AT-KABUL: The European Union unveiled on Sunday a major campaign to fight corruption in Afghanistan, seeking to address three critical sectors including elections, economic growth and development. A statement from EU said the three-week campaign would culminate with a high-level anti-corruption conference in mid-April. Ambassador Pierre Mayaudon, head of the …
Read More »
AT-KABUL: The United Nations welcomes the progress made by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) in setting an October 2018 date to hold Afghanistan’s parliamentary and district council elections. “Setting a firm date for elections is a notably positive and important development in the work of the IEC, and will allow …
Read More »
AT News Report-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission said Sunday it was prepared to hold the 2019 presidential election, amid several criticisms by the parliament over the incapability of the commission to hold elections. Abdul Badie Sayyad, head of the commission rejected concerns over the delay in holding the election, saying …
Read More »
AT News Report-KABUL: The United Nations welcomes the progress made by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) in setting an October 2018 date to hold Afghanistan’s parliamentary and district council elections. “Setting a firm date for elections is a notably positive and important development in the work of the IEC, and …
Read More »
AT News Report-KABUL: The parliament dismissed Pakistan’s allegations over the presence of Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan, calling it “baseless”. Pakistan’s foreign ministry claimed that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is based in Afghanistan and organized attack on a military center in Swat in Afghan soil. Sayed Ali Kazemi, a member of …
Read More »
AT News Report-KABUL: The government is working on a plan to form a new force touted as ‘local army’ in the framework of the defense ministry, the ministry’s spokesman said Saturday. The aim of the local army was said ensuring further security and driving back Taliban’s attacks. Mohammad Radmanesh said …
Read More »
AT News Report-KABUL: The government rejected Russia’s allegations that Afghan troops sell arms and weapons to Taliban, calling it “false propaganda”. Zamir Kabulov, Russian envoy to Afghanistan had said that Taliban demanded cash from Moscow so they could buy weapons from Afghan security forces. “Some countries make false claims for …
Read More »
AT News Report-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Parliament has declared that security threats will mar the upcoming parliamentary and district council elections. The grievance comes a few days after the election commission announced October 20th as the official date for parliamentary elections. Parliamentarians were unanimous that the present security situation poses a peril …
Read More »
AT News Report-KABUL: At least 17 militants have been killed and 12 others wounded in multiple extensive military crackdowns within the past two days. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense, (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate …
Read More »
AT News Report-KABUL: Following last week’s car bombing in southern city of Lashkagah that left sixteen martyred, a large group of young people initiated a campaign of peace on Monday demanding peace and nonviolence. The protestors set up a camp and went on a hunger strike after their quest for …
Read More »
Afghanistan Times