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AT News KABUL: US ambassador to Kabul, John Bass on Sunday expressing frustration over endemic corruption, said that foreign aids have not been spent in the proper ways and the money has ended up for personal interests by a “certain number of Afghans”. Addressing an event on International Anti-Corruption day …

AT News KABUL: A number of lawmakers in their Saturday session have engaged in verbal disputes over approval of children’s protection law as a number of parliamentarians had called the law in contrast Islamic rules and regulations. The third principle of the law has put the legal age of the …

AT News KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai strongly condemned Friday’s bombing that hit a passenger mini-bus in Ghazni province. The incident took place in the Dara-e-Qayaq area of Jaghatoo district, in which 10 passengers including women and children died and six others wounded. Karzai called peace efforts through intra-Afghan talks …

AT News KABUL: At least 23 members of the local army have been killed in an insider attack conducted by a number of Taliban infiltrators in the army ranking in southern Ghazni province, sources confirmed on Saturday. A security source, who wished to go unnamed, has told Afghanistan Times that …

AT News KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Saturday said to complete vote recount of the remaining seven provinces within three days. The progress made after Presidential candidate, Abdullah Abdullah on Friday has called on his supporters to allow recount of votes in seven provinces where they blocked the …

AT News KABUL: An employee of the Independent Election Complaints Commission has been gunned downed by unknown armed men in western Herat province, officials confirmed on Sunday.   Provincial Governor’s Spokesman, Jilani Farhad said the assassinated was financial in charge of the commission in the province. Reason behind the incident …

AT News KABUL: A large number of residents of northern Balkh province have staged marches on the streets of Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial capital city, to protest what they say ‘corruption’ in the Independent Election Commission. Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah’s Second Deputy and a senior member of “Stability and Partnership” electoral …

AT News KABUL: Operatives of the intelligence forces have detained 24 people allegedly involved in target killings in southern Helmand province, local officials said on Saturday. In the past four days, five government officials have been killed in different acts of target killing. In addition to that, three more were …

By Mohamad Mosa Ahmadzai The Heart Of Asia, Istanbul Process on Afghanistan commenced in November 2, 2011. aimed at resolving regional issues through increasing economic, security cooperation and political dialogue. The Istanbul Process accelerated cooperation among regional countries on trade, investment and infrastructure. The Istanbul Process paid special attention to …

AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Friday announced that the perpetrators of fraud in the September 28th’s presidential election had been identified. The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) jointly with IEC organized a consultative meeting for resolving the ongoing electoral differences in the presence of civil …