Afghanistan Times

AT-KABUL: Representatives of a number of political parties have warned the government against holding the October elections with the ‘outdated’ and nonfunctional SNTV electoral system. More than 35 political parties asked the government and the independent election commission to replace the system with the MRD system to hold a transparent …

AT-KABUL: The government is focusing on how to prolong its power, this is important for the government officials, not transparency of the election, said an adviser for the former president, Hamid Karzai. “For this purpose, the government tries to launch the election even an infamous and inefficient election,” Shahzada Massoud …

MEHTARLAM – For nearly four years, opposing clans pointed weapons at each across an almond grove set in the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountain range. Nearby elementary schools were shuttered, and waterlines were riddled with bullet holes. When the snows began to melt early this spring, locals expected more …

AT-KABUL: Political pundits and election analysts have heaped concerns over aggravation of insecurity ahead of crucial October elections, and a pyramid of drawbacks surrounding the pre-election campaign including circulation of counterfeited identity cards and voter registration stickers, meddling of strongmen in registration campaign. Spread of bogus Tazkiras and voter registration …

The peace-loving Afghan masses are desperately looking forward to a day celebrate peace day as ground for peaceful coexistence and tolerance already exists with flexibility ever since. No idea when this will happen, but sign to its achievement is shining ever before. Following government’s suit, the Taliban announced ceasefire from …

AT-KABUL: Kohistan district of northern Faryab province has collapsed after Taliban staged massive assaults on the district on Monday night, said officials. Kohistan slipped from government and fell to Taliban in a critical time when government security forces began on Monday a cease-fire. Taliban fighters trounced security forces after clashes …

AT-KABUL: Yet in another act of violence after Kabul, Nangarhar, and Kunduz provinces, at least six people, all of them civilians have been martyred and three others received injures in a landmine explosion in the Jaghato district of southern Ghazni province on Monday. Monday’s suicide attack in Kabul left at …

HERAT CITY: Local officials in western Herat province on Monday claimed arresting the husband of a potential parliamentary candidate for possessing fake identity cards. Jilini Farhad, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News 600 fake ID cards, stamps others documents related to the Zinda Jan district’s population registration department were …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Some 12 people, mostly staff of Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MoRRD), were killed after a suicide attacker blew himself up in front of the ministry gate on Monday afternoon, said officials. “A suicide attacker detonated his laden body explosives vest in front of entrance gate …

Ever since the unconventional fusion of Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah happened, their government of quasi-unity has run the gauntlet. When both took on the mantle of the government, they have always been surrounding themselves with controversy and dispute. The fragile power-sharing arrangement brokered by the United States has sustained …