AT-KABUL: The Chief Executive, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah on Wednesday emphasized on role of the political parties, civil society and general masses for holding Wolesi Jirga, District Council and Presidency elections in per schedule. Abdullah made this remark during his speech to a ceremony commemorating the 23rd death anniversary of Abdul …

AT-KABUL: The government of Afghanistan has rejected a report by the Transparency International that Afghanistan has failed to struggle a rampant corruption, and said that pragmatic anti-corruption drive has yielded tangible results. The report said that Afghan government’s efforts in fight corruption were not enough to receive the United Nations’ …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Cultural relics from Afghanistan, including ancient gold jeweler, have gone on display in Chengdu City, in China’s southwest Sichuan province, it has been reported. The exhibition – The Echo of Civilization – is being held at the Chengdu Museum and has been well received by locals, who …

AT-KABUL: The US Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis arrived in Kabul on an unannounced visit on Tuesday, in which he said victory was possible in Afghanistan through peace talks. Before landing in Kabul, Mattis told reporters onboard that he believed victory in Afghanistan was still possible—not necessarily on the battlefield but …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A resolution has been unanimously adopted on supporting international efforts to assist Afghanistan at the next meeting of the UN Security Council, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said in his message on this issue. In this document the UN Security Council, a special role is assigned to the …

AT-KABUL: The government of Japan has pledged a fresh aid package of $1.27 million to cover demining projects and veterinary sector in Southeast and North of Afghanistan. Memorandums of Understanding were signed between the relevant institutions and the Embassy of Japan for the allocation of the funds to implement the …

Despite a faulty and stagnant economy and more frustratingly an aggravating extremist-induced violence all being unscrupulously imposed in high scales on the country, a fraction of spurring optimism is surfacing. People have pinned their hopes on the political elite. This sanguinity is thought to have stemmed from the assurances from …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan parliament has elected Amir Khan Yar, a lawmaker from eastern Nangarhar, as its second deputy speaker. In the past two days the house failed to elect its 2nd deputy speaker in the first and second round of voting, but in the third round Amir Khan Yar succeeded …

AT-KABUL: At least 135 militants have been killed and 98 others sustained injuries in recent military crackdowns that targeted militant strongholds in the past two days. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and …

AT-KABUL: Some members of the parliament have slung accusations on the government of “poor management” that has caused death of magnanimous proportions of Afghan security forces. The security forces have been suffering huge casualties in the recent weeks due to intensifying attacks by Taliban militants. Some lawmakers claim that up …