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AT News Report KABUL: Supporters of a presidential hopeful Abdullah Abdullah protested the vote recount by the independent election commission in the provinces of Jawzjan, Samangan, Sar-e-Pul, Kunduz and Takhar that turned to violence with police who fired at them. Abdullah’s team said Sunday that one protester was killed in …

AT News Report KABULL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed regrets of concerns over police shooting of protesters to the recount of presidential polls in Kunduz and some other provinces in which a number of protesters were killed and wounded. In a statement, Karzai also called the use of security forces …

AT News Report KABUL: The council of presidential hopefuls asks the Independent Election Commission to resolve its domestic problems instead of recounting the polls. The council said in a statement on Sunday that it wouldn’t accept the vote recount unless the commission didn’t assure them that valid and invalid polls …

A Turkish News Agency, Dailysabah, has reported that the meeting in Islamabad on Oct. 4 between the U.S. negotiators, led by special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, and the Taliban delegation led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, was an important milestone to resume the peace negotiations, which were abruptly called off by …

AT News Report KABUL: US ambassador to Kabul, John Bass has announced Washington’s support to Afghan government’s decision to reassess on the delay of prisoner swap with the Taliban militants. “We supported President Ghani’s announcement to release three Taliban prisoners to promote peace and the decision to reassess their pending …

AT News Report KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that its operatives have busted an abductors and armed robber gang during a fresh crackdown in Kabul. Intelligence forces conducted a preemptive operation and succeeded to arrest a group of four kidnapers and armed robbers in PD17th, NDS …

AT News Report KABUL: A group of 72 Daesh or so-called IS-K affiliates were surrendered to the Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday night, official said Sunday. A group of 72 Daesh loyalists along with 172 women and children were surrendered to Afghan security forces in Haska …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 37 militants were killed and 25 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Sunday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …

In a democratic set up party-system of the state is essential and has profound effects on the process of social, economic and political changes. Democracy seems to be the order of the day which is a widely accepted form of governance and still activities are on to democratise the institutions, …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai emphasized on the cooperation by the regional powers particularly Russia and China with stability in the region. “We all including Afghanistan, Central Asian states, and particularly the region’s great powers Russia and China to fully and closely cooperate to control situation in …