Afghanistan Times
ED: Joint efforts needed to resolve disputes
IEC urged to bring reforms to ensure vote transparency
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The European Union has asked Afghanistan’s election commissions to take more action and bring more reforms to assure the transparency of the upcoming parliamentary polls, TOLONews reported. The reforms in electoral process should be done in a way that all the 35 million population of the country …
Read More »Editorial: Civilian casualties are intolerable
The rising death of civilians by either Afghan or foreign air forces has turned to a very serious matter of concern among the people and their representatives in the two rooms of parliament. This is a big question that the people still do not know from which direction are they …
Read More »Will help with Afghan election security, says RS commander
AT Monitoring Desk-NATO says it will provide additional security during Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections, amid increasing attacks in the country ahead of this month’s polls. Commander of US and NATO’s Resolute Support Mission Gen. Austin Miller on Thursday at a gathering in Panjshir province said the coalition forces will be helping …
Read More »EU increases aid to drought-stricken Afghans
AT Monitoring Desk-An emergency aid of €20 million have been allocated by the European Commission to Afghanistan aimed at quelling the threat of severe drought as humanitarian situation has been worsened since beginning of current year, Zamannews reported Friday. Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides said ‘the …
Read More »Blast strikes non-governmental agency in Nangarhar, killing 3
AT Monitoring Desk-A blast struck a non-governmental agency in eastern Nangarhar province, killing at least three people and injuring six others, an official said Thursday. Attaullah Khogyani, the provincial governor’s spokesman, told ZamanNews that the blast targeted People’s Protection Office, which is working for people’s welfare in Khogyani district of …
Read More »31 militants killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 31 insurgents have been killed in several crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, ministry of defense said Friday. According to Ministry of Defense the operations carried out in Faryab, Heart, Ghazni, Uruzgan, Nimroz, Helmand, Nangarhar, Baghlan, Logar, …
Read More »Editorial: A denationalized war – a travesty
A debate has been doing the rounds lately vis-à-vis privatizing the grilling war in Afghanistan, which dictates that a corrupt and unscrupulous foreign contractor take over the war on terrorism in our embattled country. Founder of the controversial firm Blackwater, Erik Prince, is trying to convince President Donald Trump to …
Read More »Govt puts security on high alert to ensure smooth election
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Thursday said that it has put the security forces on high alert to pave the ground for safe and smooth election across the country. “All segments including operational and intelligence forces are on high alert in order to reinforce security for the …
Read More »71 killed in military crackdowns
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 71 militants were killed and 25 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within the past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of …
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