Nation

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The process of election is absolutely principled in Islamic teachings, the Independent Election Commission told the Taliban group after the extremists labeled the forthcoming election as western propaganda, threatening to sabotage the national process of voting. Earlier the Taliban group through a statement said they would do …

Amidst continuous, even alarming rate of violent and terror acts, Afghan government of Ashraf Ghani is firm on his decision of holding parliamentary elections on coming 20th of current October whatever might be the situation or its outcomes. No doubt to commend interests and involvement of Afghans in the election …

AT-KABUL: Members of senate believe that efforts should be made for a national consensus besides the regional and international works for a sustainable peace in Afghanistan. The comments come after both Taliban and the US officials confirmed a meeting in the Persian Gulf state of Qatar on Friday. In their …

KABUL: Amid an aggravation of election violence, the independent election commission on Sunday called upon Afghan forces to reinforce security of the entire election processin order to ensure a vast voter turnout and safe election. Security forces must ensure people that the parliamentary election will be held in a safe …

KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) says it has completed the transfer of the electoral materials to all 34 provinces and has started transporting them to the districts. The parliamentary and district council elections are to be held on October 20, and the election commission said Sunday that it was …

AT News Report-KBAUL: The Taliban confirmed they have held direct contact with US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in Qatar in a preliminary discussion about future peace talks, a statement of the insurgent group said on Saturday. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the militant group’s negotiating team has met with the US …

2 dead in gunfire on similar campaignin Herat By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: At least 15 people were killed in northern Takhar province after a motorbike laden with explosives went off behind an election campaign tent for a woman standing as a candidate in parliamentary polls. A motorbike full of explosive …

AT News Report-KABUL: Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology announced on Saturday a plan to secure 1 billion afghanis from revenues of postal services by end of the current budget year. Postal income reached to 700 million afghanis in the first seven months of the fiscal year and is expected …

AT News Report-KBAUL: Nine insurgents of the Taliban radical movement blew themselves up while planting explosive devices for terrorist attacks in Baghlan province, according to officials. A group of nine armed Taliban insurgents were killed and another wounded after their own explosives went off while they were placing a roadside …

AT News Report-KABUL: Former President, Hamid Karzai, met Saturday with a number of students who are going to continue higher education in the universities of Russian Federation. These students are going to Russia with the help of Karzai Foundation that has provided them with scholarships. Karzai advised the students that …