AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan cricketers have been denied permission to feature in Afghanistan Premier League (APL) starting on October 5, Geo reported. Quoting sources, Geo reported Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has refused to issue a no-objection certificate (NOC) required to take part in the league. Several Pakistani cricketers had applied …

AT-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) warns the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) could not assist the parliamentary election candidates more than 100,000 Afghanis. “Political parties and other organizations can only finance the candidates up to 100,000 Afghanis for their electoral campaigns. The assistance should be clear and transparent,” said Abdul Aziz …

AT-KABUL: The High Peace Council is optimistic that the session between Afghan and Pakistani religious scholars would give a positive result. After many meetings by the Afghan clerics in Afghanistan, Indonesia and Saudi Arabai over the current war and seeking peace ways, a number of the clerics along with members …

AT-KABUL: At militants were killed grandmothers nonmilitary offensives carried out by Afghan security forces within past day. The defense ministry in a statement said that Afghan National Army in collaboration with Afghan National Police and National Directorate of Security launched joint operations against insurgents in different areas Helmand,Nimroz,Nangarhar,Kunar, Faryab, Ghazni,Baghlan,Logar,Herat,Badakhshan,Uruzgan,Sar-e …

AT-KABUL: Herat police chief on Tuesday put the security forces on high alert to rebuff any threat ahead of election campaign in this western province. Afghan National Police Army and Intelligence forces jointly have conducted military maneuver in the city of Herat provinces in order to ensure candidates safety as …

AT-KABUL: General Din Mohammad Jurat was sacked on Tuesday as senior advisor to the president and deputy chief of the Office of National Security Council. President Ghani in a decree unseated his senior advisor and deputy chief of ONSC, said a statement issued by President’s press office. The statement did …

AT-KABUL: Civilian Protection Advocacy Group (CPAG) on Tuesday said that civilians suffered most casualties in offensives launched by security forces in September. The watchdog in its monthly report said that most casualties beside targeted killings have been inflicted on civilians as a result of air and ground operations of security …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: As many as 13 people were killed and dozens wounded after a suicide bomber ploughed into an election campaign in eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday afternoon. A suicide bombing struck election rally of parliament contestant Abdul Naser Mohmand in Kama district of Nangarhar at around 1:30pm, killing …

AT-The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) on Monday said that Afghanistan as a less developed country, is more vulnerable to climate change—a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time. Shah Zaman Maiwandi, NEPA Director said that climate change ‘is …

AT Monitoring Desk-Less than a dozen law makers were present in Monday’s general session of the Lower House of Parliament amid heightening criticism and a heated election campaign. Some lawmakers criticized other members of the house for constant absenteeism for attending to their election campaigning. They asserted that fewer than …