AT-KABUL: A number of legislators at the Wolesi Jirga of the parliament have said that the US is helping and supporting those possible candidates for the parliamentarian election to shore up the bilateral security agreement (BSA), between Kabul and Washington, which has been signed in the beginning days of the …
Read More »Jakarta meeting significant for Afghan peace process
AT-KABUL: The resolution of a religious scholars’ meeting held Friday in the Indonesian capital, is for the success of the peace process in Afghanistan, the High Peace Council believes. Clerics from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia called suicide attacks and attacks on the civilians in Afghanistan ‘haram’ (unlawful) in Islam. They …
Read More »MPs accuse each other of lacking responsibility
AT-KABUL: A number of parliamentarians blame their colleagues for not fulfilling their responsibility, saying they betray the people. They said Saturday that those MPs who escape their responsibilities, are accountable to the people that trusted them and voted for them. Gholam Hossein Naseri, a member of parliament, said that the …
Read More »Stickers on copy ID cards cause fraud: Electoral monitors
AT-KABUL: The electoral watchdogs believe that stickers on the copy of ID cards of the voters would not solve problems, but even cause fraud. Yousuf Rashid, head of Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA), said Saturday that one person could vote through different centers with sticker on his/her …
Read More »New Air Corridors to open Turkey, Saudi markets to Afghan traders
AT-KABUL: Afghanistan plans to open two new air corridors soon with Turkey and Saudi Arabia, a government official said, with an aim to increase exports and decrease imports. The air corridor to Turkey would be opened this week, while another one would link Afghan businessmen next week to Saudi Arabia, …
Read More »Take advantage of Ghani’s peace offer: US told Taliban
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United States National Security Advisor (NSA) John Bolton has said the Taliban could not win on the battlefield and should join the Afghan government-initiated peace process. In an interview with the US media in Washington Bolton said they would never allow the Taliban to take over …
Read More »Afghan forces bravery, sacrifices hailed
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Ambassador Cornelius Zimmermann has said Afghan security forces suffered terrible injuries while working towards peace and security for the Afghan people, a statement from the SCR office said on Saturday. “When more and more Afghan children can go to school, this is …
Read More »Editorial: Security tension and reshuffling
Security deterioration and the Afghan masses frustration over security brasses for their incompetence in maintaining rule of law to change the current fragile situation of the country have caused new appointment and replacement of police chiefs for 14 provinces with sending 10 officers to the waiting list. The Ministry of …
Read More »95 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 95 militants have been killed and 64 others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours, security officials said on Saturday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that Afghan National …
Read More »Ashgabat pushes for hastened talks on Eurasian transit corridor
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Turkmen side calls to intensify the discussion of various aspects of the construction of the transport corridor Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey within the framework of international organizations, Vatan newspaper reported. These include such organizations as the International Road Transport Union, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and …
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