AT-KABUL: The national police arrested a drug smuggler with 200 kilograms of hashish in Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province, interior ministry said Wednesday. “The hashish was loaded on an ambulance vehicle and smuggling to Ghani Khil district of Nangarhar province,” it said in a statement. “The Ministry of Interior …

AT-KABUL: Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi, Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister Nasir Ahmad Durrani and Urban Development Minister Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi met Wednesday to discuss financial plans and developing projects. Budget expenditure considering efficiency and effectiveness, submission of construction projects of the ministries and government administrations to the Ministry of …

‘Ending imports with support of domestic product’ By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghanistan Industrial Association (AIA) on Wednesday has signed an agreement with Afghanistan International Bank (AIB) to offer loans to the industrialists aimed at upgrading industrial factories across the country. “This is the first agreement signed with AIB for a …

The Afghan masses should stay confident as the country will not unravel into any sort of civil war as the country’s leaders are now mature enough to deal with any type of distasteful incidents. There are some elements who are trying best to prompt gloomy forecasts of an internecine war …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh terrorist group had kicked off recruiting process to bring more fighters in their militancy rank as already hundreds of recruited fighters  dispatched to Achin district to receive terrorist training, local officials in central Logar province said on …

AT-KABUL: At least three people have been killed and 19 others wounded in a bomb blast in the Janikhel district of southeastern Paktika province on Wednesday, local official said. In a statement issued here, the provincial media office said that the terrorist act was occurred on 10:30 local time in …

AT-KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in a meeting with the NATO commander for joint command, called on the removal of terrorist havens beyond the Durand Line. “General Salvatore Farina assured that the NATO is ready for cooperation with Afghanistan in all military sectors,” Abdullah’s office said Wednesday. Farina added that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed and wounded at least 35 loyalists of the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist group during the ongoing “Shaheen-25 operations” in eastern Nangarhar province, official said. The provincial governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, said that air and ground operations, carried …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Umer Zakhilwal has held constructive meetings with the civil and military leadership of Pakistan on Tuesday, where he emphasized on reduction of tension between the two countries. Zakhilwal said, “I had a “very good meeting” with Pakistan Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces on Tuesday foiled a plot to assassinate Mohammad Zahir Wahdat, the governor of Sar-e-Pul province. “A suicide bomber was detained before manage to detonate his explosives near me,” the governor said. The bomber identified as Najmuddin son of Khairuddin, Wahdat said, adding that …