AT News KABUL: Tadamichi Yamamoto, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Monday at the Security Council meeting entreated Afghan candidates and other “stakeholders” to continue supporting the Afghan election process. “When I last addressed this Council, the people of Afghanistan were preparing to vote in the …
Read More »Nine Afghan children killed or maimed daily in world’s most lethal warzone: UNICEF
Protagonists must protect civilians, end targeting of schools and clinics AT News KABUL: The forty-year-old conflict in Afghanistan is having a devastating impact on children and the protagonists are failing in their duty to shield them from its consequences, UNICEF said today (Tuesday). A report released by the UN children’s …
Read More »‘Forged identity card’ of IEC commissioner should be probed
AT News KABUL: An electoral commission, Mohammad Hanif Danishyar has been accused of being forged his identity card—the case must be probed, said Chief Executive Office. CEO’s spokesman, Omid Maisom said that Danishar’s hypocoristic documents should be investigated by the judicial system. A domestic newspaper, Itlaat-e-Roz has found out documents, …
Read More »Abdullah’s supporters stage protest in Nangarhar
AT News KABUL: The streets of Jalalabad, the capital city for eastern Nangarhar province have been packed with widespread marches by hundreds of supporters of presidential candidate, Abdullah Abdullah, in which they called for transparency, asking for segregation of clean votes from the fraudulent one. Former member of the parliament, …
Read More »“Hava, Maryam, Ayesha”, product of Iran’s help: Afghan director
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Tehran-based Afghan filmmaker Sahra Karimi said that her drama “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha” is the outcome of helpful Iranians. The film is currently on screen at some Iranian movie theaters. It is about three pregnant Afghan women from different social backgrounds living in Kabul, each of …
Read More »Children witness cruelly thronging their mothers
AT News KABUL: A video which has recently been gone viral on social media, have shown that two women are hardly and cruelly being hit with a throng by a number of individuals as part of punishment came out from Congo Court. The location of the event is not clear …
Read More »68 Taliban rebels killed in fresh military raids
AT News KABUL: At least 68 Taliban militants have been killed and 20 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 »Afghan forces free 12 from Taliban jail in Uruzgan
AT News KABUL: The Afghan army forces broke into a pair of Taliban prison on Monday in southern Uruzgan province and freed 12 prisoners held by the Taliban, ministry of defense said. Ministry of Defense in a statement said that Afghan army forces conducted raid in Shahidan district, in which …
Read More »MPs say govt. spent excessive amounts of money from last year’s budget
AT News KABUL: The parliamentarians claim that the government had spent a large amount of Afs from last year’s budget, which they call, was a hyper use. In the Monday session that acting finance minister was summoned to answer the lawmakers’ questions, the legislatives said that president’s office spent 30 …
Read More »Balkh residents protest Qaisari arrest attempt
AT News KABUL: Supporters of powerful militia commander Nezamuddin Qaisari staged demonstration on Monday in the northern province of Balkh to protest an attempt by the government over arresting him. The government forces launched an operation Sunday to arrest Qaisari in Mazar-e-Sharif city, the provincial capital, but he escaped and …
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