AT News KABUL: Tension between the guests of two families during a wedding party cost the life of Attorney General Office (AGO) IT Director, Masihullah Ahmadzai, an unfortunate incident in which two more guests were injured in Kabul city, police confirmed. The incident took place Sunday night during a wedding …
Read More »Appointment of president’s new aide draws warnings
AT News KABUL: A handful of lawmakers are fuming over appointment of Elham Omar Hotaki as the incumbent president’s new aide, accusing Ashraf Ghani of harboring corruption. Hotaki has been appointed as acting head of the Administrative Office of the president. Hotaki is also the secretary of the National Procurement …
Read More »Parliament demands investigation of Kabul, Laghman night raids
AT News KABUL: The parliament demands an investigation for the recent night raids launched by the government’s Special Forces in Kabul and Laghman province. At the meantime, the members of parliament in their Monday session, expressed concerns over the region’s situation after the assassination of Iran’s top military official and …
Read More »Violation in last fiscal year’s report
AT News KABUL: The Kabul News broadcaster has found evidences that show at least eight law violations in the last fiscal year’s report. The parliament on Monday called for serious prosecution by judiciary. The documents say that the intelligence agency had spent 35 billion Afs, presidential office 30 billion Afs …
Read More »Prominent actor “Farookh” dies of cardiac arrest in Turkey
AT News KABUL: A Well-known cinema and theater actor, Qader Farookh died of cardiac arrest in Turkey on Sunday night, relatives and Afghan Film official said Monday. Sahra Karimi head of Afghan Film has termed Farookh’s death as a big loss to Afghanistan’s film industry. “He was a myriad talented …
Read More »33 Taliban rebels killed in fresh raids
AT News KABUL: At least 33 Taliban militants have been killed and seven others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Monday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
Read More »Editorial: Constitution in jeopardy
The only potent source which people rely on and hope will ensure their rights and the public order is the current 16-year-old Constitution of Afghanistan. But recent developments show that with the help of apparent impunity, everybody has partaken in disregarding this supreme law in whatever way they could. January …
Read More »Taliban could get new defense system if peace push fails
AT News KABUL: Former spy chief and presidential runner, Rahmatullah Nabil has said the Taliban would get access to the air defense system if the ongoing peace talks didn’t reach a positive solution by “this spring or summer”. “Given the recent developments in the region, I think if the US-Taliban …
Read More »Authorities shut down tens of factories in pollution crackdown
AT News KABUL: Government has implemented an unprecedented pollution crackdown in recent days as tens of manufacturing factoring is being shut down. The effort is aimed at addressing Kabul’s infamous pollution and is feared to affect swaths of manufacturing sector. Tens of factories that produced smoke affecting air have been …
Read More »Controversy surrounds Central Bank’s payout to govt.
The incumbent President Ashraf Ghani had inherited a reserve aggregate of over $7.5b from the erstwhile president Hamid Karzai’s government when he took office in 2014 AT News KABUL: Sources close to government say that the government has demanded 10 billion Afs from Central Bank as it has faced lack …
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