AT News Report KABUL: The budget for upcoming presidential election hasn’t been officially put at the Independent Election Commission’s (IEC) disposal with nearly two months left for the vote, an official said Sunday.   However, the election body notified about the preparations for the polls – which are scheduled for …

Media persons from all over war-stricken Afghanistan mourned once again when their colleague, a local radio anchor, was killed by unknown armed men in Gardez, the capital city of southern Paktia province. The sudden and brutal death of Nader Shah Sahibzada brings to over 20 the number of Afghan journalists which …

AT News Report KABUL: Kabul police on Sunday said they have arrested Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) facilitator and logistic supplier in a fresh crackdown in the capital city—Daesh is foreign extremist groups, and the Afghan government has strong resolve to eliminate it. Police Special Unit succeeded to arrest Daesh or …

AT News Report KABUL: Canada is committed to advancing gender equality and ensuring that girls, adolescent girls and women have access to quality education, especially in conflict and crisis situations. On July 4 to 5, 2019, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of International Development and Minister for Women and Gender …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: At least five police officer have been killed and two others received injures after their vehicle smashed with a roadside bomb in northern Baghlan province, official said Sunday. Abdul Wali Hameedi, administrative chief for Freng district, told Pajhwok Afghan News the police personnel, who had gone …

AT News Report KABUL: A number of residents of northern Badghis province on Sunday staged a demonstration in Qala-e-Naw, the capital city, over the recent deteriorating security situation in the province. The protestors accused the local officials of weak management and blamed them for insecurity in the province, thus asking …

AT News Report KABUL: At least79militants have been killed and57others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours, security official said Sunday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) …

AT News Report KABUL: Second Vice President, Mohammad Sarwar Danish has called for a “seriously investigation” of sex demands in the presidential palace, saying the reports and accusations over sexual abuse were a stigma. Around two months ago, a former adviser to President Ghani alleged that officials inside the presidential …

AT News Report KABUL: Taliban fighters are trying to launch a fight between Pashtoon and Hazara ethnicities in the unsafe province of Sar-e-Pul in the north, residents and officials in the province said. Mohammad Azim Qoyash, representative from Sar-e-Pul in the senate said Sunday that residents of two adjacent villages …

AT News Report KABUL: A number of residents of northern Badghis province on Sunday staged a demonstration in Qala-e-Naw, the capital city, over the recent deteriorating security situation in the province. The protestors accused the local officials of weak management and blamed them for insecurity in the province, thus asking …