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13 April

Counternarcotic efforts govt’s top priority: Abdullah

AT-KABUL: Terming poppy cultivation and drug smuggling as main hurdles for the government, Chief Executive Officer, Abdullah Abdullah, on Monday criticized top authorities for turning their back on counter-narcotics efforts in past years. Abdullah told the Council of Ministers (CoM) session that poppy cultivation and drug trafficking will increase insecurity …

13 April

Students stage protest for release of 31 passengers

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Students of different universities in Kabul staged a protest for release of 31 kidnapped passengers on Tuesday. The protestors accused the government of turning its blind eye to the issue. A group of unknown gunmen kidnapped 31 passengers of Hazara ethnicity on Kabul-Kandahar highway in Shajoi district …

13 April

Campaign launched to garner public support for Paktia University

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Residents launched a week-long campaign on Monday to muster up public support for Paktia University. Sher Muhammad Rawan, the chancellor of the university, said that they several times urged the government to resolve the challenges that they face at the university campus, but it is yet to …

13 April

Pakistani delegation to arrive in Kabul today: MoFA

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A Pakistani delegation led by the Chief Minister (CM) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province will arrive Kabul today (on Tuesday), said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). Ahmad Shekib Mustaghni, a spokesman for the MoFA, told Radio Azadi that the delegation will hold meetings with President Ashraf Ghani, …

13 April

KBZAN distributes Relief items in Nimroz

AT-KABUL: In a series of its humanitarian and development assistance programs in Afghanistan, Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan (KBZAN) foundation under supervision of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy in Kabul provided relief items to the poverty-stricken residents of southwestern Nimroz province. A press statement issued by the UAE Embassy …

13 April

No info on abducted passengers: Zabul MP

AT-KABUL: Member of the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) from Zabul province Abdul Qadir Qalatwal said that there has been no exact information about the passengers who were abducted in his province on Kabul-Kandahar highway around 50 days ago. Talking to Afghanistan Times he said that there was no credible intelligence information …

13 April

MoPH expands family planning program

AT-KABUL: Agreements aimed at expanding family planning services were signed between the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and nine private hospitals. The hospitals will provide free of cost family planning service to people while the MoPH will supply required medicines and birth control methods to bring down the child and …

13 April

Five more ministers-designate brief WJ over future programs

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Five more ministers-designate on Monday briefed the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) members over their future programs. Ministerial nominee for economy Abdul Satar Murad, nominee for Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology Abdul Raziq Whedi, minister-designate for water and energy Ali Ahmad Usmani, nominee for commerce and industries Humayon …

13 April

60pc population still remains without access to electricity: DABS

AT-KABUL: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the state-owned electricity supplying company, on Monday said that still 60 percent of population has no access to cheap and uninterrupted electricity in the country. Chief of the DABS, Abdul Razaq Samadi, said that efforts are underway to enhance capacity of the domestic infrastructure …

13 April

30 feared dead as Kapisa fighting flares up

KABUL: At least 30 militants, including civilians, are said to be killed in the ongoing clashes between security forces and militants in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province, an official said on Monday. Latest, gunfight erupted early morning on the Alasae main road when security forces convoy was moving …