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8 May

India: A journey to second home

By Abdul Saboor Sarir-KABUL: Hundreds of Afghans visit India every year for different reasons. However, one thing is crystal-clear that they feel at home when they are in India. No fear of arrest or discrimination multiplies their joy. Their worries vanish there. For Afghans, India is second home of Afghans. …

8 May

Editorial: Mishap or murder

Death has made the country home. From landmines to traffic accidents, people are losing their lives every day. There is no end in sight to the death and destruction. In a road accident in Ghazni province, 73 persons, including children and women, have lost their lives and 70 others were …

8 May

Suicide bomber arrested in Kapisa

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday foiled a major terror attack by arresting a teenage trained would-be suicide bomber in north-eastern province of Kapisa, the NDS said. It said in a statement that its operatives detained a teenage boy assigned to attack the administrative headquarters of Tagab district. According to the …

8 May

Joint session on ‘Silk Road’ revival held in Kabul

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and the Embassy of Republic of China launched a joint seminar about initiatives and roadmaps for building the Silk Road here in Kabul on Sunday. Deputy Foreign Minister, Hekmat Khalil Karzai said that if One Belt One Road [Silk Road] project …

8 May

10,000 children affected by heart diseases to be treated: ARCS

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) said Sunday that 10,000 children with heart disease enlisted in ARCS for treatment. “10,000 with the disease of holes in their hearts were registered,” head of the ARCS Fatemeh Gilani said, asking the people and nongovernmental organs to help ARCS financially to …

8 May

78 militants killed in raids: MoD

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces in the past 24 hours killed at least seventy eight Taliban militants during several military operations across the country, the Ministry of Defense said Sunday in a statement. The Afghan National Security and Defense Forces in the past 24 hours, launched several operations against Taliban insurgents …

8 May

Dozens dead in Ghazni traffic accident

AT-KABUL: Fifty-two passengers died Sunday and 73 others wounded in a traffic accident on the Kandahar-Kabul highway in Ghazni province, police and health officials said. Two busses and an oil tanker burst into flames in a head-on collision in Bozak area of the Muqur district, provincial spokesman Jawid Salangi told …

8 May

Afghan Govt executes six Taliban prisoners

KABUL: Six Taliban prisoners, who were already sentenced to death penalty by Afghan courts, were executed on Sunday in capital Kabul, officials said. The Taliban members were involved in terrorist attacks and killing of incident people and were executed today after their death sentences were signed by President, Ashraf Ghani, …

8 May

Govt asked to fill vacant positions

MoE will fill 13,000 vacant posts: Press Dept. AT-KABUL: Deputy Minister for Youth at Ministry of Information and Culture, Kamal Sadat, urged the government to fill the vacant positions through vacancy advertisements in order to provide jobs to the unemployed youth. “According to reports there are over 25,000 vacant positions …

8 May

Interference in TUTAP project will create crisis: MPs

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Members of the Wolesi Jirga on Saturday warned that political interference in Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TUTAP) power transmission project would create crisis in the country. Legislators asked the government to deal with all those with iron hands who are sabotaging the project. They said that the power transmission …