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AT Monitoring Desk-An Afghan voter from southern Helmand province is recovering for his injures on Wednesday after the Taliban insurgents cut his finger off to punish him for voting in last week’s Wolesi Jirga elections. Hafizullah, a resident of Gereshk district was taken hostage by Taliban insurgents close to Nahre …

AT Monitoring Desk-Afghanistan’s election commission will begin counting votes cast during a two-day parliamentary election once the snail-paced transfer of all ballots from the provinces is finished, the poll panel said Wednesday. The time window will open for the election commission to begin the official counting of votes after the …

World Bank on Tuesday announced a donation of $403 million to Afghanistan in bid to foster education system and strengthen social and economical opportunities for women in the country. According to a statement issued by Government Media and Information Center (GMIC), said that Acting Minister of Finance Mohammad Humayon Qayomi …

KABUL: Members of senate called on the government to seriously probe the killing of former Kandahar police chief General Abdul Razeq, amid ongoing investigations to find out the incident. Head of senate, Fazl Hadi Muslimyar, called Razeq’s killing “painful”, saying what the government had so far shared with people did …

Security forces have pushed back a major Taliban assault in Shirin Tagab district of northern Faryab province on Monday night, according to the military sources. Taliban heavily armed with light and heavy weapons attacked Shirin Tagab district of Faryab at 9:00pm last night continuing three hours clashes with the Afghan …

KABUL: At least 8,000 complaints relating to the October 20 legislative election have been so far registered, the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission said Tuesday, adding that most of the complaints were for the Independent Election Commission’s employees. Most of the complaints were about violations and fraud made by the election …

In a major drug busts, counter narcotic police have apprehended eighty one drug traffickers in a series of stings over past month, said the country’s anti-narcotic authority on Tuesday. The Court of Criminal Justice Task Force said that its primary court has indicted 81 drug dealers including two women in …

Security and defense forces launched anti-Taliban operations in different provinces, killing more than 45t insurgents and wounding 13 others over past day, said the military. A statement said that Afghan National Army (ANA) conducted anti-terrorist crackdowns and clearance operation in collaboration with the Afghan National Police (ANP) and intelligence forces …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Ghani who just traveled to Kandahar to pay to tribute to the assassinated police chief General Raziq offered his condolences to her bereaved mother of the martyred commander. At the Mundigak Palace of southern Kandahar province, Ghani sought patience for his family and prayed for his …

Co-founder of Taliban Tehrik Mullah Abdul Ghani Biradar is imprisoned in Pakistan for undone sin since 2010. He was picked up by personnel of security agencies while he was making attempt for reconciliation between Afghan government and Taliban Movement leaders. At same days, another Pakistani militant leader Latif Mehsud was …