AT News Report KABUL: President, Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday inaugurated the first ever solar electricity network the southern province of Kandahar. The network was put in utilization in the Daman district and Ghani officially opened it during his visit to the province. The solar system has two phases and produces …
Read More »Karzai: Terrorism grew in Afghanistan by US finance, ambiguous policies
AT News Report KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai on Wednesday reacted to statements by the US President Donald Trump about the situation of Afghanistan after the US withdrawal. “Afghanistan is not the laboratory of terrorists, but a victim of terrorism, that grew with the US funding and ambiguous policies,” Karzai …
Read More »Ballot papers for presidential polls to be printed in Denmark, IEC says
AT News Report KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) has chosen Denmark for printing the ballot papers for the September presidential elections, an official at the commission said on Wednesday, adding that counterfeiting the ballots would be impossible. Zabihullah Sadaat, a spokesman for the commission, said that the number of …
Read More »Taliban’s alms collector arrested in Ghor
AT News Report KABUL: Police attested Taliban’s alms (zakat, Islamic charity) collector during an operation in western Ghor province. A key Taliban group member who was involved in collecting alms from people to fund the operations of the group, was arrested after Afghan National Police (ANP) conducted an operation in …
Read More »Afghan government, some politicians not to attend Doha meeting
AT News Report KABUL: The government and some political leaders have said they would not attend a meeting scheduled to be held as an ‘intra-Afghan dialogue’ with Taliban representatives on Sunday and Monday in Doha. Germany and Qatar are going to host the meeting welcomed by the United States that …
Read More »Afghans can no longer tolerate electoral crisis: Abdullah
AT News Report KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah criticizes interferences in the electoral process, warning of an electoral crisis. Abdullah who is one of 18 hopefuls for the September presidential elections and once again a competitor to President Ashraf Ghani in the race, said that the people of Afghanistan could …
Read More »UN appalled by Taliban attack in downtown Kabul
AT News Report KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is appalled by the Taliban-claimed attack on Monday in a civilian-populated area of Kabul, where schools, homes, media outlets and other civilian facilities were immediately nearby. Preliminary data indicates that the complex attack began with the detonation of explosives …
Read More »396 Taliban rebels killed in past 2-week
AT News Report KABUL: Afghan Security Forces have killed and wounded hundreds of Taliban rebels in multiple extensive raids conducted in northern parts of the country within past two weeks, military officials said Tuesday. The 209st Shaheen Corps in a statement said the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces conducted …
Read More »A would-be suicide bomber killed in Kandahar
AT News Report KABUL: Police forces in southern Kandahar province said Tuesday that they have killed a would-be suicide bomber before to reach the target. Provincial Police Spokesperson Qasim Azad has confirmed that the security forces gunned down a suicide bomber in front of 6th police district compound in Kandahar …
Read More »Govt. spokespersons panned for ignoring reporters
AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan Journalists Safety Committee lambasted government spokespersons for what it accused them of not giving timely information to the journalists that has caused barricade on freedom of speech in the country. The pro-journalists body said failure of government spokespersons for timely respond to the journalist’s questions, …
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