In his book ‘Every day is extra’, John Kerry narrates an exhilarating account of his encounter with the erstwhile President Hamid Karzai and calls him ‘a charming and emotional patriot who wanted a united Afghanistan. In his memoir, Kerry enthuses that Karzai was an outgoing president. He writes, “I plunged …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Angry loyalists to the majority opposition alliance shut down four regional offices of the Independent Election Commission on Saturday against what they called the government’s refusal to cave to the demands of politicians in regards with election reforms, sparking fears about further delay in long-dragged parliamentary elections. …

AT News Report-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi met on Saturday in Kabul and discussed counter-terrorism and Afghan peace process, in the maiden visit of Pakistan’s top diplomat to the country. Pakistani top diplomat arrived in Kabul early on Saturday to meet with Afghan leaders …

AT News Report-KABUL: All five on board a military helicopter embraced martyrdom after the chopper crash landed in western Farah province on Friday night, said officials. An army helicopter en route from western Herat province made an emergency landing in a desert in Renj area of Khak-e Safid district in …

AT News Report-KABUL: Lawmakers on Saturday kept up their push for the Ghani administration to revise the Bilateral Security Agreement with the U.S. which they describe as a futile pact that failed to ensure security in Afghanistan. The BSA has exacerbated unrest, insecurity, and economic challenges and needs to be …

AT News Report-KABUL: The differences among senior officials in the Independent Election Commission are deepening as now they have problems over appointing regional and provincial employees. The head of the commission, commissioners and head of secretariat had previously problems over appointing of heads of provincial branches. The new problems and …

AT News Report-KABUL: The government denied a report that says it had signed contracts for extraction of mines in the insecure areas, but admitted that illegal extractions of mines were still challenges. Abdul WadirMotfi, spokesman of the ministry of mines and petroleum, said Saturday that “better systems” were established to …

By Basir Qazizada -KABUL: The High Peace Council called Taliban’s refusal over holding another round of talks with the US officials ‘not important’, saying Washington should seek solutions if it seriously wants to help peace in Afghanistan. Western media had earlier quoted some anonymous Taliban officials as saying that the …

Electoral body once said security and funding will present the biggest challenge to the forthcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. The prediction is totally right, but it forgot to calculate situation in case of massive fraud and its consequences. Beside security and funding, the biggest issue that hampers elections is mass …

Trust levels on election commissions have dampened, said ex-IEC chief, amid large-scale fraudulence and rigging in the election process. Najib Ahmadzai said the ongoing security debacle and a widening distrust on election commissions will cause an election disaster and prompt a drastically low turnout. He demanded the election process be …