By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Lambasting members of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) for their failure to address grievance of public and accelerate efforts to release the 31 passengers who were abducted in Zabul, a large number of civil society activists on Saturday protested near the parliament house and tried to prevent …
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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: After protracted delay, finally the cabinet has been almost completed as the recently introduced 16 ministers-designate got vote of confidence on Saturday. However, the pick for ministry of defense has not been introduced, so far. The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or Lower House of the parliament through confidence …
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Kabul: A suicide bomber killed 22 and more than 50 left injured when exploded in front of Kabul Bank in Jalalabad, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, early Saturday morning. Brig. General Fazal Ahmed Sherzad, police chief in Nangrahar, said that suicide bombing took place on a motor cycle and …
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AT-KABUL: Militants beheaded the four people, who were kidnapped from Ajristan district of Ghazni province, around three days ago, said acting governor of the province. Musa Khan Akbarzada said that all the kidnapped people were civilians. According to reports, four civilians were residents of Malistan district and they were on …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Minister of Interior, Noor-ul-Haq Ulumi, called on Afghan security forces to take action against both domestic and foreign militants in Badakhshan. Following that 28 army troops were killed in a fierce fighting in Badakhshan province, Ulumi visited the province the other day to meet with Afghan …
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AT-KABUL: The British Museum has decided to display and keep the ex-President Hamid Karzai’s chapan (a traditional cloak). Nancy Hatch Dupree, the director of the Afghanistan Center at Kabul University, in a meeting with Hamid Karzai handed him a letter from the British Museum regarding the decision. Karzai accepted the …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) governments agreed to establish a joint working group within a week in order to improve relations while finding new venues for cooperation. On his way back to Peshawar, talking to media-persons onboard the aircraft, KP Chief Minister (CM) Pervaiz Khattak said the …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s ambassador to Azerbaijan said that Kabul values relations with Baku highly and the Afghan government is committed to strengthen bilateral ties with Azerbaijan. In a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Ali Ahmadov, Afghan envoy Muhammad Taqi Khalili said that his country wants deeper relations …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan First Lady Rula Ghani asked India for help to train Afghan women in technical and vocational fields. Talking at an interactive session organized the other day by FICCI Ladies Organisation in New Delhi, the first lady said that Indian businesswomen could help Afghan female entrepreneur to …
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By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Commerce Minister of Pakistan, Khurram Dastgir, on Thursday said that Islamabad has extended facilities to Afghan traders aimed at strengthening trade ties between the two neighboring countries. Speaking at a press conference here in the Embassy of Pakistan, Dastgir said that Pakistan has reduced a range …
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