1,000 Afghan goods trucks stops in Chaman, charges demurrage

Pakistan to reopen Chaman border today By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Wednesday said that not only 1,000 Afghan commodities’ trucks were being stopped in the Pakistani side of Chaman crossing point, but also charged huge demurrages to the truck drivers on daily basis. Commercial …

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Four terror groups busted

AT-KABUL: Nearly hundreds of the Taliban militants were killed and twenty-four others wounded in different operations across the country within past 24 hours, security officials said on Wednesday. In a statement issued here, the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that the Afghan National Army in collaboration with Afghan National Police …

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Editorial: Strategic chessboard

Afghanistan was used by regional and global powers as a strategic chessboard for centuries. May be Afghans were killed and their homes were plundered and destroyed time since immemorial as there is no written history about the past. Afghanistan remained at center of the great games played by the powerful …

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MoPH receives 30 new ambulances

AT-KABUL: The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has handed over 30 ambulances to the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), officials said on Tuesday. In a press statement issued her, the MoPH said that each ambulance worth $32,000 provided by the UNCIEF, and the ambulances would be transferred to …

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Consider national interests, end disputes: CPSF to NUG leaders

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Council of Protection and Stability in Afghanistan (CPSA) on Tuesday called on President Ghani and Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah to end the current rifts, and instead work for the national interest. Since three weeks disputes between the two leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG), has …

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58 insurgents killed, ammunition cache seized

AT-KABUL: At least fifty-eight Taliban insurgents were killed and sixteen others wounded in different operations lunched by security forces across the country within past 24 hours, security officials said on Tuesday. In astatement issued here,the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said that the Afghan National Army in collaboration with Afghan National …

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Carpet industry in dire straits as Afghan weavers leave Pakistan

Under a tripartite agreement between Pakistan, Afghanistan and UNHCR, Afghan refugees are now allowed to stay in Pakistan till Dec 31 PESHAWAR: With the Afghan carpet weavers leaving as Pakistan pushes for repatriation of Afghans, local and Afghan carpet traders and manufacturers are concerned that the carpet industry here would …

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President’s visit to Bamyan prompts protest

Security personnel beat journalists; same projects inaugurated for second time By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani, leading a high-level delegation, reached on Monday in central Bamyan province and inaugurated the provincial airport and the Maidan Shahr-Bamyan highway. However, his arrival prompted protests in the city. According to the local officials …

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Editorial: Growing frustration

Policies of Pakistani establishment is not only frustrating the regional countries but also its citizens who had been treated as second-grade nationals—deprived of rights and pushed into the frontline in an unknown war. When the super power, the United States, and her allies are fighting the war against terrorism, Pakistan …

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