election will be held in a safe …

KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) says it has completed the transfer of the electoral materials to all 34 provinces and has started transporting them to the districts. The parliamentary and district council elections are to be held on October 20, and the election commission said Sunday that it was …

AT News Report-KBAUL: The Taliban confirmed they have held direct contact with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar in a preliminary discussion about future peace talks, a statement of the insurgent group said on Saturday. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the militant group’s negotiating team has met with the US …

2 dead in gunfire on similar campaignin Herat By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: At least 15 people were killed in northern Takhar province after a motorbike laden with explosives went off behind an election campaign tent for a woman standing as a candidate in parliamentary polls. A motorbike full of explosive …

AT News Report-KABUL: Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology announced on Saturday a plan to secure 1 billion afghanis from revenues of postal services by end of the current budget year. Postal income reached to 700 million afghanis in the first seven months of the fiscal year and is expected …

AT News Report-KBAUL: Nine insurgents of the Taliban radical movement blew themselves up while planting explosive devices for terrorist attacks in Baghlan province, according to officials. A group of nine armed Taliban insurgents were killed and another wounded after their own explosives went off while they were placing a roadside …

AT News Report-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, met Saturday with a number of students who are going to continue higher education in the universities of Russian Federation. These students are going to Russia with the help of Karzai Foundation that has provided them with scholarships. Karzai advised the students that …

By Basir Qazizada-KABUL: The government’s opposition parties are pessimistic over the use of biometric system to prevent fraud in the election, amid government and election commission’s efforts in sending the machineries to the polling stations across the country. The political parties opposing government under a coalition had been previously urging …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Following US efforts to bring a negotiated settlement to the ongoing war in Afghanistan, the Russia—a state who his various of issues with US, has said to hold a grand meeting on Afghanistan peace at the end of October. Moscow’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Affairs, Zamir Kabulov …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Returning from his Middle East tour, US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met with President Ghani Saturday morning and briefed him on the outcomes of his roster of meetings with Arab and Pakistani leaders on peace quest. Khalilzad reiterated US stout commitment to Afghan peace …