AT-KABUL: The government’s electricity firm signed three contracts worth more than $70 million to implement power projects in central Bamyan province. Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat signed the contracts with Chineseand Indian firms during a ceremony in the presence of president Ghani. According to a deputy presidential spokesperson,DuraniWaziri,the first contract was …
Read More »Editorial: Secure voter-registration centers
From the time when Independent Election Commission (IEC) kicked off registration process, security was the biggest headache for the Afghan masses, even IEC showed concern, asking the security institutions for fully security measurement. Over the next two months, as many as 14 million adults at more than 7,000 registration centers …
Read More »Suicide bomber killed 57, injured 119 people outside voters registration center in Kabul
AT-KABUL- (Updated with latest toll)A suicide bomber Sunday morning hit a crowd of people outside a voter registration center in western Kabul in which 57 people including women and children were killed and 119 others were injured, officials said. The suicide bomber on foot approached a voter registration center in …
Read More »Why Afghan ministries fail to spend their Annual Budgets
By Ahmad Sahil-Afghan Ministry of Finance (MoF) plays a vital role in fiscal and economic affairs of the country. It is a key of other Ministries. In addition to controlling and managing financial and economic activities of the government, it plays a central role in revenue collection, devising monetary policies …
Read More »US Maine Army National Guard unit to deploy to Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The US Maine Army National Guard this spring will send to Afghanistan a unit that specializes in emergency medical evacuation of injured personnel, it has been reported. Company G, 3-126th General Support Aviation Battalion, a.k.a. MEDEVAC, will be deployed in the next two months, according to Maj. …
Read More »India to provide four Mi-35 choppers to Afghanistan
NEW DELHI: India has decided to supply four Mi-35 attack helicopters to Afghanistan over the next four months to help the war-ravaged nation intensify its anti-terror operations against the Pakistan-backed Taliban, Afghan diplomatic sources said. Sources said India proposed to go in for outright purchase of the Russian-made helicopters from …
Read More »IMF extols economic reform
AT-KABUL: The enduring achievement of the Afghan government in areas of revenue increase and necessarily critical reforms in National Budget for ongoing solar year has been praised by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), finance official said on Saturday. In a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance, said that the …
Read More »Editorial: A comprehensive approach
Indeed, the role of state-of-the-art security forces in contemporary society is very much crucial to internal security to the achievement of national stability. There is no doubt that threat to internal stability often turnout the greats threats to national security. Currently, insecurity has been reached at boiling point. There are …
Read More »Must stay to prevent IS toxic tentacles: Australia
AT-KABUL: Australia is looking for longer stay in Afghanistan to prevent the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist—from spreading its toxic tentacles. An Australian lawmaker shored up its country’s hang about in Afghanistan with core reason to demolish the terrorist groups. Senator Pauline Hanson, who has just returned …
Read More »Watchdog alarmed over slow voter registration
AT-KABUL: A leading electoral watchdog has raised concerns over the voter registration process that has hit snags since its inception a week ago. Election and Transparency Watch Organization of Afghanistan (ETWA) warned on Saturday that the voter registration for the forthcoming parliament and district council elections was moving quite slowly …
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