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Daesh beheads seven hostages in Zabul

AT-KABUL: Daesh fighters have beheaded seven hostages in southern Zabul province, who were abducted two months back, a provincial official said today. The hostages were executed late yesterday in Arghandab district of Zabul province, provincial security chief, Jilani Farahi told Afghanistan Times. “They were beheaded by the Daesh fighters and …

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Taliban-Daesh clashes leave 70 dead

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A deadliest infighting broke out between two rival militant groups left 70 dead, on Sunday. In the clashes 10 militants were killed from Mullah Mansour Dadullah’s side, believed to be backed by Daesh, and 60 militants form Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s side—the new Taliban leader, said the provincial …

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Taliban splinter group shows peace talks readiness

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: After defying allegiance to Mullah Akhtar Mansour as the successor of Mullah Omar—the late Taliban figurehead, an Afghan splinter group vowed readiness for peace talks with the Afghan government, on Saturday. The breakaway group’s deputy chief Mullah Abdul Manan told BBC on Saturday that if the foreign …

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MoF submits next year’s budget to senate

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Ministry of   Finance (MoF) on Sunday submitted the draft budget for the next Afghan fiscal year to Meshrano Jirga with a total outlay of $7.3 billion. The general budget of the year is 4.5 billion (68 percent) and development budget 2.8 billion (39 percent). International donations …

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Usurped state lands must return to govt, says Ghani

“Within four years all the governmental ministries will be shifted to Dar-ul-Aman. Practical work on the project will start next year. Cities grew irregularly during the past 14 years, which is why jobs couldn’t be created according to the demand,” said President Ashraf Ghani By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani …

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Abdullah pledges to alleviate poverty

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah expressed his deep concerns over widespread poverty in the country. He said that the government will spare no efforts to alleviate poverty. Based on summery report of a survey jointly conducted by the Ministry of Economy and the World Bank, …

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Ghani cancels township investment deal with Ferozi

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday cancelled a multimillion government’s contract with a former Kabul Bank chief executive and major defaulter Khalilullah Ferozi for an ambitious residential scheme. The notable businessman stood with top government officials on Wednesday as he signed the contract for a new township: 8,800 homes across …

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Aid for Argo landslide victims misused: Lawmakers

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: A number of lawmakers claimed that the aid for landslide affected people in Argo district of Badakhshan last year was misused. Nazefa Zaki, an MP from Kabul, said that the aid sent to landslide-hit areas in Argo district were misused and didn’t help the affected people. “Millions …

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Govt should hold parliamentary elections soon: Ebrahimi

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Commemorating the 8th anniversary of the 2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing, the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) Speaker Abdul Rauf Ebrahimi asked the government to bring the perpetrators of the Baghlan bombing to justice. At least 10 members of the Wolesi Jirga and Meshrano Jirga have been killed in …

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Promoting education cause: Hamid Karzai Foundation inaugurated

AT-KABUL: Hamid Karzai Foundation named after the former Afghan President inaugurated on Saturday in Kabul for the purpose to serve youth with educational facilities in the country and abroad. The ex-President Hamid Karzai said that this foundation was totally aloof from politics as it will remain absolutely an academic center …

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