Afghanistan Times

KABUL: Taliban’s shadow district chief for the Aab Kamari district has been killed along with a crowd of militant fighters in northwestern Badghis province, the Ministry of Interior said Saturday. “Mullah Noor Agha, Taliban‘s shadow governor for the Aab Kamari district was killed along with his eight fighters in a …

AT News Report-KABUL: The political coalition of government’s political opposition is now challenging the government with eight more suggestions, after the government accepted three of their suggestions; biometric system, change of electoral system and monitoring of the political parties. Representatives of the political parties now say that election should be …

AT News Report-KABUL: The government is responsible to provide security for the voters and voting stations on the election day, the Independent Election Commission said Saturday, adding that the security organs had vowed to ensure security of over 5,000 voting centers across the country. It added that 5,106 polling stations …

AT News Report-KABUL: Civilian casualties have increased 30pc in the first half of the current year compared to the same period of time in Afghanistan, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission said Saturday, expressing concerns over the people’s gatherings being targeted by terrorist attacks in the capital and provinces. The …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The European Union has asked Afghanistan’s election commissions to take more action and bring more reforms to assure the transparency of the upcoming parliamentary polls, TOLONews reported. The reforms in electoral process should be done in a way that all the 35 million population of the country …

The rising death of civilians by either Afghan or foreign air forces has turned to a very serious matter of concern among the people and their representatives in the two rooms of parliament. This is a big question that the people still do not know from which direction are they …

AT Monitoring Desk-NATO says it will provide additional security during Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections, amid increasing attacks in the country ahead of this month’s polls. Commander of US and NATO’s Resolute Support Mission Gen. Austin Miller on Thursday at a gathering in Panjshir province said the coalition forces will be helping …

AT Monitoring Desk-An emergency aid of €20 million have been allocated by the European Commission to Afghanistan aimed at quelling the threat of severe drought as humanitarian situation has been worsened since beginning of current year, Zamannews reported Friday. Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides said ‘the …

AT Monitoring Desk-A blast struck a non-governmental agency in eastern Nangarhar province, killing at least three people and injuring six others, an official said Thursday. Attaullah Khogyani, the provincial governor’s spokesman, told ZamanNews that the blast targeted People’s Protection Office, which is working for people’s welfare in Khogyani district of …