Afghanistan Times
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MoCN) on Tuesday said that taking the existing challenges into account, Afghanistan national drugs’ control strategy would be revised within next 100-day. Briefing news reporters on the 100-day action plan, the minister Salamat Azimi said that MoCN in collaboration with other relevant bodies …
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June, 2015
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23 June
Buried explosive chemicals discovered in Balkh
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Georgian troops have discovered buried explosive chemicals not far from the German military base in northern Balkh province. Serving under German command as part of the new NATO-led Resolute Support mission, the Georgian soldiers noticed the chemical explosives the other day when they were on routine patrol …
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23 June
14 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: At least 14 armed Taliban fighters were killed and eight others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) …
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22 June
Falling short of goals
Anti-narcotics strategies of the government are drawn-out and had fallen far short of its goals. The teetering campaigns against opiates will continue to traumatize the nation. At such a stage when international community feel embarrassed, particularly the neighboring states, statement of the minister of counter narcotics, Salamat Azimi, is quite …
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22 June
Karzai slams terror attack on parliament
AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai strongly denounced terrorist attack on parliament, said a statement from his office on Monday. Six suicide attackers stormed parliament on Monday. The coordinated attack of the Taliban ended with all attackers killed after several hours of fighting. However, he shows confidence in the security forces as …
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22 June
UN urges Ghani to specify date of parliamentary elections
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United Nations (UN) urged President Ashraf Ghani to specify the exact date of upcoming parliamentary elections. The UN leadership in Afghanistan hold meeting with President Ghani the other day to discuss parliamentary elections. The two sides discussed different issues regarding the elections including electoral reforms as …
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22 June
Taliban captures yet another district of Kunduz
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Dasht-e-Archi district of northeastern Kunduz province has fallen to the Taliban, said an official in the district. Dasht-e-Archi district chief, Nasiruddin Saadi, confirmed that the district has fallen under the Taliban’s control around 8:00 am on Monday. This is the second district of Afghanistan that has fallen …
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22 June
Taliban stormed parliament; bid to confirm defense minister disrupted
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Taliban assaulted the Parliament on Monday just as parliamentarians were convening for their third attempt to cast their vote of confidence for a defense minister. A suicide bomber exploded himself up behind the gate of the Parliament when Masoom Stanikzai, was going to be officially introduced …
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22 June
MoEC concerned over declining national economic growth
By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: After the decline in international aid there has been a gradual fall in the annual national economic growth and Gross Domestic Product (GDP), said the Ministry of Economy (MoEC) on Monday. Making the ministry’s 100-day action plan public, the economy minister Abdul Sattar Murad said that the …
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22 June
Attack on parliament draws global condemnation
AT-KABUL: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government of Pakistan and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly denounced terrorist attack on parliament in Kabul on Monday. Narendra Modi in his twitter account termed the attack on Afghan parliament as a cowardly act. “There is no place for …
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