AT News Report KABUL: Sources close to the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said that the server of its computer system was hacked and that the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called German technology experts to solve the problem. Indian hackers are blamed for the incident and according to …
Read More »No place for fraud in Afghan election: US
AT News Report KABUL: After visiting one of the National Tally Center (NTC) by the US deputy ambassador, Karen Decker, US embassy in Kabul said that “there is no place for fraud” in Afghan presidential polls held on September 28th. The embassy on Tuesday on its twitter page praised the …
Read More »Karzai condemns terrorist attack on Ghazni University
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned a terrorist attack on Ghazni University, in which some students were injured. Karzai on Tuesday said in a statement that such attacks are carried out by the enemies of Afghanistan and are against human and Islamic norms. He wished quick …
Read More »Senators: Taliban prisoner exchange harms national sovereignty
AT News Report KABUL: Members of Swenate criticized government for a prisoner swap in which 11 Taliban inmates were freed, saying this brings the national sovereignty under question. Senators in their Tuesday session also warned the United States that the people of Afghanistan would end their arrogance. Eleven Taliban fighters …
Read More »Taliban military in-charge for 20 provinces killed
AT News Reporter KABUL: Taliban military in-charge for 20 provinces was killed during an airstrike in western Farah province, officials said Tuesday. Based on pre-information, an airstrike targeted a folder model vehicle of the Taliban insurgents in Nal Dasht village of Khak-e-Safid district of Farah on Monday evening that killed …
Read More »CID officer assassinated in Kabul
AT News Report KABUL: The officials in the ministry of interior on Tuesday confirmed the assassination of Abdul Khabir, an officer of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), saying the officer was killed on Monday night in Qarabagh district of Kabul. “Armed men opened fire on Khabir’s vehicle around 10pm local …
Read More »At least 23 students wounded in Ghazni University blast
AT News Report KABUL: At least 23 students, most of them girls, received injuries after a bomb went off inside their classroom in southern Ghazni University which is located on the outskirt of the provincial capital. Ministry of Interior Spokesman, Nasrat Rahimi said that a mine placed by Taliban …
Read More »90 Taliban rebels killed in fresh crackdowns
AT News Report KABUL: At least 90 militants have been killed and 36 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 Tuesday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »Al-Qaeda’s South Asia chief killed
AT News Report KABUL: Afghan intelligence agency has confirmed Asim Omar, leader of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), was killed in a joint US-Afghan raid on a Taliban compound in Musa Qala district of Helmand province, while several others captured, including Pakistani citizens. National Directorate of Security (NDS) in …
Read More »A new standard for Afghan elections
AT News Report KABUL: Ambassador of Canada to Kabul, Dave Metcalfe on Tuesday has visited the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) National Tally Centre and met with the leadership of the IEC and its Secretariat. Ambassador Metcalfe had the opportunity to see firsthand how the integrity of the tally sheets is …
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