AT-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga or the Lower House of the Parliament rejected the draft of the next Afghan year’s budget in the general session on Wednesday. The lawmakers rejected the budget citing lack of balance, justice and fairness in the allocation of the budget. Head of the parliamentary commission for …

AT-KABUL: A Mullah (cleric) on Wednesday was arrested over sexually assaulting an 11-year-old boy he was teaching religious subject in the southeastern Ghazni province, local officials said. Provincial director of criminal investigation Muhammad Qahir Naseri confirmed the incident, saying, “The mullah has sexually assaulted his 11-year-old student during the night …

AT-KABUL: A man who allegedly killed his seven-month-old son with a knife in the eastern Nangarhar province, was arrested, local officials said Wednesday. Provincial spokesman, Ataullah Khogyani, said that the killer was identified as Amanullah originally a resident of Bati Kot district had killed his son after divorcing his wife …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) termed the role of civil society important in the election process, saying that without their cooperation, transparence in election is not possible. “Civil society is playing the role of eyes for the commission,” the IECC chief, Abdul Aziz Aryayi said in …

India has always proved herself as a time-tested friend of Afghan people and government. India as a democratic country is doing all what is in her capacity to strengthen foundation of democracy in Afghanistan. Poverty, unemployment and illiteracy in the war-hit country are not the only concerns of New Delhi. …

AT-KABUL: The World Bank (WB) donated $83.5 million incentive funds to the ministry of finance for reforms in key sectors, official said Monday. “The funds will paid to the ministry based on commitments it made to bring reforms in 5 key sections,” Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi said. “The funds will …

AT-KABUL: The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto called on the Taliban to participate in peace talks with the national government, stressing that the conflict in the country has no military solution and the only path to a meaningful peace is through intra-Afghan dialogue. “The Taliban leadership must reconsider …

AT-KABUL: The United Stated military confirmed that a US airstrike killed two top leaders of the al-Qaeda terrorist network in an operative in eastern Kunar province in October. Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook described the assault that killed Bilal al-Utabi Qahtani’s deputy, as well as Abd al-Wahid al-Junabi described as “a …

AT-KABUL: At least 24 Taliban fighters were killed and 13 others sustained injuries in different crackdowns within the past 24 hours. In a press release Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and the National Directorate of Security (NDS) has …

AT-KABUL: Efforts by Afghan security forces underway to rescue abducted ICRC employee in Afghanistan’s northeastern Kunduz province, a police source said Tuesday. Mahfuzullah Akbari, the police spokesman for northeastern zone said that security forces were trying to secure safe release of the abducted ICRC employee in Kunduz province. The staff …