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Editorial: Embarrassed NUG

The National Unity Government (NUG) is embarrassed because it has no plan to deal with insecurity, unemployment, corruption and mismanagement. That’s why most of the statements are contradictory. Earlier, the top leader of the country was claiming that the Islamic State fighters were on the run. However, on Monday he …

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Editorial: Matter of survival

It is not good. This time the government has gone too far by ignoring the most annoying news that educated young men are joining ranks of the deadly insurgent groups. Unemployment which is for years on the horizon of the country, vicious circle of poverty and inattention of the numb …

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Laghman elders share problems with Karzai

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met Monday with the representatives of the clerics, tribal elders and influential figures of Laghman province as well as Sorubi district of Kabul province. Jameyatullah Hamidi, Atiqullah Abdulrahimzai, Sangarwal, Borhanullah Tauhidi and Maulavi Golab on behalf of the others, spoke on the national issues and …

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Feasibility study of Turghundi railway kicks off

AT-KABUL:  The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) on Monday signed an agreement with a Canadian company to kick off the technical feasibility studies of railway in Turghundi Port in Heart province. Mahmoud Baligh, the public works minister, told newsmen that the project was part of the corridor of the Central …

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JCMB satisfied with Afghan govt performance: Hakimi

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi on Monday said that the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) had counted the Afghan government’s recent performances positive. “Following mutual commitments, the JCMB assessment was positive regarding the performances of the government of Afghanistan in the past seven months,” Hakimi said. Addressing …

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Regional vaccine storage opened in Kandahar

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health   and the   UNICEF inaugurated   the new regional   vaccine storage in Kandahar to provide health facilities for the Immunization Program. The new building will enable Kandahar health department to provide and enhance the quality immunization services for children and women in 48 districts of Kandahar, Helmand, …

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700 displaced families receive aids

AT-KABUL: The disaster management authority with the cooperation of aid organizations, distributed foodstuff and other essentials to 700 families displaced froms their houses in the northern Kunduz province, local officials said Monday. Provincial Governor Asadullah Omarkhail said that the families had been displaced because an operation was ongoing against the …

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18 insurgents killed in raids: MoD

AT-KABUL: Eighteen armed insurgents were killed in separate raids in the north and south of the country in the past 24 hours, security officials said Monday. In a   press   release,   Ministry   of   Defense   (MoD)   said   that   the   security   forces conducted operations against the insurgents in different areas of Baghlan, Uruzgan …

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Landmines kill, injure 112 people every month: SMDM

Afghanistan needs $550m to clean 611 square kilometer area infested with landmines: Wais Barmak By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The State Minister for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Office (SMDM), Wais Barmak, on Sunday said that landmines and Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs) are still killing and wounding 112 innocent people on monthly …

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Regional cooperation, coordination key to tame terrorist threat: Haysom

AT-KABUL: UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, at a regional counter-terrorism meeting held in Kabul on Sunday, said that threat from increasing terrorist activities in the region can be countered through regional cooperation and coordination, including effective joint action strategies. He urged partners to live up to their …

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