We all know that girls in Afghanistan are least exposed to learning opportunities. Afghan girls face poverty, lack of sanitation, and most importantly social norms that force them to drop out before they even start learning. Girls in rural areas enroll in school by the age of 7 and drop …
Read More »
AT News Report KABUL: Political analysts and members of senate reject the idea of forming a new province inside the mountainous province of Badakhshan in the northeast, saying the idea would pave the ground for disintegration conspiracies and establishing another country in Afghanistan. Recently some ideas came out about the …
Read More »
AT News Report KABUL: A number of lawmakers at the parliament (Wolesi- Jirga) have summoned the minister of interior, Massoud Andarabi on Friday late evening after verbal and physical dispute occurred between the security forces and people’s representatives in Pul-e-Charkhi area of Kabul. The dispute has lasted for hours and …
Read More »
AT News Report KABUL: The Stability and Partnership electoral team, led by Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has accused some unnamed figures in the Independent Election Commission of colluding with President Ashraf Ghani’s team for presided and organized the systematic fraud in the voting process. Addressing a press conference, second vice …
Read More »
AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan security forces in a clearing-operation conducted on Friday night, have wiped out Taliban rebels from Dasht-e-Archi district of northern Kunduz province, security officials said Saturday. Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) cleared Dasht-e-Archi district of insurgents and took control of the center and …
Read More »
AT News Report KABUL: In a gathering in northern Baghlan province, a number of religious Ulema have called for direct peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban group in a bid to restore peace as violence surged. A religious scholar, Abdulbasir Hamidi has said that Afghans have been …
Read More »
AT News Report KABUL: At least 76 militants were killed and 38 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 Saturday. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) …
Read More »
AT News Report KABUL: Some presidential contenders urge the invalidation of the non-biometric ballots, warning to reject the results if the non-biometric votes were counted as valid ballots. Rahmatollah Nabil, one of the runners for presidency, accuses President Ghani’s electoral team of organizing rallies to try to validate the non-biometric …
Read More »
AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The World Bank Group has approved a $98.8m financing package, comprising a mix of guarantees, a loan, and swaps, for two gas-to-power energy projects in Afghanistan. The financing is aimed at increasing domestically generated electricity through the gas-to-power energy projects, whilst leveraging private financing for the …
Read More »
AT News Report KABUL: A Kabul-based political activist, Nazar Mohammad Motmaien came under an armed assault on Friday but he fortunately escaped unhurt. Motmaien said that he was on his way home after offering Friday prayers when an unknown armed man opened fire at him. He said after some retaliation, …
Read More »
Afghanistan Times