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KABUL – The second deputy chief executive, Mohammad Mohaqiq, while visiting the northern province of Jawzjan with a group of Afghan politicians and MPs, accused the Independent Election Commission, or IEC, of favoring President Ghani’s campaign team, and described the situation as ‘critical’, ToloNews reported. According to ToloNews report, Mohaqiq …

BRUSSELS – The NATO leaders will discuss Afghanistan mission among other issues in NATO leaders’ summit in London next month. Speaking to reporters ahead of NATO foreign ministers meeting on Tuesday, Stoltenberg said the NATO leaders will discuss a range of issues during the London summit including NATO’s role in …

PUL-E-ALAM – Two American service members were killed on Wednesday in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan, the American military in Kabul said in a statement. As per the statement, the cause of the crash is under investigation, however, preliminary reports do not indicate it was caused by enemy fire. The …

KABUL – President Ashraf Ghani claims Daesh fighters have been vanquished in eastern Nangarhar province. Speaking to volunteers in Jalalabad late on Tuesday, the president commended that the security forces have “obliterated” Daesh militants in Afghanistan. The statement came hours after a prisoner swap with Taliban insurgents raised hopes of …

WASHINGTON – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is reportedly looking to resign and run for a Senate seat in Kansas in the 2020 elections, according to GOP sources. The report in Time said the secretary of state, who previously served in the US House of Representatives from Kansas, had …

SHANGHAI – China will remove its tariff on unwrought aluminium alloy from Pakistan from December 1, when the second phase of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries goes into effect, according to a report from the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CMRA) Recycling Metal Branch. The tariff …

BRUSSELS – NATO foreign ministers are gathering in Brussels to prepare a leaders’ summit in two weeks amid tensions over French President Emmanuel Macron’s complaints about the “brain death” of the alliance. France said it’s concerned about a lack of US leadership at NATO, the unpredictability of Turkey after its …

BERLIN – Germany’s foreign minister Heiko Maas has said that Germany wants Russian gas to continue to flow through Ukrainian pipelines. Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv, Maas stressed that Germany supported the ongoing negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in the search for a deal on future gas transit …

TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday claimed government victory over unrest he blamed on Iran’s foreign enemies, according to state media, after protests since a hike in gasoline prices last week that have shaken the country. “The Iranian people have again succeeded at an historic test and shown …

KABUL – Afghan government has included a project to build a nuclear laboratory in the draft of 2020 national budget. The project is expected to cost 41 million Afghanis and is among 11 large projects in the budget proposal. Afghanistan is a member of International Atomic Energy Agency, an organization …