Most valuable portfolio brand in the MENA region for the 3rd year in a row Remains the most valuable consumer brand in MEA for 2nd consecutive year ABU DHABI,22 January 2019: Etisalat today received ‘ The Most Valuable Portfolio Brand’ in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by Brand Finance …
Read More »Russia airs optimism as Taliban return to talks with US
KABUL: Russia expressed optimism about resumption of peace negotiations between the US and Taliban to help in bringing the conflict to a peaceful resolution. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, has said that Moscow was positive about the resumption of talks on the U.S. troop withdrawal from …
Read More »Taliban fighters take heavy losses in military offensives
KABUL: The Taliban are consistently taking heavy losses in the battlefield and military offensives and Afghanistan’s armed forces killed at least 56 militants and injured 22 others in crackdowns over past day. The Defense Ministry said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and National …
Read More »Mastermind of military base bombing killed in airstrike
KABUL: Afghanistan’s intelligence service – NDS – said on Wednesday that it had killed the Taliban mastermind of a deadly attack on a military base in Maidan Wardak province. The Taliban commander was killed along with seven other terrorists in an ‘air strike’ on Tuesday night. Intelligence forces found whereabouts …
Read More »1,000 tons of fish produced every year from Helmand River
KABUL: As many as 1,000 tons of fish is produced every year from the Helmand River in southern Afghanistan, said officials on Wednesday. Agriculture Directorate of southern Helmand province said that 1,350 tons of fish meat is produced from the Helmand River. Agriculture Head Zalmai Alkozai said that some 260 …
Read More »“Trilateral peace deal needed between US, Afghanistan, Taliban”
KABUL: In the midst of the Afghan peace journey and US envoy’s negotiations with Taliban in Qatar, the High Peace Council says that peace process is in need of a trilateral agreement between the United States, Afghanistan and the Taliban. Peace Council member Abdul Hakim Mujahid said peace should be …
Read More »Davos Conference to point at Afghan leaders’ less work
AT-KABUL: The general manager of the chamber of commerce and industries for the regional economic cooperation organization in Afghanistan calls on the leaders of the Afghan government to consider the figures presented at the at the annual conference in economic growth and development in order to be able to take …
Read More »Changes imminent in electoral system
AT-KABUL: Changes in the system of electoral commission are imminent, said head of the body, adding that no changes would be brought to its leadership. Abdul Badee Sayyad said Wednesday that bringing changes in the independent election commission would make fresh problems instead of lifting the previous ones. He offered …
Read More »Second U.S. soldier killed in Afghanistan this year
AT-KABUL: A U.S. service member have been killed on Tuesday in a firefight with the militants in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan—marking the second American soldier casualty in this year. The soldier was hit by small-arms fire in Uruzgan province in central Afghanistan, north of Kandahar, said military spokesman Col. Dave Butler. The shooting …
Read More »Editorial: Claiming killing of innocent people
The Taliban militant group through its spokesman claimed responsibility for the latest deadly terrorist attack on an official installation which causes lives to over countrymen. All victims were students/trainees of a state organ which is defending the motherland from aggression both from in and outside of the country. Whatever might …
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