Once again like of past, controversy erupted overOctober 20, 2018 parliamentary elections in all over Afghanistan when theElectoral Complaints Commission couple of days back has termed all votes polledfor Kabul constituencies as invalid. According to complaints commissioner totalof 2,767 complaints were registered in Kabul, from where electorates have costvotes for …
Read More »ANA helicopter crash in Kandahar wounds five
AT-KABUL: At least five people received injures when ahelicopter belongs to the Afghan National Army (ANA) crashed in southernKandahar province, officials said Monday. “It took place at the airfield during a training mission on Sunday night,” said Lt. Col. Khwaja Yahya Alwi, spokesman for the 205th Atal Military Corps. He …
Read More »16-day activism against gender-based violence ends in Kabul
AT-KABUL: The U.S. government’s Promote: Women in Government(WIG) project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)observed the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence yesterday at anevent hosted in collaboration with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs. The 16 Days of Activism is an international campaign from November 25 …
Read More »The Role of Afghanistan in China’s Belt and Road Initiativeand China’s Policy on Afghanistan
It is a great pleasure to be here. First of all, please allow me to extend my sincere thanks to Dr. Davood Moradian and his team from the Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies(AISS) for inviting me to attend this Dialogue and also for their thoughtful arrangements. The Herat Security Dialogue …
Read More »IWA says corruption remains central to Afghanistan’s challenges
AT-KABUL: Corruption remains central to many of Afghanistan’schallenges, says Integrity Watch Afghanistan’s national corruption survey 2018,asking the government to focus on long term anti-graft efforts. The survey released on Saturday has found some slight progress since in Afghanistan’s general situation since 2016, with limited room for optimism. In the 2018 …
Read More »Iranian weapons seized in Ghazni
AT-KABUL: Weapons made-in Iran have been seized from a house insouthern Ghazni province, and a suspect was detained in regard, securityofficials said Sunday. Ghazni Police Chief Brig. Gen Ghulam Dawood Tarakhel toldPajhwok Afghan News the weapons were confiscated from a house in the limits of3rd police district of Ghazni City, …
Read More »Editorial: US peace talks
The US ambassador to Afghanistan, Mr. John R. Bass, has made it clear that US making all out efforts to convince the warring Afghan factions to go for internal dialogues, which could be the suitable way out for resolving of long standing conflict. In recent days, certain media sections in …
Read More »AGO suspends head of football federation, five members
By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Following allegations of sexual and physical abuses of female footballers, the Attorney General Office (AGO) on Sunday suspended five members of the Afghan Football Federation (AFF), including its head Keramuddin Karim, in which it would help the office to probe the case without any nuisances. Their …
Read More »2019 Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs Overview; 6.3m in need of assistance: UN
Now entering the 18th year of crisis, humanitarian needs in Afghanistan show no signs of abating. A chaotic and unpredictable security situation, combined with a severe drought, have prompted an almost doubling in the number of people in need compared to this time last year, newly displacing more than 550,000 …
Read More »Warring parties should utilize opportunities for peace: Religious scholars
AT-KABUL: Hundreds of religious scholars gathered Friday in the Maiwand district of the southern province of Kandahar to raise voice for peace, saying the warring parties needed to utilize the opportunities for peace. These clerics called on the sides of war to agree on a ceasefire. The religious scholars dismissed …
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