AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Friday announced that the perpetrators of fraud in the September 28th’s presidential election had been identified. The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) jointly with IEC organized a consultative meeting for resolving the ongoing electoral differences in the presence of civil …
Read More »10 civilians killed in Ghazni bomb blast
AT News KABUL: At least 10 civilians were killed and another six injured Friday when a passenger mini-bus struck a roadside bomb in Ghazni province, provincial officials confirmed. The incident took place early morning in Dara-e-Qayaq of the Jaghatoo district. “There are four women and one child among the dead,” …
Read More »Editorial: Leash the insurgents!
The recent massive attack on Bagram Airfield resulted in the killing of two people and injured 80 others. Sadly, the dreadful attack threw a wrench into the peace negotiations which had only recently rejuvenated. The US special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, has said he expressed outrage in a meeting …
Read More »Former MP accuses Pakistan of killing Japanese physician
AT News KABUL: A powerful tribal elder and former member of parliament, Zaher Qadir accused the neighboring state of Pakistan of being behind the killing of Japanese physician Tetsu Nakamura who was killed 10 days ago in the eastern province of Nangarhar, the birthplace of Qadir. Nakamura had been serving …
Read More »Editorial: Election crisis
Amid a ragging election crisis, Afghanistan is once again seemed at the brink of electoral violence which itself give birth to the chaos in the country. While Independent Election Commission (IEC) seems to announce the result of the September 28th polls, candidates have warned that announcement sans their demand to …
Read More »Election result ‘unacceptable’: Abdullah
AT News KABUL: Presidential Candidate, Abdullah Abdullah rejected statement by the independent election commission over announcing the preliminary results of presidential elections soon, saying the announcement would be unacceptable for him. He also warned that his supporters would not incurious. The independent election commission said Tuesday that they would announce …
Read More »Taliban attack US base amid peace talks underway
Two civilians were killed and over 70 others wounded in Taliban bomb-and-gun attack on US military base in Bagram By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Amid the ongoing peace talks between US and Qatar-based Taliban members, seven Taliban fighters detonated a car filled with explosives and then stormed a medical facility near …
Read More »Presidential candidates reject result announcement as ‘big mistake, crisis’
AT News KABUL: Presidential candidates warned that the announcement of election’s preliminary results would be a big mistake and would create crisis. The independent election commission had said earlier to decide about the result announcement on Wednesday, apparently a reference to the announcement of the results. The candidates who have …
Read More »Families of victims of dead soldiers go on hunger strike in Khost
AT News KABUL: The families of those security forces who had lost their lives, went to hunger strike in Khost province. They criticized the government on Wednesday that for remaining careless to their life conditions, saying they had not received residential plots the government had promised them. Some 200 people …
Read More »Taliban collect 550m Afs in power bills annually: DABS
AT News KABUL: The Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat (DABS) on Wednesday claimed that the Taliban insurgent group collected about 550 million Afs on annual basis in power arrears of fives provinces. The sole power company also warned of facing crisis if 6 billion Afs unpaid bills were not cleared. According …
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