AT News Report KABUL: At least 62 militants have been killed and 19 others received injuries in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National …
Read More »‘US-Taliban Islamabad talks focused on American hostages, not Afghan peace’
AT News Report KABUL: Deputy Foreign Minister, Edrees Zaman said that US diplomats and Taliban representatives are in Islamabad to discuss the fate of the two US hostage citizens, not the Afghan peace process. According to some reports, US special representatives for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad met the Taliban delegation …
Read More »“Election results likely to take 50 days”
AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Electoral Complaint Commission (IECC), rejected President Ghani’s predicts over the date of election results, saying the results announcement would take 50 days. President Ghani had earlier said that the swearing-in ceremony of the new president would take place in three weeks after the final …
Read More »No steps made on Badakhshan, Sar-e-Pul mines
AT News Report KABUL: Western media in a report on the gold mine in Badakhshan province and copper mine in Sar-e-Pul province, saying that non practical steps had been made on demining of these mines. The government handed the digging of these mine in contracts to the US and British …
Read More »28 biometrics devices lost
AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission says that 28 devices of biometrics have been either lost or broken by powerful individuals. The commission officials also said that the transfer process of the electoral materials to the headquarters would end by late Saturday, while 21,000 sheets of electronic results …
Read More »Six killed in Samangan traffic accident
AT News Report KABUL: Traffic accident in northern Samangan province, has left six people, including a top security official dead and 11 others wounded, local authority said Saturday. Provincial governor’s spokesman, Sediq Azizi said the incident happened on Saturday in Qachan Dara village of the province. Meanwhile, Azizi confirmed that …
Read More »Parwan police killed in robber’s gunfire
AT News Report KABUL: Armed robbers has killed a policeman in a clash took place in northern Parwan province, local official said Saturday. The district governor, SaifullahBedar said the incident occurred on Friday night in Eshq Abad village of Jabal Siraj district. “While patrolling in the village, the police encountered …
Read More »“Non-biometric votes trigger Afghanistan to great crisis”
AT News Report KABUL: A number of electoral team have expressed concern towards high number of fraudulent votes in the 28th September presidential polls, saying that some figures making efforts to register these votes in the system. They believed that counting of non-biometric votes could trigger Afghanistan toward a great …
Read More »Cabinet has not held meeting for 75 days: Minister
AT News Report KABUL: A member of cabinet says that the council of ministers has not held sessions for two months and a half while a plan for implementation of the sustainable development goals is ready for approval. Mostafa Mastoor, minister of economy, told the lawmakers on Saturday that two …
Read More »US discussed Afghan peace issue with European allies
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper began briefing allied officials in Europe on an emerging peace deal with the Taliban, but he cautioned that no final deal has been sealed to end the longest war in American history. “Negotiations in some ways are still ongoing,” he told reporters …
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