AT News KABUL: There are deep differences between commissioners at the independent electoral complaint commission, a reason causing delay of the final election results to be announced, Yousuf Rashid, head of the free and fair election forum of Afghanistan said. Rashid called on the commission on Sunday to share the …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai on Sunday met with the US special envoy for Afghanistan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad, discussing the ongoing peace process. Karzai’s office said in a statement that Khalilzad expressed happiness of fresh progresses on the peace negotiations with Taliban, hoping that they could gain a …
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AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani is facing harsh criticism from the Uzbek-ethnic minorities for his ‘offensive’ remarks about Timūr Gurkānī – an emperor of the Timur Dynasty which ruled in parts of the central Asia from 1370 to 1507. In his recent address to Afghan students about history, culture, …
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AT News KABUL: A prominent Mujahideen Amanullah Gozar has defended Dr. Abdullah’s haggling over the use of his executive authority to appoint high-ranking government officials, after the chief executive disparaged president Ghani’s “patronage appointments”. Against the backdrop of the government’s alleged unilateralism, it is speculated that Dr. Abdullah is planning …
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AT News KABUL: At least 30 Taliban fighters have renounced insurgency by surrendering to the Afghan security forces in western Herat province, ministry of defense said on Sunday. The fighters had laid down their arms in Aostora and Jam villages in Chesht-e-Sharif district of the province. According to the ministry …
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AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, strongly condemned an airstrike by the US troops against civilians in Badghis province that inflicted casualties on them. The strike was carried out in the Moqor district in which a number of civilians including women and children were killed and injured. Karzai urged …
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AT News KABUL: Officials in the ministry of public health say that fortunately no case of the Coronavirus broken out in China and threatening people globally has been yet registered in Afghanistan. The officials said Saturday that they were fully prepared to prevent the virus. Medical team in Kabul International …
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AT News KABUL: Fresh demands made by the United States have caused the peace deal with Taliban delayed, a Taliban spokesman said. Suhail Shahin, spokesman for militants’ political office in Qatar, said Saturday that they had indicated agreement to pave the ground for signing peace deal with the United States, …
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AT News KABUL: An old man, who sees education as the only weapon to get the country rid of current miseries, has donated 20 hectares of land to a girls’ school in northern Sar-e-Pull province. His patriotic move has been appreciated by the ministry of education. Faizullah, a tribal elder …
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AT News KABUL: Around 1,748 people in western Herat province has attempted to suicide in which women making its 80 percent – while 27 have lost their lives in the past year, health officials said on Saturday. Head of the provincial local hospital, Arif Jalali said, “Most of them have …
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