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AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has applauded the courage of Afghan voters, poll workers and security forces for making the presidential election possible. In a tweet, Pompeo stressed the need for transparency in upcoming stages and investigation into complaints. “We applaud the courage of Afghan …

AT News Report KABUL: Some political analysts warn that a new electoral crisis would happen, a statement after two allegedly frontrunners in the presidential election (Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah) claimed victory. Abdullah on Monday told reporters that he was the winner of the fourth election, an allegation that encouraged …

AT News Report KABUL: The Chairman of the Afghan Senate or Upper House of Parliament or (Mishrano Jirga), Fazel Hadi Muslimyar has warned the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to consider the none-biometric votes as valid, saying that he would force the commission to count these votes casted by people across …

AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai, and other world leaders, past and present, on Monday gathered in Paris to attend the funeral ceremony of Jacques Chirac, the former president of France. Former president fled to Paris to extend his profound condolences and sympathies with the government of French …

AT News Report KABUL: “Efforts are being made to challenge election process, but the commission has approaches to separate reliable votes from unreliable votes,” an official at the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said Monday. The statements come after videos of allegedly fraud went viral. “We had 200 temporary employees, from …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: Tajikistan has turned over to Kabul 48 Afghan citizens who were serving prison terms in the Central Asian nation. Tajik officials said the majority of those who were handed over to Afghanistan at the Lower Pang border checkpoint on September 30 were serving terms in Tajik …

AT News Report KABUL: The ministry of defense on Monday turned down the report about the collapse of Baharak and Khwajaghar districts of northernTakhar province. The ministry said in a statement the clashes were going on between the security forces and Taliban in these two districts and that soon the …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: In an interview on Monday, the US top commander to Afghanistan, Gen. Scott Miller has hailed the coordination among the military leadership to secure the Saturday’s presidential election. While congratulating the Afghans for participating in the election, Miller said, “the security forces performed very, very well.” …

AT News Report KABUL: At least 103 militants have been killed and 60 others received injures in multiple extensive military crackdowns carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country within past 24 hours. Ministry of Defense in a statement said the Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with …

AT News Report KABUL: The first running mate of the State-Builder team led by the incumbent President Ashraf Ghani has alleged that there were attempts of ‘White Coup’ during the first phase of election and most of their time was spent preventing and neutralizing such designs. Amrullah Saleh, a vice …