Afghanistan Times

AT News Report KABUL: Amid candidates’ objections, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Wednesday has decided to halt recounting and audit process of the votes in order to address these complaints. (IEC) Spokesman Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi, has said that in order to address electoral teams and political parties’ objections and …

AT News Report KABUL: A number of members of the parliament have criticized the release of the Taliban prisoners in exchange for the American University’s instructors, who have been abducted and taken hostage by the Taliban militants in 2016. A lawmaker, Nilofar Ibrahimi has termed the decision of prisoners’ swap …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned a terrorist attack that killed and wounded civilians in Kabul city. A car bomb detonated on Wednesday in the Qasaba neighborhood east of the capital, killing at least seven civilians and wounding another 10, security officials confirmed. Karzai denounced the …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 22 drug runners were sentenced to years behind bars in the past one week after they found guilty of drug trafficking. A statement by courts of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said Wednesday that 22 drug traffickers sentenced to 3-8 years’ incarceration after examining …

AT News Report KABUL: A traffic accident in northern Baghlan province on Tuesday has left 17 people, including women and children dead and four others wounded, a local official said. Khost district governor, Litfullah Atif said the incident took place in Balf Kotal village of the district. He told Pajhwok …

AT News Report KABUL: The US forces’ airstrike has killed four Afghan soldiers and wounded six others in southeastern Logar province, local officials confirmed on Tuesday. A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News the US forces mistakenly targeted the Afghan security forces’ check point. “Clash …

AT News Report KABUL: Due to blockage of polling centers in some of the provinces, the Independent Election Commission has said the preliminary results of the presidential election may not be announced on due time. The commission said that its polling centers were closed in 15 of the 34 provinces …

AT News Report KABUL: Local officials in eastern Nangarhar province said Tuesday that dozens IS-K or so called Daesh affiliated militants, including Pakistani citizens have renounced violence and surrendered to the Afghan security forces. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that at least 100 Daesh militants, including …

AT News Report KABUL: A member of senate criticized President Ghani for freeing Anas Haqqani, a senior member of the Haqqani network, calling the move “premature”. President Ghani said Tuesday that Haqqani along with two other Taliban leaders would be conditionally freed in exchange of the freedom of two lecturers …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: EU Foreign Policy Chief, Federica Mogherini said Tuesday they were awaiting preliminary results of Afghanistan’s presidential election to be announced. Addressing reporters after the EU Council of Foreign Affairs, she said the EU discussed post-presidential election situation in Afghanistan. “We are still waiting for the preliminary …