By Hamayun Khan The word “Afghanistan” abruptly captures one’s mind when the very term “Terrorism” comes up. Afghanistan has been a battlefield and a strategic roadmap that bridges a gap for the regional powers to reach their targets. a report published in the year 2018 says that Afghanistan has bypassed …
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After the considerable expansion of Soviet Union up to the borders of Afghanistan, the British Government in India became conscious about its defence and began trying hard to take the ruler of Kashmir at their command for the smooth implementation of their security policy in the region. The British did …
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AT News Report KABUL: Abdullah Abdullah’s electoral team says that 137,000 votes registered in the election commission’s data bank, are not valid. In a letter to the commission, Abdullah’s team has said that information about these votes were saved secretly in the data bank and no electoral team knew about …
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AT News Report KABUL: A political party claims that a peace plan announced lately by President Ashraf Ghani, was faulty and incomplete. The Peace and Development party leader Jawad Hosseini, said Friday that the plan creates parallel entities for peace strengthening and some parts of it are not practicable. Hosseini …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) says it would welcome any steps that lead to electoral transparency, in a reference to investigations about the job of German biometric company of Dermalog that was responsible for presidential election’s biometrics. The commission officials said Friday that investigation should be …
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AT News Report KABUL: Some 48 per cent of people in the rural areas do not have access to drinkable water, the ministry of rural rehabilitation and development says. The ministry said Friday that it was working hard to provide villagers with healthy drinkable water, while arguing that 52 per …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 21 Taliban insurgents and 13 others were wounded in security operation in Sherzad district of eastern Nangarhar province, official said on Friday. To suppress the insurgents in the district, the Afghan security forces had launched operation five days …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Committee to Protect Journalists has ranked Afghanistan sixth for not being serious in prosecuting and punishing the perpetrators of killings of journalists in its 2019 classification. Somalia has been ranked first in the classification, with Syria and Iraq getting second and third respectively. The committee …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has released the financial report of the presidential candidates in terms of their campaign spending, revealing that the incumbent President Ashraf Ghani incurred the highest costs and Ghulam Farooq Nejrabi the lowest during the campaign period for the September’s presidential election. …
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AT News Report KABUL: Idrees Zaman has been officially appointed as acting minister of foreign affairs on Wednesday by President Ashraf Ghani. This comes after former minister and leader of Hezb-e-Jamiat (political party), Salahuddin Rabbani has step downed from his position. “Mr. Idrees Zaman shall be the acting foreign minister …
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