AT News Report KABUL: Addressing at a press conference in Kabul, Presidential hopeful Rahmatullah Nabil has called on the Afghan masses to stand against “Fraudulent Votes”, emphasizing that the corrupted votes, which are under recounting by the Independent Election Commission (IEC), need to be separated and cleaned. Referring to a …
Read More »2nd Joint India-China Capacity Building Program for Afghan Diplomats begins
AT News Report KABUL: The 2nd Joint India-China Capacity Building Program for Afghan Diplomats is being held at the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the Ministry of External Affairs of India from November 11 to 23 November 2019. 10 young diplomats from Afghanistan are participating in the Course, India’s External …
Read More »Karzai saddened by veteran writer’s death
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai expressed regrets over the demise of prominent journalist, writer and human and women’s rights activist Qamara Achakzai Wakili. Karzai said that Ms. Wakili served the people of Afghanistan as a teacher, journalist and government employee, and wrote several valuable articles. Karzai called …
Read More »Faryab’s Qarghan, Andkhoi districts cleared of Taliban rebels
AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces have cleared Qarghan and Andkhoi districts of northern Faryab province from presence of the Taliban insurgents during latest operations. Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) conducted operations and cleared all villages of Andkhoy and Qarghan districts from Taliban presence, Ministry of …
Read More »37 militants killed in fresh raids
AT News Report KABUL: At least 37 militants were killed and three 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 (ANA) …
Read More »Alleged corrupt man runs senior post in finance ministry
AT News Report KABUL: Walid Tamim who is charged with three embezzlement and other corruption cases, has been appointed as deputy finance minister for custom offices and incomes, the attorney general office says. Officials in the attorney general say that Tamim’s cases were under investigation and would be shared with …
Read More »Killer of Paktia judges killed in Logar airstrike
AT News Report KABUL: An airstrike in central Logar province has killed the assassins of the Paktika judges, who have lost their lives in a Taliban ambush in Mohammad Agha district of Logar last week, military officials said Sunday Head of Logar provincial council, Hasibullah Stanikzai told Pajhwok Afghan News …
Read More »Number of women in ANDSF increased: SIGAR
AT news Report KABUL: The level of women presence in the security forces rankings has been increased to 30 percent, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said in report. According to SIGAR, the female number in the Afghan security forces has jumped up from 4,495 of last year …
Read More »Scores of militants shun violence in Nangarhar
At News Report KABUL: Local officials in eastern Nangarhar province said Sunday that tens of IS-K, also known as Daesh, and Taliban militants have surrendered and joined the government-initiated peace and reconciliation process. Provincial governor’s office said in a statement that over 32 Daesh militants and four Taliban fighters have …
Read More »Afghans to meet in Beijing on November 21
AT News Report KABUL: The third intra-Afghan talks is expected to be held on November 21 in China’s capital city of Beijing, some politicians who are going to attend the meeting said, the first ever face to face meeting between President Ashraf Ghani’s government and Taliban who have repeatedly refused …
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