AT-KABUL: Hundreds of civil rights activists, representatives of political parties and residents of Kabul City staged protest demonstration against delay in issuance of the electronic national identification cards (e-ID cards) They asked President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah to put aside their political differences. They said the …

Tajik officials say eight police officers and nine alleged assailants have been killed in attacks in and around the capital, prompting the U.S. Embassy to close and sparking fears of further violence in the Central Asian country. The Interior Ministry website said a “terrorist group” led by Deputy Defense Minister …

KABUL: There are tangible economic benefits for regional partners of South and Central Asia to engage in increased trade, transit, transport, energy transfer and investment along new pathways being developed, the chief executive officer (CEO) said on Friday. Afghanistan stands at the crossroads, as part of the roundabout, a key …

KABUL: Kabul has always tried to improve trade ties with Tehran, President Ashraf Ghani said on Friday, desiring greater bilateral cooperation in the wake of the Iran-US agreement. During a meeting with Iran’s Interior Minister Abdul Raza Rahmani Fazli at the Presidential Palace here, Ghani stressed the need for enhanced …

Good governance matters a lot. It matters because the country is mired in an endemic corruption. It matters because the government ministries are failing to utilize their budgets for hundreds of infrastructure projects. From land grabbing to the plunder of natural resources, from the pillage of national wealth to corruption …

India-Iran-Afghanistan connectivity via Chabahar port, Pak-China economic corridor via Gawadar port, KASA 1000, Afghanistan-Central Asia and Europe connectivity via a railway line are some of the significant economic regional projects to be discussed in the conference Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi KABUL: The Sixth Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan—themed “The Silk …

Seven people including the rural development director were wounded on Thursday when a helicopter made an emergency landing in central Logar province before noon, a local official said. The governor’s spokesman, Salim Saleh, told Pajhwok Afghan News the helicopter mad the emergency landing in Azra district at around 10am. He …

Afghanistan U-19s successfully defended its title in the Asian Premiere League games and earned the championship once again. The Asian Premiere League began on 28th August in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur and ended on 3rd September. The defending champion Afghanistan beat all opposite teams easily and remained the champion. …

For nearly 10 months, President Ashraf Ghani and his Chief Executive Abdullah remained at loggerheads over making up of the electoral reform commission. Now that it has been formed yet there is a new issue. This commission has submitted a list of proposals to the President and the Chief Executive, …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Assistance to Legislative Bodies of Afghanistan (ALBA) in a joint venture with parliament and civil society launched a one-day conference to explore ways to nudge the government and its ministries to spur the spending of development budget. The Deputy Speaker of the Meshrano Jirga, Muhammad Alam Ezedyar, …