AT News KABUL: Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, Idrees Zaman met with the Ambassador of the United States of America to Kabul, Mr. John Bass on Tuesday morning, where they discussed Afghan related issues. The two sides talked about the recently held Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process 8th Ministerial …
Read More »Nine Afghan children killed or maimed daily in world’s most lethal warzone: UNICEF
Protagonists must protect civilians, end targeting of schools and clinics AT News KABUL: The forty-year-old conflict in Afghanistan is having a devastating impact on children and the protagonists are failing in their duty to shield them from its consequences, UNICEF said today (Tuesday). A report released by the UN children’s …
Read More »Delay in polls result announcement for sake of transparency: Yamamoto
AT News KABUL: Tadamichi Yamamoto, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday at the Security Council meeting entreated Afghan candidates and other “stakeholders” to continue supporting the Afghan election process. “When I last addressed this Council, the people of Afghanistan were preparing to vote in the …
Read More »Nangarhar civil activists stage demo against use of Pakistani currency
AT News KABUL: A number of civil activists have staged protest in Jalalabad, the capital city of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday against the use of Pakistani rupees, asking for complete popularizing of Afghani currency in daily business across the province. Nangarhar Press Disk in a statement said that civil …
Read More »Balkh blast leaves 18 people injured
AT News KABUL: At least 18 people were wounded, after a bike-born Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) blew up in northern Balkh province on Tuesday morning, official said. The blast occurred in Alkozai square in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital city of Balkh, where 18 people, all them civilians, received injuries, Balkh Police …
Read More »55 militants killed in fresh ops
AT News KABUL: At least 55 Taliban militants have been killed and 21 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said that the Afghan National …
Read More »Afghanistan, Uzbekistan step up efforts to strengthen trade
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Afghanistan Ismatulla Irgashev has met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Management and Resources of Afghanistan Naheed Esar, where they discussed issues related to the Afghan issues. At the meeting, Uzbekistan’s efforts to resolve the Afghan …
Read More »Delay in polls result announcement for sake of transparency: Yamamoto
AT News KABUL: Tadamichi Yamamoto, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday at the Security Council meeting entreated Afghan candidates and other “stakeholders” to continue supporting the Afghan election process. “When I last addressed this Council, the people of Afghanistan were preparing to vote in the …
Read More »Nine Afghan children killed or maimed daily in world’s most lethal warzone: UNICEF
Protagonists must protect civilians, end targeting of schools and clinics AT News KABUL: The forty-year-old conflict in Afghanistan is having a devastating impact on children and the protagonists are failing in their duty to shield them from its consequences, UNICEF said today (Tuesday). A report released by the UN children’s …
Read More »‘Forged identity card’ of IEC commissioner should be probed
AT News KABUL: An electoral commission, Mohammad Hanif Danishyar has been accused of being forged his identity card—the case must be probed, said Chief Executive Office. CEO’s spokesman, Omid Maisom said that Danishar’s hypocoristic documents should be investigated by the judicial system. A domestic newspaper, Itlaat-e-Roz has found out documents, …
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