Afghanistan Times
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) on Wednesday said that power had been reconnected after repairing of broken power cables from Tajikistan to Kunduz province. The power utility head for the northeastern zone, Eng. Hamidullah, told Pajhwok Afghan News the cables had been cut off during a …
Read More »Afghan govt failed to resolve problems: AGA
By Basir Qazizada KABUL: The Afghanistan Governors’ Association (AGA) mostly made of the former provincial governors on Wednesday expressed concerns over the failure of the National Unity Government (NUG) in delivering to the promises. The (AGA) members said that they would chalk out new plan to overcome the current problems …
Read More »Lashkargah won’t fall to Taliban: Official
By Mansoor Faizy KABUL: There is no major concern regarding the collapse of the Lashkargah city, the provincial capital of Helmand, to the Taliban insurgents, a provincial official said. Fareed Ahmad, an official at the Information Directorate, told Afghanistan Times that after deployment of around 100 US troops in the …
Read More »I intensely refuse to recognize the Durand Line: Begam Nasim Wali Khan
By Aurang Zeb Khan Zalmay-Begam Nasim Wali Khan is the leader of Awami National Party (Wali) and wife of famous Pashtun politician late Abdul Wali Khan. Her husband was the first opposition leader in Pakistan and the founder of Awami National Party (ANP). Begam Nasim is the step mother of …
Read More »Editorial: Political system
Since establishment of the National Unity Government (NUG) in Afghanistan, there is an unending debate on political systems. Public opinion makers, jurists, analysts and legislators have been discussing different political systems that could meet needs of the country and people. Most of such debates and study reports end without broad-based …
Read More »Pak-backed terrorist arrested in Laghman: MoI
AT-KABUL: A terrorist linked with the Pakistan’s military was arrested by Afghan forces as he was attempting to flee to Pakistan in eastern Laghman province, Ministry of Interior said Tuesday. It added that the terrorist was arrested by the counter-terrorism operatives after sustaining injuries during a gun battle in Alingar …
Read More »People want change in political system: Survey
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) on Tuesday released a survey, in which 51 percent of the people interviewed have said they want parliamentary system. The survey has interviewed 34 law experts and members of parliament and received 800 individuals answer through questioner in the aspect …
Read More »Husband kills wife, mother-in-law in Herat
AT-KABUL: A man shot his wife and mother in-law dead in the western Herat province, provincial officials said on Tuesday, an incident likely because of family problems. “Efforts are underway to detain the culprit,” provincial police spokesman Abdul Rauf Ahmadi said. Ahmadi did not provide more details regarding the killing …
Read More »Iran ready to build oil refinery in Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Iranian Oil officials expressed the country’s readiness to build joint oil refineries in Afghanistan, Iranian MEHR news agency reported Tuesday. “A new storage tank will soon come to stream in South Khorasan Province saying “Birjand Oil Tank Farm with a capacity of storing 100 thousand barrels of …
Read More »89 insurgents killed in raids: MoD
AT-KABUL: Eighty-nine Taliban insurgents were killed and 15 others injured in different parts of the country in the past 24 hours, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Tuesday in a statement. The statement added that the national army with the cooperation of the national police and the national directorate of security …
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