By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah on Monday urged the ministry of interior to boost up crackdown of drug sellers in the country. “Considering addicted complaints regarding for the drug sellers, I will instruct interior ministry to foster operations against them throughout the country,” Abdullah said during a …
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Security situation remained challenging; differences between NUG leaders had deep impacts over foreign policy; 200,000 Afghans went to Europe; decrease in poppy production was due to bad harvest; investment decreased by 26% AT-KABUL: The Center for Strategic and Regional Studies (CSRS) in its recent report said that 2015 was a …
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AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has detained a six-member Taliban group, including two suicide bombers, in eastern Nangarhar province. The spy agency said on Monday that out of the six militants, two were suicide bombers, already prepared to carry out suicide attacks in Jalalabad, the capital city of …
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Opportunity for both New Zealand and Pakistan to top ICC T20I Rankings New Zealand and Pakistan will have an opportunity to achieve number-one T20I ranking for the first time when they lock horns in the three-match series in Auckland on Friday, 15 January. New Zealand, following its 2-0 win over …
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AT-KABUL: At least three school children, including two girls, were killed and eight others were injured on Monday morning when militants fired mortar at a school, Ministry of Education (MoE) said. “The mortar hit the Spin-Gahi School on Monday at 11:00 am in Bak district of Khost province,” MoE said …
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Diplomats from Pakistan, Afghanistan, the United States, and China have begun talks in Islamabad to try to draw up a plan for peace talks between in Afghanistan’s government and the Taliban. The talks in Pakistan’s capital on January 11 include Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Karzai, Pakistani Foreign Secretary Aizaz …
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Mohammad Shahzad displayed trademark brute force and incredible timing in his record-breaking ton to lead Afghanistan to a comfortable 81-run win against Zimbabwe in the second T20I in Sharjah. The victory secured Afghanistan’s second 2-0 series win against Zimbabwe in under three months. Shahzad clobbered and pummeled his way to …
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Delegations from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States are scheduled to gather under a single roof today (Monday) in Islamabad to make what is called “a comprehensive roadmap” for the peace talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban rebels. The meeting was agreed last month when Pakistan’s army chief of …
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60 percent respondents support NUG; trust over electoral bodies, political parties and judicial organs declined; 98 percent youths believe in supremacy of law By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Democracy International (DI) on Sunday in its annual report revealed that majority of youth sees unemployment and poverty as a major problem in the …
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AT-KABUL: The Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation (KBZF) with support of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy in Kabul provided relief assistance to the earthquake victims in eastern Kunar province. In October 2015, a power earthquake hit Afghanistan which claimed lives of several people and left many injured. A …
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