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30 June

Devaluation of national currency and money laundering

Some 700,000 people in this war-wracked country remain displaced, and it ranks among the lowest globally in terms of human development indicators. The unabated episodes of wars have made this country a basket case economically where it has been receiving billions of dollars, but still its economy is in a …

30 June

Heavy fighting ongoing in Takhar

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Heavy fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban militants are underway in northern Takhar province, said a local official. Muhammad Omar Omar, Khwaja Ghar district chief, said that security forces have launched clearance operations against militants in the district. He added that the forces have cleared …

30 June

Attacks on schools, students have increased: MoE

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) said that terrorist attacks on schools and students have recently increased. This comes at a time that Islamic State, also known as Daesh, has recently warned girls in several districts in Nangarhar province against going to school. Kabir Haqmal, a spokesman for …

30 June

1070kg drugs recovered in Logar

AT-KABUL: Afghan security forces recovered some 1070 kilogram drugs in central Logar province, said an official source. The source added that security forces recovered the drugs after a crackdown. It said that no one has been arrested in connection with the drugs so far. According to another report, security forces …

30 June

Consensus among regional players is a must for stability: Ghani

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday urged the regional countries to shed their difference and come up with consensus on how to bring peace and stability to Afghanistan. Speaking at a United Nations’ ceremony on women, peace and security at the foreign ministry, the president said that …

30 June

One killed, 21 injured in attack on foreign troops convoy

KABUL: At least one civilian was killed and 20 others were wounded, after a suicide bomber driving an explosives-packed car targeted a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul. Spokesman to the Kabul police, Ebadullah Karimi, said that a suicide bomber driving a Corolla vehicle targeted foreign forces’ convoy at around …

30 June

Commercial disputes resolution center inaugurated

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) in a joint venture with Harakat, a financial institute, established Afghanistan Center for Commercial Dispute Resolution (ACDR) to address commercial dispute across the country. Minister of Commerce and Industries, Humayon Rasa said that commercial dispute resolution was one of the …

30 June

2 killed, 51 injured in suicide car bombing in Helmand

AT-KABUL: A suicide bomber on Tuesday morning detonated his explosives-packed vehicle near the provincial police headquarters of southwestern Helmand province, leaving two people dead and 51, mostly civilians, injured. The bomber hit boundary wall of the police headquarters and jolt the city that left at least two civilians dead and …

29 June

Rift between NUG leaders: A cause of distress

It is high time for the two leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG), to put their differences aside and explore ways to work together and steer the country forward in the right direction, because there is a flood of challenges and their differences are showing no signs of ending. …

29 June

MoE awards contract for printing of 2.2m textbooks to local publishing houses

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Education (MoE) awarded the contract for printing of 2.2 million textbooks to several local publishing houses. The ministry signed the contract with some 11 local publishing houses. The Minister of Education, Assadullah Hanif Balkhi, representatives of Denmark Embassy, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the …