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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Indian Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs MJ Akbar said India is focusing on people-oriented development in the war-ridden Afghanistan. As per a press release issued by the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday, MJ Akbar attended an international conference in Tajikistan themed on Countering Terrorism and Preventing Violent Extremism on May …

AT-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission said it was workingto solve people’s concerns over the stickers on their ID cards as the matter has raised security fears in the insecure remote areas. Sayed Hafizullah Hashemi, a member of the commission said Monday they would find a solution to the national concerns. …

AT-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani reiterated that the legislative and presidential elections would be held timely, with the first in October and the latter in April next year. Ghani’s comments come while the armed opposition groups have recently intensified reactions to the government’s preparedness for the two elections, targeting voter registration …

KABUL: Foreign donors have flooded Afghanistan with more money than it can absorb, exacerbating corruption and fuelling the drawn-out conflict, US independent auditor John Sopko has said in an interview with AFP. The comments by the US government’s special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR) followed the recent stinging assessment …

AT-KABUL: Gunmen in northern Baghlan province on Sunday morning abducted six Indians working in a power company, provincial authorities said. The Indian employees were abducted while they were traveling to an under-construction electricity sub-station in Khwaja Alwan district, said provincial governor’s spokesperson. Mohammad Haqmal confirmed that the abducted Indians were …

AT-Kabul: More than 9.9 million children are expected to get vaccinations against polio across the country within one week as part of a major health campaign by the government, according to officials. The ministries of public health and education on Sunday unveiled a second round of National Immunization Days (NIDS) …

AT-KABUL: An explosion in a mosque in the eastern Khost province on Sunday killed at least 14 people and wounded 36, local authorities said, marking a rise in election-induced violence. The mosque was being used as a voter registration site. An explosion hit ‘Yaqobi’ mosque at a time when locals …

AT-KABUL: At least 46 militants were killed and 18 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan NationalArmy (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan NationalPolice (ANP) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) personal has conducted …

AT-KABUL: A roadside bomb on Sunday claimed the lives of at least seven civilians and left another wounded in northern Faryab province, officials said. Faryab Governor Spokesman Jawid Bedar said that at least seven civilians were killed after a roadside mine went off early in the morning somewhere in Almar …

AT News Report-KABUL: The department of the population registration said Sunday that about one million people had received paper identification cards since February, with the aim of issuing 10 million cards. Rohullah Ahmadzai, spokesman for the department said that the paper ID cards would be issued to those who do …