Afghanistan Times
AT-KABUL: The former head of anti-corruption office said the creation of a new department titled ‘Inspection Office’ is feared to perform as a “political arm” for the government. President Ashraf Ghani has ordered for the creation of an inspection office to meet complaints regarding the activities of senior government officials. …
Read More »ANP leader ‘Haroon Bilour’ among 20 dead in Peshawar bombing; Karzai, Afghan statesmen condemn his assassination
AT-KABUL: At least 20 people including Awami National Party (ANP) leader Haroon Bilour were killed in a suicide attack in Peshawar on Tuesday night. Bilour, whose father Bashir Bilour was killed in a suicide attack in 2012, was targeted on Tuesday night at an election gathering in the Yakatoot area. He …
Read More »Pro-Dostum riot flares up; Protesters shut election offices in north
AT-KABUL: Protests over the arrest of militia commander Nizamuddin Qaisari have spread in the north as outraged protesters on Wednesday shut down provincial offices of the Independent Election Commission in Faryab and Sar-i-Pul provinces. Protesters warned that the election offices will not reopen until the government provides the grounds for …
Read More »11 killed as ISIS militants rampage through Jalalabad
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 11 people were killed and 10 others wounded after Daesh militants staged a stabbing rampage on the education department in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday morning, officials said. Two Daesh-linked terrorists raided the provincial education department in 5thpolice district in Jalalabad at around nine o’clock …
Read More »President under fire for election meddling
AT-KABUL: The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission, says that the government’s disinterest in introducing new commissioners of the commission has created obstacles for its works, adding that the government was responsible for all the challenges of the commission in investigating complaints. Basir Faez, a member of the commission said Wednesday that …
Read More »Ghani has no interest in Dostum’s return
AT-KABUL: Hopes on first vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum’s returning home have increased following the second vice president Sarwar Danesh’s meeting with Dostum in Turkey. But the office of the first vice president said Wednesday that Danesh had no official message from President Ashraf Ghani to his first deputy. Enayatollah …
Read More »11 killed in terrorist attack against Jalalabad city education department
AT-KABUL- At least 11 employees of the Urban Education Department of Jalalabad city were martyred and 10 more were injured after two terrorists attacked the city’s education department office today morning. The attack which started at 9:30am lasted two hours before the two armed terrorist of ISIS to be killed …
Read More »Embezzlement plagues customs;$700m lost to graft
AT-KABUL: The government claims that powerful individuals embezzle some 700 millions of dollars from the custom revenues every year. Shah Hossein Mortazavi, spokesman for president Ghani said Tuesday that the government was trying to regularize the collection of custom revenues and change Afghanistan to a self-reliant country. He added that …
Read More »Economy in doldrums as roads remain shut
AT-KABUL: The closure of highways especially the roads heading to port areas and other business place hits the national economy by millions of Afs every day. The road to Aqina port town has been closed by demonstrators who protest the arrest of police officer Nezaoddin Qaisari in the northern province …
Read More »Govt vows to curb crimes
AT-KABUL: The government of Afghanistan will not keep silent against people who break the law and sabotage the society, Shah Hossein Mortazavi President’s spokesperson said on Tuesday. He also argued that the arrest of irresponsible armed people is in line with complaints that people lodge. Mortazavi vowed that the government …
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