AT News KABUL: After recording thousands of complains, the Independent Electoral Complaint Commission has begun probing the allegations of corruption that have been stated by several electoral teams and as well as electoral watchdogs. All of the complaints would be investigated in three days by the commission’s provincial centers across …
Read More »EPA springs into action against big polluters in Kabul
AT News KABUL: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would henceforth take serious measures against air polluters on every level in compliance with the recent presidential decree, relevant officials said on Sunday. Laila Samani, spokesperson for the agency, said the alerting phase for polluters had come to an end and the …
Read More »Afghanistan, Iran to link up through railway
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: A senior Iranian official said a major railway connecting Iran and neighboring Afghanistan will be ready in March as construction of a key cross-border line is nearing completion. Abbas Khatibi, a deputy to Iran’s roads and urban development minister, said that the Iran would link up …
Read More »Clerics: Overseas-based people oppose peace efforts
AT News KABUL: Religious scholars emphasize on acceleration of peace efforts, calling peace a necessity for the people of Afghanistan. In a gathering held Sunday in Kabul city, religious scholars said that only those people oppose peace process whose families are living in foreign countries. They emphasized that peace backers …
Read More »Child hospital physicians protest government incuriosity over colleague abduction
AT News KABUL: Doctors at the Indira Gandhi child hospital in Kabul have gone on strike to protest government carelessness over abduction of one of their colleagues who was kidnapped some 10 days ago. The physicians said Sunday that they had stopped visiting of patients since the past week. Dr. …
Read More »Six civilians killed in Kapisa
AT News KABUL: The human rights defenders on Sunday said that at least six civilians were killed in a joint military operation conducted by the Afghan and NATO security forces in Kapisa province. According to a statement by the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, four other civilians received injuries in …
Read More »Taliban yet to agree on ceasefire
AT News KABUL: The Taliban denied reports over agreeing with a ceasefire offer, saying they have not yet made decision in this regard. The US envoy for Afghan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad at his tenth round of negotiations with Taliban, urged a ceasefire and violence reduction in Afghanistan to pave the …
Read More »Ten media workers killed this year
88 cases of violence against journalists—12 injuries—seven arrest—three kidnapping—34 threat and insult AT News KABUL: Afghanistan has been once again labeled as a deadly country for media workers and journalists as still they are being threatened and killed. 88 cases of violence against them were registered in 2019, including 10 …
Read More »Taliban’s deputy shadow district chief killed in Balkh
AT News KABUL: In the wake of ongoing air and ground operations, the Afghan security forces on Sunday have killed Taliban’s deputy shadow governor for Kushenda district of northern Balkh province and his four associates. 209 Shaheen military corps said that the Afghan security forces conducted crackdowns against Taliban militants …
Read More »60 militants killed in crackdowns
AT News KABUL: At least 60 Taliban militants have been killed and 10 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 Sunday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army …
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