AT-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani chaired a meeting of the senior security officials, Tuesday afternoon, at the Presidential Palace, disusing important related issue. The Afghan Civil Aviation Authority presented their proposal on spatial control through the radars installed across the country. The proposal was accordingly approved and instructions were issued …
Read More »Further delay in parliamentary elections warned
AT-KABUL: A delay in the appointment of new Independent Election Commission (IEC) members and uncertainty about fate of its secretary may set back Wolesi Jirga and district council polls. In a statement, the election panel expressed its concern over the delay and demanded the government introduce one more member of …
Read More »Editorial: Ulema’s role imperative in peace process
Since longtime the Afghan masses have pinned high hopes on the religious scholars and prayer leaders for achieving the goal of peace, prosperity and development. None can deny the role of Ulema in Afghanistan in such a war which fought on lens of religious believes. But killing of innocent Afghans …
Read More »Six border police martyred in Helmand
AT-KABUL: At least six Afghan Border Police embraced martyrdom after their vehicle hit with a roadside mine in southern Helmand province on Monday, local officials said Tuesday. According to the officials the incident happened in Marja district of the province when a border police forces convoy hit with a roadside …
Read More »Illegal extraction; Terrorist groups earn millions of dollars
AT-KABUL: The militant outfits have been pocketing millions of dollars from illegal extraction of mining in Afghanistan annually, the Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) warned on Tuesday. “The mining sector has to be transparent, because it becomes a source of misfortune for Afghan people. The revenue goes to the powerful and …
Read More »Ex-spy chief accuses ARG of discrimination, power monopoly
Former head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) Amrullah Saleh on Sunday accused the Presidential Palace (ARG) of nepotism, power monopoly and racism, saying the slogans chanted by government were biased and that all affairs are tackled based on ethnicity and linguistic issues. Saleh alleged that the appointments in …
Read More »Editorial: Political maturity feels here
Full-grown in behavior of political leadership, especially the road taken by Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah on Atta Mohammad Noor’s recent remark, has deeply impressed the Afghan masses, showing political maturity is here at highest level. We are all praise the maturity shown to twist the hullabaloo into a calm scene. …
Read More »‘Afghanistan could join $57b CPEC’
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan will be considered for inclusion in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Beijing hinted on Tuesday. The $57 billion project is part of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative linking China with Asia, Europe and beyond. Optimistic of the economic corridor benefitting the entire region, the Chinese …
Read More »China is historic neighbor, strategic partner to Afghanistan: Rabbani in 1st trilateral dialogue
AT-KABUL: 1st China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Minister’s Dialogue on Tuesday kicked off in Beijing, the capital city of neighboring China, in which three states talked over several issues. In his speech, Foreign Minister, Salahuddin Rabbani expressed his profound gratitude to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his entire team at the Ministry …
Read More »Some politicians violates recruitment rules: Barmak
AT-KABUL: Without any sort of discrimination, the Ministry of Interior has upped sleeves to bring reform in the ministry, but complaining of some challenges posing by some politicians in the way. “Some politicians violated government recruitment rules, preventing reform in the ministry,” Interior Minister Wais Barmak said on Monday. Barmak, …
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