AT-KABUL: Chief of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) Abdul Sattar Sadat rejected the allegations about fraud in the 2014 presidential election, terming report of Radio Azadi baseless. Radio Azadi on September 18 in a report said that Chief of the IECC told a gathering that dismissal of the electoral …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that ammunition cache was seized in Paktika province. In press statement issued here the NDS said that its operatives discovered and seized huge cache of arms and ammunition during an operation in Dara Zadran district of Paktika province. The seized …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen have killed an ex-director of Hajj and Religious Affairs in southwestern Nimroz province, it has been reported. According to the reports the ex-director Sayed Nazir Sadat was going back to his home from mosque when unknown gunmen killed him in Zaranj, the provincial capital of …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) expressed its deep concerns over presence of children in the Taliban’s ranks. The remarks came just few days after Afghan security forces arrested a child suicide bomber in Faryab province. Rafiullah Bedar, spokesman of the AIHRC, while talking to Azadi Radio …

Regional economic integration and rolling out public-friendly policies in South Asia is need of the day. The problem is that regional economic integration in this region is trapped in perpetual conflicts. Resultantly, Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistani-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project worth US $10 billion couldn’t be started in time. However, the long delayed …

The Afghanistan national cricket team defeated Oman by 27 runs in the first Twenty20 match of Afghanistan Tour of United Arab Emirates. Afghanistan set a target of 160 runs from 20 overs and by losing 8 wickets after Oman won the toss and elected to field first. Despite losing opener …

KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday announced the appointment of five new ambassadors to Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Czech, Norway and Belgium and one non-resident envoy. Mirwais Nab has been named as Afghanistan’s ambassador to Turkmenistan, Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal to Pakistan, Syed Musdaq Khalili to Czech Republic, Shukria Barakzai …

There is enough room for improvement. Security apparatus needs to overhaul its approach in the areas lying on the fringes. Keeping security intact in just the center cannot guarantee victory.  Considering one part important over the other is the core issue. In some parts of the country security measures are …

AT-KABUL: Governors of Herat, Bamiyan, Parwan, Daikundi, Nimroz and Kapisa urged the central government to implement infrastructural projects, put end to mounting insecurity and improve education in the provinces. The governors on Saturday in a session in Kabul said that the central government nodded to some of their demands. However, …

“We will prove it to the world that Afghans are not terrorists, said Asfandyar Wali Khan.” AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai said that Afghans are united, will remain united and none can divide them. He added that Afghans and the Pashtuns living on the other side of the Durand Line were …