AT-KABUL: Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs (MoLSA) said that the drive to provide shelter, food and education to the beggars who really deserve to be supported has been failed due to lack of required budget. Mohammad Wasel Noor Mohmand said that the ministry need Afs51 million to implement …
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AT-KABUL: Tribal elders from Bamiyan province called on ex-President Hamid Karzai here on Monday. The elders lauded Hamid Karzai’s leadership skills as well as his nation-building efforts. They said that the former Afghan president started from the scratch and steered Afghanistan towards development and prosperity. They urged Karzai to play …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Operatives of National Directorate of Security (NDS) recovered four antiques in northern Faryab province. The NDS handed over the ancient artifacts to the provincial directorate of information and culture. Sayed Abdul Rashid, the provincial director of information and culture, said that operatives of the NDS confiscated four …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan Consul-General at Peshawar, Sayed Mohammad Ebrahimkhel, said that the Afghan refugees arrested by Pakistani police are not involved in Peshawar school attack. They will be released soon, he added. Following the terror attack on a military-run school in Peshawar on December 16, Pakistani security organizations have …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A man arrested on charges of allegedly killing of a cop has said that a Taliban commander in southern Helmand province paid him and his colleagues 50,000 Pakistani Rupees for killing of government officials and policemen in the province, said media reports on Monday. The reports said …
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AT-KABUL: In an attempt to boost up cultural ties between Afghanistan and Iran and bring the people of the two countries closer, the fifth meeting of Afghan and Iranian literati would be held in Tehran this month, said media reports on Monday. The director of Afghanistan Literature House in Tehran, …
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AT-KABUL: The Afghan government has accepted an offer by the Indian government to use its expertise in fighting polio in the country, said media reports on Monday. The reports said that this offer has been rejected by Pakistan which also remains as a polio-endemic country. The proposal by the Health …
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KABUL: After garnering vote of confidence from the Wolesi Jirga eight cabinet nominees were sworn is by President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday will assume their offices this week. Salahuddin Rabbani took charge as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Noorul Haq Ulomi as Minister of Interior, Muhammad Eklil Hakemi as Minister of …
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AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Monday said that an assassination plot of terrorists to kill Laghman NDS chief was thwarted. In a press statement issued here, the spy agency said that after receiving a tip-off the intelligence personal conducted an operation in Mehtarlam city of Laghman province …
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KABUL: The first vice-president Abdul Rashid Dostum on Monday said that investigation in the Kabul Bank scandal would not wind up unless those all involved in the case were not brought to the court of justice. While introducing the new finance minister Muhammad Eklil Hakemi to the ministry staffers, the …
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