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AT News KABUL: There is possibility of change in the preliminary presidential election results once our investigation being completed, said an official of Independent Electoral Complaint Commission (IECC). Our employs facing problem in the line of their duty in provinces, said Chaman Shah Etemadi, head of the secretariat of the …

KABUL: The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) has convened a roundtable discussion on the UN’s engagement in Afghanistan under the title “Assessing the UN Activities in Afghanistan,” where speakers evaluated the UN’s work in the country over the past four decades, particularly since 2001, after the Bonn Conference on …

AT News KABUL: Afghan security forces have killed at least eight fighters affiliated with the Taliban group on Friday when the Taliban fighters attacked their checkpoints in northern Kunduz province. Provincial governor spokesman, Esmatullah Muradi said that offensive was triggered when a group of Taliban militants launched an attack on …

AT News KABUL: US Special Representative for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, is going to visit Doha later this week, where he will hold talks with Qatar-based Taliban members to check whether the group is ready to reduce violence in Afghanistan, a media report said on Friday. The visit will also clear …

AT News KABUL: The High Peace Council (HPC) on Friday voiced concern over the recent validation of the State Ministry for Peace (SMP), saying that as a result of this move, the council’s employees were facing an uncertain fate. Last week, the Afghanistan parliament endorsed the presidential decree regarding the …

AT News KABUL: The Taliban insurgents have killed 2,219 civilians and wounded 5,172 others in 2019, the ministry of interior said on Friday. The casualties came as a result of suicide bombings, guerrilla attacks, land mines and armed attacks, the ministry added in a statement. The ministry has reaffirmed its …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Senior trade adviser to Afghanistan’s president said exports and imports of goods between Iran and Afghanistan have not been balanced. Afghanistan wants to be a good economic partner for Iran, but both sides should benefit from this partnership, Cirous Allaf said Wednesday at a conference themed …

AT News KABUL: Taliban have denied any ceasefire agreement, emphasizing on the “all foreign soldiers’ withdrawal” before any truce settlement. A commander of the group has told Sky News that they want all foreign troops get out of Afghanistan, arguing that they consider Afghanistan invaded even by the presence of …

AT News KABUL: Media reports say that most of complaints registered by the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission are related to electoral crimes. The report came out on Wednesday by the Radio Liberty who claims of finding “classified complaints” from 16 provinces. The news channel said that most of the documents …

AT News KABUL: An election watchdog on Wednesday expressed grave concern over the hurdles facing the work of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC). A statement from the Free and Fair Election Forum of Afghanistan (FEFA) welcomed the efforts made by IECC with regard to ‘precise and fair’ adjudication of …