“SMEs create around 95 percent job opportunities. These enterprises need government’s support,” says ACCI. By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Monday organized a day long regional seminar on development of the small and medium-sized enterprises. The seminar titled “Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Development in the Heart …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The foreign ministers of NATO countries have gathered in the Belgium’s capital city Brussels to discuss important security issues including the Syrian war and Afghan mission also called the “Resolute Support”. Addressing the pre-ministerial press conference, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that the US …

President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Prime  Minister Nawaz Sharif on  Monday held discussion on the resumption of peace and reconciliation process in Afghanistan, with the former offering Pakistan’s good offices to support an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process. The two leaders, who met here on the sidelines of 21st UN …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 1,400 cadets graduated from the Kabul Military Training Academy the other day. The Afghan National Army (ANA) on Sunday gained the additional troops after completion of a two-month training program. Tolonews reported that the troops would soon be deployed to the battlefields to fight …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Nearly 20 Taliban militants have been killed in northern Kunduz and Jawzjan provinces, said security officials on Monday. In addition 10 insurgents were wounded. A spokesman for the Afghan National Army (ANA), Major Ghulam Hazrat Karimi, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the military helicopters struck the Taliban …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that 13 militants were arrested in eastern Nangarhar province. In a media statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives arrested 13 militants in multiple operations launched in Batikoat, Nazian, Chaparhar and Ghanikhil districts of Nangarhar province. The detained …

AT-KABUL: Hundreds of plots have been illegally sold in Sherzai Town of Nangarhar province, said the provincial council deputy chief on Sunday. The project of 500-plot housing schemes which is also known as Sherzai Town, was launched nearly eight years ago. The project was halted as the policemen had already …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: First ever National Food Based Dietary Guidelines (NBDGs) for Afghans was launched on Sunday in order to fight malnutrition across the country. The NBDGs was published by Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock in collaboration with health and education ministries and Food Agriculture Organization (FAO). Minister of …

AT-KABUL: Chief of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) Abdul Sattar Sadat rejected the allegations about fraud in the 2014 presidential election, terming report of Radio Azadi baseless. Radio Azadi on September 18 in a report said that Chief of the IECC told a gathering that dismissal of the electoral …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that ammunition cache was seized in Paktika province. In press statement issued here the NDS said that its operatives discovered and seized huge cache of arms and ammunition during an operation in Dara Zadran district of Paktika province. The seized …