US want poll complaints probed

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has applauded the courage of Afghan voters, poll workers and security forces for making the presidential election possible. In a tweet, Pompeo stressed the need for transparency in upcoming stages and investigation into complaints. “We applaud the courage of Afghan …

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Analysts warn against fresh electoral crisis

AT News Report KABUL: Some political analysts warn that a new electoral crisis would happen, a statement after two allegedly frontrunners in the presidential election (Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah) claimed victory. Abdullah on Monday told reporters that he was the winner of the fourth election, an allegation that encouraged …

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Over 1.5k teachers receive loans

AT News Report KABUL: Ministry of Education (MoE) has said it has granted loan facilities to around 1,650 needy teachers in Kabul province in the past seven months. MoE in a statement on Monday said that the teachers were in the city and districts of Kabul. Moreover, around 200 teachers …

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Low turnout a slap in the face of NUG leaders: Nabil

AT News Report KABUL: A presidential candidate Rahmatullah Naibl has accused the leaders of the National Unity Government (President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah) for a low turnout of the Afghan masses on September 28th presidential elections, calling it a hard slap in the face of them.  In …

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Muslimyar threatens IEC to count non-biometric votes

AT News Report KABUL: The Chairman of the Afghan Senate or Upper House of Parliament or (Mishrano Jirga), Fazel Hadi Muslimyar has warned the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to consider the none-biometric votes as valid, saying that he would force the commission to count these votes casted by people across …

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Mohib discusses Afghan issues in Guterres meeting

AT News Report KABUL: The Afghan National Security Advisor, Hamdullah Mohib has held a meeting with UN Secretary General, António Guterres on Monday in New York, where both sides discussed the Afghan election, security issues and the peace process. The National Security Council in a statement said that Guterres has declared …

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Editorial: All is not lost

Fighting continues in the 18-year-old Afghanistan war while peace remains elusive ever since the US earlier in September withdrew from a year-long series of talks with the Taliban whose main component was sealing a truce – which the parties into conflict failed to agree upon. With the Saturday’s election which …

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Balkh clashes leave security forces dead, wounded

AT News Report KABUL: At least 11 security forces have been killed or wounded after the Taliban militants attacked their headquarter in Shora Tapa district of northern Balk province, local officials said Tuesday. Balkh Police Spokesman, Monir Ahmad Farhad confirmed the clash, saying that the incident took place on Monday …

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Karzai attends Chirac’s funeral

AT News Report KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai, and other world leaders, past and present, on Monday gathered in Paris to attend the funeral ceremony of Jacques Chirac, the former president of France. Former president fled to Paris to extend his profound condolences and sympathies with the government of French …

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IEC says reliable votes to be separated from unreliable

AT News Report KABUL: “Efforts are being made to challenge election process, but the commission has approaches to separate reliable votes from unreliable votes,” an official at the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said Monday. The statements come after videos of allegedly fraud went viral. “We had 200 temporary employees, from …

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