Nation

By Sabawoon Ahmadzai The national labor conference in Kabul April-May 2018 brought to light a number of issues impacting the Afghan labor force, which need to be redressed to fix the growing unemployment and underemployment rates in the country. In Afghanistan, there is currently a significant lack of decent subsistence …

Ex-spymaster Rahmatullah Nabil says no politicians will ever attend illegitimate inauguration of none of the leaders AT News KABUL: Presidential candidate Rahmatullah Nabil will boycott the swearing-in ceremony of Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, whom he and many others have called “an illegitimate” President. Amidst an aggravating post-election crisis, presidential …

AT News KABUL: In the wake of political division over disputed election, the NATO civilian representative to Afghanistan, Nicholas Kay has called for a ‘cooling off’ situation among the Afghan leaders. He cited the remarks amid high election tensions, erupted between President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah after …

AT News KABUL: A political leader called on the war parties to ignore their personal and private interests and work honestly for the peace. Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, head of the Hezb-e-Islami, said Monday that the peace process and the scheduled deal between the United States and Taliban were warmly welcomed …

AT News KABUL: Lawyers believe that preparations for President Ashraf Ghani’s swearing in ceremony were illegal, citing the law that says the ceremony should be be held at least one month after the president is elected. Sobhan Mesbah, member of the lawyers’ association, said Monday that Ghani’s preparations for taking …

Talibanhad earlier hinted that reduced violence didn’t mean “cessation of fighting” and that isolated attacks shouldn’t be interpreted as “transgression” AT News KABUL: Three days after the Taliban insurgency agreed to a week-long ‘reduction in violence’ on Friday midnight, reportssuggested isolated insurgent attacks in a few provinces and killing of …

AT News KABUL: A political leader called on the war parties to ignore their personal and private interests and work honestly for the peace. Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal, head of the Hezb-e-Islami, said Monday that the peace process and the scheduled deal between the United States and Taliban were warmly welcomed …

AT News KABUL: A perennially acrimonious rivalry over a controversial presidency has just aggravated after the incumbent president Ashraf Ghani and the self-proclaimed Abdullah Abdullah both announced their plans on Sunday for a victorious oath-taking ceremony before weekend. President Ghani would take oath of office within the next five days, …

AT News KABUL: Following a one week reduction in violence between Afghan, US forces and the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, the US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would sign a peace deal with the group if the reduction of violence reached the next less than a week period …

AT News KABUL: Presidential candidate Abdulla Abdullah is preparing to shape his government with his teammates saying that he would be sworn in soon. Abdullah failed to secure enough votes of the last year’s presidential polls and his rival and incumbent Ashraf Ghani was announced as the winner of election …