Analysts allude to President’s pathetic politic of blaming his predecessor for his own administration’s failures AT News KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani’s recent remarks about his predecessor Hamid Karzai and his rival in presidential race Abdullah Abdullah for not boasting any conclusive plans for Afghanistan and the peace process has set …
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AT News KABUL: Transparency International revealed that Afghanistan is among the top 10 most corrupt countries in the world. In its Corruption Perception Index 2019, states that anti-corruption efforts have not made progress in the country since 2018. Based on the index, Afghanistan scored 15 out of 100 in 2017, …
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AT News KABUL: A source close to the ongoing peace negotiations between Taliban and the US diplomats, have said that the talks had been lengthened as the sides are unable to agree on a complete US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the release of 5,000 Taliban fighters from government custody. Suhail …
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AT News KABUL: A survey launched by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Afghan Policy Group says that every Afghan wants peace. It says that 60 per cent of Afghans are optimistic to gaining of peace, while 40 per cent express concerns over the process, looking at it from ambiguity …
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AT News KABUL: Hundreds of residents of western Ghor province on Wednesday staged set-ins in front the of provincial governor’s office, demanding the authorities to pay efforts in launching welfare projects in the province. Ghor provincial council member, Abdul Hamid Natiqi said the government should have included funds for the …
Read More »AT News KABUL: As intensive military operations to suppress the Taliban fighters have been in full-swing in the western part of Afghanistan, a local official in Ghor province have informed of surrendering of around 70 Taliban militants. Provincial Governor, Ghulam Nassir Khazi said the surrendered militants were strongly activated in …
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AT News KABUL: There is a national consensus on peace but political rift is building up on its ways and means, according to the State Ministry for Peace – amid hectic negotiations between the United States and Taliban in Doha. The bone of contention is whether to accede to a …
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AT News KABUL: A large number of residents and clerics in a demonstration in Assadabad, the capital city of eastern Kunar province, have called for a ceasefire agreement between the government and Taliban to end the longest conflicts in the country. “We are sick of carnage and violence, we want …
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AT News KABUL: The fate of the Afghan nation lies at the hands of few election commissioners as the presidential election is becoming more and more compounded after a national consensus for a political settlement continues to founder. The prolonged election process has become very irritating in the face of …
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Some have taken umbrage at what they tout as unbalanced budget, slinging accusations on a few lawmakers to vote it through AT News KABUL: Afghan parliament on Wednesday passed the budget bill for the next year, igniting a firestorm of criticism and charges that the bill is drastically unbalanced and …
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