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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 …

3 September

7 injured as helicopter makes emergency landing in Logar

Seven people including the rural development director were wounded on Thursday when a helicopter made an emergency landing in central Logar province before noon, a local official said. The governor’s spokesman, Salim Saleh, told Pajhwok Afghan News the helicopter mad the emergency landing in Azra district at around 10am. He …

3 September

Afghanistan U-19s Defends its Championship at Asian Premiere League

Afghanistan U-19s successfully defended its title in the Asian Premiere League games and earned the championship once again. The Asian Premiere League began on 28th August in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur and ended on 3rd September. The defending champion Afghanistan beat all opposite teams easily and remained the champion. …

2 September

Electoral reforms, e-ID cards and Afghan Churchill

For nearly 10 months, President Ashraf Ghani and his Chief Executive Abdullah remained at loggerheads over making up of the electoral reform commission. Now that it has been formed yet there is a new issue. This commission has submitted a list of proposals to the President and the Chief Executive, …

2 September

Ministries urged to spur development budgets spending

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Assistance to Legislative Bodies of Afghanistan (ALBA) in a joint venture with parliament and civil society launched a one-day conference to explore ways to nudge the government and its ministries to spur the spending of development budget. The Deputy Speaker of the Meshrano Jirga, Muhammad Alam Ezedyar, …

2 September

Non-inclusion of “Afghan” word in e-ID cards stirs protest in Paktia

“The protestors warned the government if it fails in putting the “Afghan” word in e-ID cards they will attack identity cards issuance offices in the province” AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Thousands of protestors took to the streets in southeastern Paktia province on Wednesday and demand of the government to include the …

2 September

Mullah Omar Sheltered by ISI, Says Hillary Clinton Email

Top Taliban leader Mullah Omar was sheltered by Pakistan’s powerful spy agency ISI after the outfit’s leadership fled from Afghanistan in 2001, according to an email received by former secretary of state Hillary Clinton during her tenure. Mullah Omar is reported to have died at a hospital in Karachi two …

2 September

People on both sides of Durand Line victim of terror: Ghani

KABUL: President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday said people living on both sides of the Durand Line were victims of terrorism, but regional and international consensus had been developed to rescue them. The president was talking to a number of writers and politicians from Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces at …