AT News Report KABUL: Mir Rahman Rahmani, speaker of the parliament says that breaching of the independent election commission’s data center was unacceptable for the lawmakers, calling for the summoning of acting interior minister for explanation. Rahmani said Wednesday that acting interior minister should answer the lawmakers’ questions about the …
Read More »US, European support fresh Afghan peace efforts
AT News Report KABUL: US peace envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad and EU envoy Roland Kobia, among other representatives from the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United Nations, met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss peace in Afghanistan. Respectful of the sovereignty, independence …
Read More »FM Rabbani resigned, accuses Arg of favoritism
AT News Report KABUL: Salahudin Rabani, leader of a political party “Hezb-e- Jamiat a Islami” and the acting minister for foreign affairs on Wednesday has step downed from his position, saying that he didn’t consider continuation of his job essential at the current situation. In his resignation letter, Rabani has …
Read More »Herat clash leaves 7 Afghan forces killed, 9 wounded
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: At least seven Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed and nine others wounded in a Taliban attack in Kashk-i-Kohna district of western Herat province, an official said Wednesday. A provincial government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok Afghan News that militants …
Read More »27 school students among 69 dead in Nangarhar mosque attack
AT News Report KABUL: 27 school students were killed in a bombing that targeted a mosque on Friday in the Haska Mina district of Nangarhar province, provincial department of education announced on Wednesday. More than 68 people were killed in the attack that took place during a Friday prayers. The …
Read More »Nearly 2m biometric votes transferred to election commission’s server
AT News Report KABUL: Officials in the independent election commission say that the process of data transfer to the server completed, adding that 1,950,000 biometric votes were transferred to the server. The officials said on Wednesday that discussions were going on to set a date for the announcement of preliminary …
Read More »NATO restates mission to ensure Afghanistan not become safe haven for Int’l terrorists
AT News Report KABUL: NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg has said that Afghanistan is part of their global fight against ISIS, also known as Daesh, and that the allies wanted to be sure the Caliphate, which the group has lost in Iraq and Syria, would not be reestablished in the …
Read More »Low turnout could politically weaken next govt.: Rana Think Tank
AT News Report KABUL: Voter turnout in Afghanistan’s 28th presidential election was less than half of what it was the last time Afghans chose a president. The dismal at somehow would threaten to weaken the next government no matter who is declared the winner. The Rana Think Tank during its …
Read More »Karzai welcomes world powers’ statement on Afghan peace
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai welcomed the joined statement signed by the representatives of the European Union, the United States, the Unite Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Norway and the United Nations regarding the peace process in Afghanistan. Karzai, in a statement, called end of war and providing …
Read More »Baghlan’s Dand-e-Ghori cleared with killing dozens Taliban fighters, arresting 71 others
AT News Report KABUL: Afghan security forces have cleared Dand-e-Ghori district of Baghlan province from the presence of Taliban insurgents with killing scores of the militants in an overnight operation, security official said on Wednesday. Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) conducted operations in Dand-e-Ghori, Dand-e Shahabuddin and Killagai …
Read More »