AT News Report-KABUL: The High Office of Oversight and Anti-Corruption (HOOAC) rejected Saturday the government’s plan over integrating the body with the Attorney General Office as “illegal”. The HOOAC officials said that “some mafia and corrupt circles in the government are trying to weaken” the body and give incorrect advices …
Read More »1st phase of voter registration begins
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan’s electoral body on Saturday officially embarked upon the first phase of voter registration processfor the imminent parliamentary and district council elections. Voter registration will be in three phases; first phase beginning on April 14 focuses on provincial capitals and will last till May 13; second phase …
Read More »Peace Council up about peace dialogue: Taliban may be open to talks
AT News Report-KABUL: Afghanistan’s top peace council has declared that the Taliban may be open to intra-Afghan peace dialogue. A senior member of the high peace council told the Parliament on Saturday that the council was cautiously optimistic about a highly likely consent of the Taliban to enter peace talks …
Read More »Taliban blow up power pylon again: “Army clashes with insurgents to expedite restoration of power transmission line”
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Taliban in a predawn attack on Saturday destroyed the main power transmission line to Kabul, once again leaving the capital city in the dark, officials said. Police chief in Baghlan said the militants blew up another power pylon supplying electricity from Uzbekistan to Kabul in Tagakdistrict of …
Read More »47 insurgents dead in anti-terror drills
AT News Report-KABUL: In a series of counterterrorism crackdown operations run by the security forces across Afghanistan, as many as 47militants have been killed andmore 40 sustained critical injuries in the past days. The defense ministry said in a statement that army, police, and intelligence forces had conducted joint operations …
Read More »Stray mortar kills two children in Helmand
AT News Report-KABUL: A stray mortar shell smacked a house in southern Helmand province, killing two children while two others received injuries, officials said on Wednesday. The heart-wrenching incident occurred in Nad Ali district of the province, and provincial police had already launched probe to identify location from where the …
Read More »SIGAR says billions lost in oil theft
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) on Friday released a review of the management and oversight of fuel in Afghanistan and found that fuel theft has become a lucrative business in the country. According to SIGAR, due to the amount of fuel needed for military …
Read More »ED: Civilian lives matter
The Afghan civilians, including the children and women, are becoming casualties of war in alarming numbers, leaving the civilians more at tenterhook with realization of being caught in crossfire of the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan. Since civilians have been receiving casualties in large numbers, thus, it seems that all conflict …
Read More »Hostages escape from Taliban captivity in Herat
AT News Report-KABUL: Two policemen and four civilians escaped from the captivity of Taliban after killing two insurgents in western Herat province, said officials on Saturday. The gubernatorial spokesperson Abdul Ahad Walizad said insurgents had kidnapped cops and four residents of Chishti Sharif district on Friday midnight. The captive policemen …
Read More »Officials at helm “reluctant” towards peace conundrum
AT News Report-KABUL: A number of political commentators and former government officials have confided that peace process was bedeviled with a dragging stalemate and the central government and its allies were reluctant towards embarking a meaningful and successful reconciliation. Addressing an event marking the launch of a new political movement …
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