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AT-KABUL: Different civil society organizations on Monday opposed appointment of certain civil rights activists to the Selection Committee of the Election Commission Members (SCEM), claiming that the assigned figures could not represent civil society. The appointment was opposed by the University Teachers Union, Afghanistan Social and Humanitarians National Alliance, Legislatives …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Afghanistan on Monday said the government would not accept forced deportation of Afghan asylum seekers from the European Union (EU) countries, including Germany and Norway. The ministry said that Kabul and Berlin had no agreement on asylum seekers. According to the …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani on Monday asked youth to stay and work for development of Afghanistan. Addressing a session in the Presidential Palace where scores of young people participated, the president said that young Afghans should join hands and rebuild the county instead of leaving for the …

AT-KABUL: The Counter Narcotic Police (CNP) had arrested dozens of drug traffickers across the country, the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) said on Monday. The CJTF in a media statement said the traffickers were arrested in Samangan, Kunduz, Baghlan and Kabul provinces during the last two weeks, adding that the …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said that Pakistan and Iran have been struggling for peace restoration in Afghanistan. He said that Iran was an important neighbor of Pakistan and Afghanistan. In an interview with Iranian state news agency the other day he said that peace restoration …

AT News Monitoring-KABUL:  As the fall of the Kunduz city had unleashed terror and damages in men and material on the residents of the city, Northern Afghanistan Logistic Services (NALS), provided nearly three million Afghanis to the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) for the victims, an official said the …

KABUL: Visiting Norwegian officials on Sunday said their government’s new policy on immigration had minimised the chance for illegal migrants to be accepted there and possibly 90 percent applications might be rejected. Speaking to reporters here, Tore Hattrem, state secretary at the Norwegian Foreign Ministry and Yoran Kalmar, justice secretary …

At least six Uzbek insurgents have been killed during an operation by foreign forces in the Spera district of southeastern Khost province, an official said on Monday. Mohammad Azim Mujahid, the district’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the operation was conducted by US Special Forces in Kareza area …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A public uprising commander along with his fighters joined the Taliban militants in northern Faryab province, said a local official. Sayed Aqa Andarabi, the provincial police chief, said that Gul Murad, a commander of the public uprising, along with his 10 fighters surrendered to the Taliban. The …

 AT-KABUL: Human Rights Watch urged the Afghan government to reject a new law that permits indefinite detention of security suspects without trial. An amendment to the criminal procedure code, imposed by presidential decree, allows Afghan authorities to detain for a renewable one-year period anyone suspected of crimes against internal or …