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 …
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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) …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Traders in northern Kunduz province have said a number of commercial companies at the Sher Khan port have been declined from 145 to only eight due to bad security situation. They warned that all companies may halt its activities at the port if the security situation …
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AT News Report KABUL: A member of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) has said that the cyber-security of IEC’s data center has been enhanced in order to counter any threat of cyber-attacks. Mohammad Hanif Danishyar, a member of the IEC told Ariana News that two German experts from Dermalog, a …
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AT News Report KABUL: Residents in the eastern province of Laghman the other day have took out to the streets to give vent to their anger over killing of at least three civilians in an operation carried out by Afghan security forces. Residents claimed that the operation was carried out …
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AT News Report KABUL: Six Daesh rebels were killed in a US drone strike in the Pachir Agam district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Friday. Provincial Governor Spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told Pajhwok Afghan News the drone strike happened in the Sulaimankhel locality on Thursday night in which …
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AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) says that its computer system that is linked to the biometric has been inactive for the past one week. A German computer company responsible for technical issues of the election commission’s computer system, has sent experts for the solution, but an …
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