AT-KABUL: The Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) believes that the Independent Election Commission (IEC) is not able to fulfill its commitments over preventing electoral fraud. “We cannot assess these subjects with individuals and we need to make a mechanism and make pre conditions for the frauds. I …

AT-KABUL: Members of the National Assembly have asserted that Democracy International for Afghanistan has organized meetings with some of the parliamentary election contenders to seek their perspectives on a joint venture. Chiefs of this organization, Ajmal Ghani and Dawod Noorzai, have not commented on this issue. However, Kabul News reported …

AT-KABUL: Members of the National Assembly have asserted that Afghanistan has become a laboratory of U.S.-manufactured weaponry, in the wake of reports that Washington is sending a batch of new warplanes to the country. Political experts and members of the Lower House of the Parliament said that the use of …

AT-Kabul: High Peace Council is gearing up to host religious scholars from Pakistan and Afghanistan to discuss stalled peace process, just in the wake of talks between Afghan officials with the Taliban leadership in Saudi Arabia. Karim Khalili, chief of the council, said that Kabul has been lobbying with Pakistan’s …

AT-KABUL: More than three thousand families including people hit by drought, police martyrs’ families and nomads received 441 tons of wheat in aid on Saturday in northern Samangan province, officials said. Rajab Ali Yousufi, head of Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) for Samangan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the …

AT-KABUL: The internally displaced families in the western province of Herat are selling their child daughters to make money and save other members of the families, local official said Saturday. “We have so far registered 72 cases of girls selling by their parents in Herat and other adjacent provinces under …

By Ambassador Dr. Zia Nezam-Afghan security forces have repeatedly demonstrated courage and determination to defeat terrorist tyranny.  Our forces are tenaciously bringing the battle to the Taliban and their ilk.  Thus, for example, the Taliban-led insurgency has been unable to wrest control of the major part of the national territory, …

AT-KABUL: More than fifty-seven Taliban insurgents have been killed and ten wounded in fresh offensives launched by Afghan security forces over the past day. The Ministry of Defense said in a statement that Afghan Army and Police and National Directorate of Security officers launched joint operations against insurgents in different …

AT-KABUL: Some foreign nationals armed with sophisticated weapons and modern technology, are in Helmand province to collect information about the Kajaki hydropower dam, the provincial governor claimed. “Our intelligence operatives have found out that some foreign nationals who seem to be from Iran, are here and ask questions from the …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: As civilian casualties hit record high in Afghanistan, Parliament on Wednesday called the spike in deaths a matter of ‘grave concern’, urging security agencies to ratchet up efforts to rein in the menace. The concerns are voiced a day after the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan raised …