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Abdullah calls for release of ex-commissioners

AT News KABUL: The self-proclaimed president, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has asked for the release of two former female electoral commissioners that were found guilty and sentenced to jail during 2018 parliamentary election. Abdullah asked reinforcement agency to look up to the matter and get Maliha Hassan and Hamira Haqmal out …

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Taliban say ANDSF prisoner release process will continue

AT NEWS Taliban say the prisoner release process of the Afghan government inmates from militants’ jails will continue in future as a gesture of goodwill although the process has not been coordinated as a prisoner swap with the Afghan government. The group’s political spokesman in Qatar, Suhail Shaheen says they …

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Women’s voice in water resources management in South Asia, a myth or a lived reality?

By NAJIBULLAH LOODIN The concern of gender inclusion in water management has been evolving since decades. The first international attempt to recognize the issue of gender in natural resources management policy happened in 1970s via “Women in Development” (WID) approach. It was later used by international organizations such as the …

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Virus lockdown could plunge millions into poverty

AT NewsKABUL: The rate of poverty is expected to jump 60 to 70 per cent within three months due to threats of the Corona virus, ministry of economy has predicted.Kabul and other major cities are in full quarantine for three weeks as the virus is spreading. Government and private businesses …

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Having to pay bribe, inmates denied jail release amid virus

AT NewsKABUL: Inmates in Parwan province prison say that jailors demand bribe to sign their freedom documents, despite a presidential decree that allows them leave jails because of the fear of Corona virus.Some 500 prisoners who enjoy the presidential order for freedom, said Monday that their jailors ask them to …

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U.S. agog as Kabul-Taliban prisoner swap unfolds

AT NewsKABUL: The US Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad has welcomed the start of prisoners swap between the Afghan government and the Taliban, saying that the prisoners release is a vitally important step towards reduction of violence and to the Afghan peace process.Khalilzad urged the Afghan government and …

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Taliban violates peace deal amid growing attacks

AT NewsKABUL: The Ministry of Defense has said that the Taliban have been continually violating their peace deal with the United States and intensifying attacks against the Afghan security forces.Rohullah Ahmadzai, a spokesman for the ministry said that despite the Afghan security forces had owned a defensive position; the insurgent …

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Taliban attack repelled in Balkh

AT NewsKABUL: The Afghan security forces have pushed back a coordinate Taliban’s attack and killed at least its nine fighters in northern Balkh province, defense official said on Monday.A group of Taliban fighters planned to launch attacks on security outposts in Chahar Bolak and Dawlat Abad districts that had been …

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Army repulses Pakistan’s Durand Line fence bid

AT News KABUL: Afghanistan’s military has pushed back a Pakistani forces’ bid to fence a portion of the Durand Line in Kandahar city outskirts and remain on the defensive mode, according to local authorities. Security forces in Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province – sharing a porous border with …

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Editorial: Avoid recipe for further divide!

The political, or rather the presidential wrangling in Afghanistan has overshadowed many other national issues facing the country. It’s been six months since the presidential polls last year but the electoral commission-endorsed President Ashraf Ghani and self-proclaimed president of ‘inclusive government’ Dr. Abdullah Abdullah have locked horns over the mantle …

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