AT-KABUL: Members of parliament say that the stickers used by the electoral employees on the ID cards of the voters to show the person had voted, are sold in Kabul markets. The legislators criticized election commission and security organs for not being serious in holding a transparent election, calling the …

AT-KABUL: A member of senate accused the donor countries of negligence that he believes paved the ground for corruption. Azim Qoyash, head of senate’s national economy commission, said Saturday that billions of dollars had been misused from foreign aidthat demands a widespread probe. Qoyash said that the negligence by donor …

AT-KABUL: CEO Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday laid emphasis on the voter registration campaign, calling on all eligible Afghans to support the entirety of the process. His remarks come at a time as public turnout in voter registration centers continues to be low amid concerns over aggravating insecurity At a special …

AT-KABUL: National Security Adviser, HanifAtmar emphasized on China’s role in the fight against terrorism, development in the Afghan peace process, bilateral economic relationships and the regional consensus. Atmar who is in Beijing for an official visit, met with Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, discussing further strengthening of the Kabul-Beijing relations, …

Taliban militants recently resorted to harm public utilities in the capital and other areas. The insurgents exploded pylons of electricity power in the northern provinces of Kunduz and Baghlan in the past two weeks. The blackout hit millions of civilians in Kabul and other areas that the power is being …

AT News Report-KABUL: Government has passed a bill which will facilitate investments in mining and processing granite and marble stones, officials said on Friday. The bill will also allow establishing marble industry in the country. Marble depositsin Afghanistan, according to surveys, are worth $150 billion and 25 extraction and 108 …

AT News Report-KABUL: Voter registration in southern Ghazni province has hit snags as residents and provincial council members have warned to boycott the forthcoming parliamentary and district council elections if insecurity continued to prevail. Residents and public representatives in a protest in Ghazni city called on the government to tame …

AT News Report-KABUL: President Ghani on Thursday urged all civic agents and agencies to intensify awareness-raising activities so that people may flock to the polling stations to register for the upcoming parliament and district councils elections. He also urged people to participate in the voter registration campaign. In a joint …

By Patricia Gossman-WASHINGTON: U.S. Army General John Nicholson is repeating the dangerous mistakes of the past. In a recent interview he echoed the mantra of his predecessors, that the new U.S. military strategy — which includes increasing both air power and the number of American troops training Afghan forces — …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In order to repress the insurgents, the NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg termed enabling and training the Afghan local forces as best option. “The message now is that more important than deploying NATO troops in combat operations it is to enable local forces, train local forces to …