AT News Report KABUL: Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, the leader of “Stability and Convergence” had declared victory in presidential election held on 28th September, saying he obtained more votes comparing to his top rival President Ashraf Ghani. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Abdullah said; “based on our assessments, we received …
Read More »45 Taliban rebels killed in Faryab
AT News Report KABUL:At least 45 Taliban fighters were killed and 19 others wounded during several crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces in northern Faryab province within past 24 hours, security official said Monday. Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) launched several joint clearance operations in Belcheragh, …
Read More »Airstrike targets public uprising militias, kills seven
AT News Report KABUL: At least seven members of public uprising movement were killed by an airstrike in the northeastern province of Takhar, the province’s representatives in parliament said. Members of parliament representing Takhar, said Monday that the attacks took place in the Baharak district, in which eight of the …
Read More »Presidential candidates warn to form interim government if fraud not probed
AT News Report KABUL: Presidential runners say they would form an interim administration if the electoral bodies announce the results of fraudulent election. They said Monday that the interim government would be formed after consultations with involved parties including Taliban. The candidates urged electoral bodies to refrain from announcing fraudulent …
Read More »Low turnout harms election legitimacy: MPs
AT News Report KABUL: A number of members of parliament think that people’s weak participant in Saturday’s presidential election could bring electoral legitimacy under question. In their Monday session, some lawmakers also expressed concerns over vote frauds, warning that electoral crimes and fraud would lead the country to a crisis. …
Read More »Pashtun Culture Day In PashtunKhwa
By Wali Muhammad Alizai Every year Pashtuns celebrate ‘Pashtun Culture Day’ on 23rd of September across PashtunKhwa and in various cities of Pakistan. This day was so designated as ‘Culture Day’ during “World Pashto Conference” in 2015, organized by Pashto Academy, Quetta. Pashto Academy’s President Syed Khair Muhammad Arif, Muhammad …
Read More »China builds more airports as air travel demand grows
By Seddiq Hussainy China is building hundreds of new airports to meet the rapidly growing air traffic demand. Beijing’s brand new phoenix-shaped Daxing International Airport was just opened last week, less than five years after construction began, only to make the city among the top metropolises with two mega airports. …
Read More »Electoral fraud videos to be probed
AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Electoral Complaint Commission (IECC) says they have received “hundreds” of complaints regarding frauds in Saturday’s presidential elections, vowing to inspect all of them. The commission said on Sunday that the initial number of complaints was estimated 2,275. The complaints, according to the commission, would …
Read More »Low turnout, election credibility
AT News Report KABUL: A number of lawyers and law experts believe that the lower turnout in Saturday’s presidential election will not bring the contest’s credibility under question. Initially figures of the independent election commission, explain that 1,051,998 people out of more than 9,000,000 of those registered, cast their votes. …
Read More »Karzai strongly condemns US airstrike on Ghazni civilians
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai condemned an airstrike conducted by the United States troops on Ghazni with the strongest terms, expressing his deep concerns over the massacre of the people of Afghanistan under the pretext of war on terror. The US army launched an airstrike in the …
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