AT News KABUL: The Taliban group has set free 27 members of the People’s Peace Movement (PPM) in western Farah province, the movement’s spokesman said Thursday. 27 members that were held by the Taliban on Tuesday have been released by the group after 45 hours, PPM spokesman, Bismillah Watandost told …
Read More »Election fraud: Political fronts say will never back down
AT News KABUL: A number of Afghan politicians speaking at Wahdat-e-Islami gathering in Kabul have assured to defend the clean votes of the Afghan people, and asked for formation of an interim-government which is “acceptable to all parties” in a bid to come out of the current uncertainties, unfolded as …
Read More »Editorial: Saffron an alternative to poppy
As the majority of the Afghan people are relying on agriculture, the government and other related private originations, should have come to the fore to encourage farmers and educating them on saffron cultivation and its benefits after the harvest record high with this year 22 percent increase in the production. …
Read More »Probe into election fraud may falter
AT News KABUL: The electoral monitors believe that the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) would not be able to meet all the electoral complaints by the time it is given. Around 10,000 complaints were registered at the complaints commission after the initial results of September 28 presidential polls were released …
Read More »Taliban delegation meeting Mulah Haibatullah in Pakistan
AT News KABUL: A delegation of Taliban officials is in Pakistan for a week where they are meeting their seniors including leader Mullah Haibatullah in the Afghan border city of Quetta, sources close to the militants said Wednesday. The meetings are said to focus on a ceasefire offered by the …
Read More »Traffic accident leaves 12 dead in Ghazni
AT News KABUL: A traffic accident in central Ghazni province has left at least 12 people, including women and children dead, officials confirmed Wednesday. Provincial Traffic Chief, Munir Ahmad Baghtiar said that the accident happened late Wednesday after a car crashed into a truck on the Kabul-Kandahar highway in Ab-e-Band …
Read More »Taliban take 27 peace activists hostage in Farah
AT News KABUL: The Taliban militants have abducted 27 members of the People’s Peace Movement (PPM) in western Farah province, the leader of the group claimed on Wednesday. According to Iqbal Khaibar, the movement’s leader, the militants took the activists from Bala Buluk district while they were travelling in a …
Read More »Bamyan’s all-women landmine clearing team eyes international medal
AT News An all-women landmine clearing team in Bamyan has been nominated for an international medal by the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. This women-led demining effort is the first of its kind in Afghanistan and all team members had been trained for a year. Inaugurated in 2018 by …
Read More »Is another political gridlock looming?
Initial returns of presidential election have not only failed to end electoral deadlock, but it is feared the poll results may perhaps herald a new beginning to a new national crisis and exacerbate post-election political turmoil. Presidential candidates who already harbor extreme doubts about the transparency of the electoral system …
Read More »3m children deprive of education
AT News KABUL: Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) has found out that over three million Afghan children have been deprived of education – nearly 60 percent of them are girls due to several challenges in the country. Based on a report, over 7, 000 young students with girls …
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