KABUL: Employees of the independent electoral complaints commission in Badakhshan province say their colleagues in the headquarters in Kabul should be punished for corruption. They also accused the commission’s head office of corruption and officials in the commission had changed the votes for the favor of some candidates who gave …
Read More »Ahmadi appoints as acting Minister of Commerce
AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Wednesday appointed his economic advisor Ajmal Ahmadi as acting Minister of Commerce and Industries. “In line with the paragraph 13 of article 64 of the constitution of Afghanistan, the appointment of Mr. Ajmal Ahmadi as acting of minister of commerce and industries of the Islamic …
Read More »Miller sees no winners in Afghan war
KABUL: The United States top military officer in Afghanistan has said that no party will win the Afghan war, a statement that is apparently supporting his civil colleagues who are in a hurry to end Washington’s longest war without a result for both Kabul and Washington. General Scott Miller, who …
Read More »Army pound rebel hideouts as peace talks pick up pace
KABUL: Security and army troops carried out in the last day heroic operations which led to clearing many areas of rebels, as negotiations between Afghan politicians and the Taliban over the future of Afghanistan are taking momentum. The army, police and intelligence forces killed at least eight Taliban insurgents and …
Read More »Education Ministry drafts new educational policy for girls
KABUL: Afghanistan’s Education Ministryhas drafted a policy aimed at improving women’s education system and addressing their challenges in Afghanistan. The minister of education Mirwais Balkhi talking in a gathering on Wednesday said that the policy would pave the ground for women to get access to the education and reduce the …
Read More »Afghan negotiators in Moscow upbeat as Taliban talks advance
KABUL: Afghanistan’s negotiators on second day of the Moscow meeting on Wednesday express hope the talks with the rebel Taliban will yield positive outcome, calling it as ‘constructive’ towards restoring peace in Afghanistan. The conference that kicked off a day earlier in Moscow and resumed on Wednesday is aimed at …
Read More »Gunmen at large after two journalists killed in Takhar
KABUL: Unknown gunmen killed two employees of a local radio station in Taliqan city of Takhar province on Tuesday night, according to authorities. Spokesman for Takhar Police Abdul Khalil Asir said unknown gunmen entered the Radio Hamsada office in Taliqan on Tuesday night and opened fire on staff, killing two. …
Read More »World Bank signs $325m economic development deal
KABUL: The World Bank signed on Wednesday a $325 million grant deal with the Finance Ministry to fund economic development, social services and institutional reforms in Afghanistan. Acting Minister of Finance and Chief Advisor on Infrastructure and Technology to the President of Afghanistan Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi and World Bank Country …
Read More »Karzai pushes for ‘Taliban reconciliation’ in Moscow talks
AT News Report KABUL: Spearheading the crucial talks on Afghanistan peace in Moscow on Tuesday, former President Hamid Karzai pushed for reconciliation with Taliban and stressed on ‘national unity’ to restore peace, with the rebels labeling the Afghan Constitution “illegitimate” and calling it an ‘obstacle’ to peace. At his opening …
Read More »Uzbekistan expresses readiness to host intra-Afghan peace talks with Taliban
AT-KABUL: In the wake of current peace talks in Moscow, the government of Uzbekistan has reiterated its readiness to host talks between Afghan government officials and Taliban negotiators. Uzbekistan’s Foreign Ministry says Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov expressed the offer in Tashkent on Tuesday to the United Nations’ Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan …
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