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Taliban Commander Killed In Logar Airstrike Waisuddin, a "Taliban commander," was killed in an "Afghan forces airstrike "in central Logar province, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Sunday.
The airstrike took place in Mohammad Agha district of the province Saturday night, the MoD said in the statement.
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Afghanistan Protests Summoning of Envoy by Pakistan The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Monday protested the summoning of the Afghan chargé daffaires by Pakistans Foreign Ministry over reports of "harassment" made by Pakistani diplomats in Kabul.
On Sunday, Pakistan said that officers and staff from its embassy had been... |
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Abdullah at SCO: Afghan Peace Requires Regional Cooperation Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday addressed the 18th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organizations 2019 Council of Heads of Governments in Tashkent. He stressed the need for further cooperation among countries in the region to boost peace and stability in Afghanistan and to improve regional... |
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Afghan woman politician sees Taliban talks as only hope for future Afghan women have no choice but to hope the Taliban respect their rights for the sake of peace, said Fauzia Kofi, the first woman to lead a political party in Afghanistan.
During their rule from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban imposed a medieval interpretation of Islam on Afghanistan, the question now is... |
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HRW says CIA-backed Afghan forces carry out grave rights abuses CIA-backed security units in Afghanistan are committing "war crimes" and other "grave" rights abuses with impunity, according to a damning report by Human Rights Watch.
The New York-based rights group suggested that the units -- recruited, trained and funded by the US intelligence agency -- should... |
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31 Taliban militants, civilians killed, wounded as explosives-laden vehicle goes off in Jawzjan An explosion in northern Jawzjan province killed or wounded at least 31 people including many Taliban militants and ordinary civilians.
The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said the incident took place at around 3:00 pm on Wednesday in Bazarak Jangal Aregh Village of Mardian district.
The statement... |
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Abdullah Emphasizes on Transparency of Election, Importance of Peace Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah emphasized on Monday that every opportunity for peace must be embraced.
However, he said more attention is needed to have a transparent result of the presidential elections.
Speaking at the weekly council of ministers, Abdullah emphasized that the result of a transparent... |
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Taliban Had to Show Real Willingness to Make Real Compromises: NATO NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that the alliance supports the resumption of Afghan peace talks between the U.S. and Taliban representatives.
However, he reiterated that Taliban had to show real willingness to make real compromises.
Speaking with the reporters ahead of the... |
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Breach of IECs Digital Center Unacceptable: MPs Lawmakers in Afghanistans parliament on Wednesday lashed out at the special units of the Afghan police forces for their alleged involvement in breaching the digital center of the Independent Election Commission (IEC), saying the move is not acceptable.
The parliament speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani ordered... |
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Afghan Govt May Join Beijing Peace Discussion Discussions are underway about the participation of the Afghan government in the Beijing intra-Afghan talks, officials from the State Ministry for Peace said on Wednesday, as the Taliban continue to refuse to meet with the Afghan government.
If an invitation is made by the Chinese, and the criteria... |
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FM Rabbani Resigns, Citing Parallel Structures Afghanistans Acting Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani resigned from his post on Thursday.
In his resignation letter to President Ashraf Ghani, Rabbani said that the foreign ministry had been sidelined and that it was treated as a private NGO.
"The working environment in the National Unity Government... |
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US Mission Has Not Changed in Afghanistan: Esper US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday that counterterrorism operations are critical for peace in Afghanistan and to ensure that the country is no longer a safe haven for terrorists.
"Counterterrorism operations remain critical to our efforts to achieving peace and ensuring terrorist organizations... |
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China Set to Host Taliban, Afghanistanian Politicians China will host an intra-Afghan dialogue between Taliban and Afghan politicians to discuss issues about Afghanistan, especially the peace process.
Mohammad Ismail Khan, a prominent politician and former Jihadi leader who is invited to the meeting on Monday told Ariana News that former president Hamid... |
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IEC Chairperson Apologizes for Violation of Timeline The preliminary result of Afghanistans presidential election was set to be announced on October 19 but it didnt happen today due to technical problems.
The Chairperson of the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan (IEC) Hawa Alam Nuristani apologized to people for being unable to announce... |
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62 killed, 33 wounded in an explosion in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan The local officials in Nangarhar province confirmed that the death toll from todays explosion inside a mosque in Nangarhar has climbed to at least 62.
Attaullah Khogyani, a spokesman for the provincial government said the explosion wounded at least 33 people.
Khogyani further added that the explosion... |
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Civilian Casualties Have Spiked: UN According to a report by the United Nations Assistance Mission, in the first nine months of 2019 the UN documented 2,563 civilians killed and 5,676 injured, which is similar to the same period from last year; however, in the third quarter-July 1 to September 30--UNAMA documented an unprecedented spike... |
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Qayoumi Referred to Attorney General The Afghanistanian Senate’s Complaints Commission on Thursday referred Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi to the Attorney General, following reports that Qayoumi had received a $255,000 salary from a private institute in the US in 2017. Qayoumi is the acting Minister of Finance--and top adviser to President... |
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Authorities Fail to Enforce Court Order over a Former IEC Member Strong criticisms rise after authorities failed to implement a court decision over a former member of the Independent Election Commission.
Afghanistans justice center sentenced all members of electoral commissions to five years in jail after they were found guilty of rigging the votes of Kunar parliamentary... |
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IEC Registers Non-biomteric, Fraudulent Votes: Saadati Stability and Partnership electoral ticket led by Abdullah Abdullah calls on Independent Election Commission (IEC) to stop transferring voters data to main server.
In a press conference on Monday, the tickets second VP Assadulah Saadati said that they have noticed that IEC registers non-biometric... |
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Blast In Ghazni University Leaves 23 Students Wounded At least 23 students were wounded in an explosion inside Ghazni University in PD3 of Ghazni city on Tuesday morning, local officials said.
The blast happened inside the Literature Faculty of the University at around 9:40 am on Tuesday.
The spokesman for the provincial governor, Arif Noori told that... |
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Ghani: We Must Avoid 2014 Election Chaos Ashraf Ghani, a contender in the current election, said there is confidence among his team about their victory in the election, but he insists that the crisis caused by the 2014 elections should not be repeated.
In an interview with Germanys Spiegel news agency published on Monday, President Ghani... |
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Taliban Delegation Meets Pakistani Officials A Taliban 12-member delegation led by political deputy Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar met with Pakistans Foreign Affairs Minister Shah Mahmmod Qureshi on Thursday, Pakistans Foreign Affairs Ministry said.
The Pakistani Foreign Ministry hosted the meeting to provide an opportunity to resume US-Taliban... |
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UN Insists on Transparency With Afghan Election Count The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Wednesday issued a statement calling on the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Independent Elections Complaints Commission (IECC) to ensure that the votes of Afghans are accurately counted and that results are determined in a fair, inclusive... |
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Abdullah Claims Victory in Presidential Elections Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah declared victory in Afghanistans 2019 presidential elections, saying his campaign has received the highest votes.
Speaking at a televised press conference on Monday, Abdullah said that the electoral commissions will announce the results but his electoral ticket... |
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Pro-Government Fighters Killed By Mistake In Takhar Airstrike An Afghanistanian forces airstrike in northeastern Takhar province has mistakenly killed and wounded at least 16 public uprising forces, local officials said.
The incident has taken place in Baharak district of the province on Sunday night.
Jawad Hejri, a spokesman for the provincial governor confirmed... |
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Vote Counting Underway; 1 Million Counted So Far The Independent Election Commission (IEC) stated on Saturday evening that as polling closed, more than 1,051,998 votes have been counted in 2597 centers across the country.
According to officials in IEC, 4905 centers were open on the Election Day and data from the remaining 2308 centers would be... |
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Abdullah Calls on Electoral Commissions to Stay Independent Presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah on Saturday called on electoral commissions to preserve their independence and announce the final result of elections based on the will of the people of Afghanistan.
Casting his vote at a polling center in Naderia High School in Kabul, Abdullah emphasized that... |
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Hekmatyar Casts Vote without Having Sticker on His Tazkera+photos Presidential candidate Gulbuddin Hekmatyar casted his vote at a polling center in Kabul though his national identity card - Tazkera - did not has a sticker.
Speaking with the reporters at a polling station in Habibia High School, Hekmatyar said that the sticker has paved the way for electoral fraud.
He... |
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Voting Kicks off in Afghanistans 4th Presidential Election Afghan citizens began voting in the countrys fourth presidential election on Saturday, September 28.
The voting process began at around 7 am and continues simultaneously in most of the countrys 34 provinces until 3 pm.
13 candidates including current Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive... |
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Suicide attack in Kabul city kills 22 civilians, injures 38 others A suicide attack in Kabul city killed 22 civilians and wounded at least 38 others.
The security officials confirmed that the explosion but did not elaborate further regarding the casualties.
The Ministry of Interior said in a statement that the suicide bomber detonated his explosives on a roadside... |
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