IECC yet to receive list of electoral criminals

AT News KABUL: The Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) says it hasn’t yet received the list of people charged with electoral crimes, one week after a deadline for the referring of these people by the independent election commission. Qotbuddin Roydar, a member of the electoral complaints commission, said Tuesday that …

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NAI denies President Ghani’s claims

AT News KABUL: A media advocate organization, Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan, or so called NAI, on Tuesday has turned down President Ashraf Ghani’s remarks against the organization, saying that the allegations have been “completely incorrect” and that Ghani has been incorrectly informed in regards. Speaking in a gathering on …

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Senator lams police for attacking Baghlan protesters

AT News KABUL: A member of senate strongly condemned police attack on electoral protesters in the northern province of Baghlan. “Don’t make us stand by the people’s side,” senator Sami Faisal warned on Tuesday. Supporters of presidential candidate, Abdullah Abdullah opposed the vote recount process in Baghlan and tried to …

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Qaisari again under microscope of security forces

AT News KABUL: After scores of residents in northern Faryab province have lodged compliant over an illegal armed commander, Nizamudin Qaisari, the interior ministry said that efforts are underway to approach legitimated investigation on the moans. “We have received people’ compliance about Qaisari’s illegal actions and the compliances are under …

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Saturday victory or riot day

AT News KABUL: The “Stability and Partnership” an electoral team led by Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, has once again warned the Independent Election Commission (IEC), saying that fraudulent votes should be declared invalid in the next “three days”. The electoral team set Saturday as deadline for the IEC to clean …

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‘Taliban oppose Kabul delegation opus’

AT NEWS KABUL: Russia Special Representative for Afghanistan says that Taliban are dissatisfied with the composition of the Afghan delegation for peace talks in Beijing, and that is why everything has been frozen. The date for conducting a meeting of the inter-Afghan dialogue in Beijing has not been coordinated yet …

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Sexual allegations for asylum-seeking

AT News KABUL: The National Directorate of Security has brushed aside the allegation of sexual abuse cases against school students in central Logar province, saying the claims have been made by some members of the provincial civil society, who intended to seek asylum in foreign countries. The NDS said in …

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Political analysts praise Mozhda as anti-US figure

AT News KABUL: Some political experts praised Wahid Mozhda for opposing the foreign military presence in Afghanistan, calling him an anti-US figure. Mozhda, a political analyst was shot dead by two unknown gunmen last week near his residence in Kabul. In a seminar held Tuesday in Kabul about Mozhda’s character …

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US hands over five more MD530 helicopters to Afghan forces

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Afghan Air Force received five MD-530 Cayuse Warrior light attack helicopters on November 22. The helicopters were delivered to Kandahar via a Boeing 747 cargo aircraft on October 27 and were reassembled for active service within ten days, according to a statement by the US-based …

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Security forces kill 25 Taliban rebels in Laghman

AT News KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed at least 25 Taliban militants during air and ground operations carried out in eastern Laghman province, Ministry of Defense said Tuesday. The operations were carried out in Alingar and Alishang districts of the province, ministry said in a statement. A large …

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