June, 2015

• 10 June

  MoMP mulling to review Aynak copper mine’s contract

  

  By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) is mulling to review Aynak copper mine’s contact within next 100 days. While briefing media-men on the ministry’s action plan 100 days, The Minister of Mines and Petroleum, Daud Shah Saba, said that the contracted company hasn’t started extraction of …

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• 10 June

  Education under attack

  

  When it comes to militant attacks, governmental departments, security institutes, foreign missions, aid agencies, funerals, hotels and guesthouses are not alone. Education sector is also in the crosshair of anti-Afghanistan forces. Closure of schools, acquiring and exploitation of children for terrorism, attacks on teachers and now poisoning of students in …

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• 10 June

  18 more girl students fall ill in Bamyan

  

  KABUL: Another 18 female students have been hospitalized after falling ill in the Panjab district of central Bamyan province, an official said. The students belonged to the Akhzarart Girls School and were being treated at the district’s hospital. Abu Zar Mutaqi, the Panjab hospital’s director, told Pajhwok Afghan News four …

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• 10 June

  1 American civilian died in Bagram airfield attack

  

  KABUL: Taliban militants fired a rocket into the Bagram airfield, leaving one American civilian dead, NATO said on Wednesday. The allies’ Resolute Support (RS) media office said that militants had attacked the airfield with rockets two days ago, that left one American civilian seriously wounded. The source said that the …

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• 9 June

  Taliban kidnaps four civilians in Ghazni

  

  AT-KABUL: The Taliban militants have kidnapped four civilians in Gailan district of Ghazni province the other day, said an official. The Deputy Governor of the province, Muhammad Ali Ahmadi, said two women and a child were travelling to Ghazni city when they were stopped by the Taliban. The Taliban militants …

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• 9 June

  Water should become source of friendship: Abdullah

  

  AT-KABUL: The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, stressed that water should be utilized as a source of friendship and economic integration. Addressing the International Decade for Action “Water for Life” 2005-2015 Conference in Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan, Abdullah said that Afghanistan is in a unique …

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• 9 June

  324 teachers receive residential plots

  AT-KABUL: At least 324 schoolteachers have received residential plots in Istalif district of Kabul province, said officials on Tuesday. The Education Minister, Asadullah Hanif Balkhi, Minister of Urban Development, Sayid Mansur Sadat Nadiri, a number of lawmakers and the governor of Kabul were the attendants of the ceremony where the …

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• 9 June

  MoU signed to ensure student healthcare at schools

  By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Education (MoE) to provide healthcare services to school students in the country. Minister of Public Health, Ferozuddin Feroz, said that the agreement aimed to foster healthcare services along with education for …

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• 9 June

  Paying for advanced healthcare; Will enforce new law next year: Minister

  

  By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Minister of Public Health on Tuesday said that new law binding the rich people to pay for modern healthcare services in the state-run hospitals would be implemented next year. Talking to Afghanistan Times, Ferozuddin Feroz said that a specific mechanism would be carved out to determine …

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• 9 June

  Health care for rural population

  

  It has been more than 13 years since fall of the Taliban’s regime, but the authorities have utterly failed in providing health care services to all citizens. This is more evident in remote parts of the country where most of the people live. Despite claims of the officials, access to …

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