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5 September

Gunmen kill 13 passengers in Balkh

AT-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen killed 13 passengers of a bus in northern Balkh province on Saturday, said an official. Munir Ahmad Farhad, spokesman for the Balkh governor office, said that the passengers were attacked on a highway in Zari district of the province. He added that all victims of the deadly …

5 September

SOM meeting: Kabul vows structural reforms for economic growth

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Assuring the donor nations of corruption-free administration, President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday vowed result-oriented structural reforms for economic growth. Addressing the Senior Officers Meeting (SOM) of the donor countries, the president highlighted the achievements made in the last 10 months. Peace process, human rights protection, electoral, …

5 September

New Delhi for stronger ties with Kabul

AT-KABUL: A high-ranking official of the Indian foreign ministry said here that New Delhi is committed to strengthen relations with Kabul further and play its role in improvement of the war-hit country’s economy. Secretary in the external affairs ministry of India, Sujata Mehta, said that Afghan economy would get a …

5 September

Schoolgirls, teachers poisoned in Herat

AT-KABUL: Scores of schoolgirls and teachers were poisoned at a school in Herat City on Saturday. Confirming the incident, spokesman at the Herat Regional Hospital, Mohammad Rafiq Shirzai, said that 32 poisoned students and teachers were shifted to hospital for treatment. The teachers and their pupils were poisoned in Abdul …

5 September

Electronic ID cards issuance delay stirs protest in Kabul

AT-KABUL: Hundreds of civil rights activists, representatives of political parties and residents of Kabul City staged protest demonstration against delay in issuance of the electronic national identification cards (e-ID cards) They asked President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah to put aside their political differences. They said the …

4 September

Tajik Police Say 17 Killed In ‘Terrorist’ Attacks

Tajik officials say eight police officers and nine alleged assailants have been killed in attacks in and around the capital, prompting the U.S. Embassy to close and sparking fears of further violence in the Central Asian country. The Interior Ministry website said a “terrorist group” led by Deputy Defense Minister …

4 September

Empty promises not enough to tackle security threats: CEO

KABUL: There are tangible economic benefits for regional partners of South and Central Asia to engage in increased trade, transit, transport, energy transfer and investment along new pathways being developed, the chief executive officer (CEO) said on Friday. Afghanistan stands at the crossroads, as part of the roundabout, a key …

4 September

President wants Afghan-Iran border to be a trade hub

KABUL: Kabul has always tried to improve trade ties with Tehran, President Ashraf Ghani said on Friday, desiring greater bilateral cooperation in the wake of the Iran-US agreement. During a meeting with Iran’s Interior Minister Abdul Raza Rahmani Fazli at the Presidential Palace here, Ghani stressed the need for enhanced …

3 September

Ghani and jihad on corruption

Good governance matters a lot. It matters because the country is mired in an endemic corruption. It matters because the government ministries are failing to utilize their budgets for hundreds of infrastructure projects. From land grabbing to the plunder of natural resources, from the pillage of national wealth to corruption …

3 September

Delegates from 70 nations, int’l forums attend RECCA VI in Kabul

India-Iran-Afghanistan connectivity via Chabahar port, Pak-China economic corridor via Gawadar port, KASA 1000, Afghanistan-Central Asia and Europe connectivity via a railway line are some of the significant economic regional projects to be discussed in the conference Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi KABUL: The Sixth Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan—themed “The Silk …