AT News Report-KABUL: Residents of Kabul city are angry over the cut of the line transmitting electricity power to the capital, asking the government to solve this problem as soon as possible. Taliban militants destroyed a pylon of the electricity imported from Uzbekistan in Baghlan province on Saturday, leaving the …
Read More »ED: Prospects of voter registration
Voter registration for the looming parliamentary vote has begun across the war-torn country amid increasing security fears. The long-delayed process to register 14 million adults in 7,000 polling centers is exponentially contingent on security in a country where militants control vast swathes of territory. It is an explicitly puzzling endeavor …
Read More »Skirmish along Duran Line: Army kills three Pakistani forces and arrests four others
AT News Report-KABUL: At least three Pakistani security personnel were killed, several wounded and four others captured alive following a deadly skirmish with Afghan forces on Sunday morning alongside in the outskirts of Khost province along the Durand Line, provincial security sources said. The clashes have had the Pakistani forces …
Read More »Work underway to restore Kabul power
AT News Report-KABUL: Work has been underway to reerecting the downed pylon that has been blown up by the Taliban insurgents in Baghlan province, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) said on Sunday, informing its engineers have already start working on it. The Taliban in a predawn attack on Saturday destroyed …
Read More »Turkey vows to improve literacy among Afghan girls
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Turkish officials say their emphasis is on educating girls in Afghanistan as the female literacy rate in the war-torn country stands at a mere 17 percent, according to the UN. The Turkish government is contributing $5 million to develop Afghanistan’s education system as most of the schools …
Read More »Opinion: Why Pakistan Is TAPI’s Biggest Hurdle?
The pipeline would bring substantial benefits to all 4 member countries. For Pakistan, that’s exactly the problem. By: Shoaib A. Rahim-The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline is unarguably one of biggest energy projects in the region. The planned pipeline has a total length of 1,814 kilometers: 214 km in Turkmenistan, 774 km in Afghanistan, …
Read More »Sari-i-Pul clash leaves 11 uprising members dead
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 11 members of uprising group embraced martyrdom and three Taliban insurgents have been killed in clash erupted between them in northern Sar-i-Pul province, the governor said on Sunday. Mohammad Zahir Wahdat told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban stormed the uprising forces check-posts in Tagha-i-Khawja and …
Read More »We respect Afghan political, electoral process: Nicholson
AT News Report -KABUL: Top US and NATO forces commander in Afghanistan assured western military alliance supports and respect to the electoral choices of the Afghan voters and politicians. Gen. John Nicholson comes up to the fore with support to electoral choice of the Afghans just one day after Afghanistan’s …
Read More »Joint military drills kill 24 insurgents
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 24 militants have been killed and 43 others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns conducted by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security official said on Sunday. In a press release issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), …
Read More »31 Daesh rebels killed in Jawzjan
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 31 fighters loyal to the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist have been killed, and 16 others received injuries in air and ground operation conducted by the Afghan forces in the past 48 hours in northern Jawjan province, official said on Sunday. “31 …
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