Afghanistan Times
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghanistan Chamber for Commerce and Industries (ACCI) and produces on Tuesday asked the government for further help and development of domestic products. The ACCI in a venture with the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) and the National Center for Policy Research held a roundtable to …
Read More »Fundamental human rights of Afghans must be respected: UNAMA
AT-KABUL: The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in a human rights special report released Tuesday said the fundamental human rights of all Afghans must be respected, including the rights of religious and ethnic communities. At least 85 civilians killed and more than four hundred wounded in a peaceful …
Read More »NDS foils terror attack in Charikar
AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Tuesday that a terror plot was thwarted in the Charikar city, the provincial capital of the northern province of Parwan. Intelligence operatives succeeded to arrest a suicide bomber before he manages to carry out a suicide attack using a motorbike packed with …
Read More »Taliban hamper anti-polio drive in Badakhshan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The presence of local and foreign insurgents in north-eastern Badakhshan province caused huge obstacles against polio vaccination drive as more than hundred children were deprived from polio vaccine, health officials said on Tuesday. Public health official Syed Farooq Nasar told Pajhwok Afghan News a number of local …
Read More »Govt vows to standardize public transportation system
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation vowed Tuesday it would standardize public transportation system in Kabul and provinces within three years. “People will witness great changes in transportation system in Kabul and provinces,” said transportation minister Mohammadullah Batash. He confirmed challenges in urban and rural transportation …
Read More »Editorial: Immunization drive
Afghan children are facing several and severe challenges. They are the most deprived segment of the society. Little attention has been paid to their education. Children healthcare facilities are visible only on government papers, particularly in remote parts of the country. There is no denying that malnutrition and child mortality …
Read More »Don’t Let Foreign Powers Use You as Cannon Fodder: Karzai to Kashmiris
Afghanistan’s Former President Hamid Karzai appealed to people of Kashmir not to be used by Pakistan for vested interests. He called upon people to learn from Afghanistan’s example. Speaking to CNN-NEWS18 he said, “We also thought a foreign power was helping us do the right thing but then the foreign …
Read More »US turned blind eye to terrorist sanctuaries: Karzai
KABUL: Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, said the United States has turned a blind eye to terrorist sanctuaries beyond Afghan frontiers. In an interview with Sophie Shevardnadze, a correspondent for the television network RT, the former Afghan president said that Afghanistan is insecure, the Taliban have gained more territory, …
Read More »DABS failed to recover AFN3.3b from electricity defaulters
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), a state-run electricity structure on Monday released a list revealed that shows government officials, members of parliament and powerful figures have owed AFN3.3 billion for electricity bill only in Kabul. “Governmental offices owed AFN 1.6 billion, factories AFN 783 million and residential …
Read More »Disqualifyincompetent ministers: Wolesi Jirga demands
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:A majority of representatives in Wolesi Jirga have demanded disqualification of ministers who were not capable to spend 50 percent budgetary allocation in the ongoing fiscal year. First Deputy Speak, Haji ZahirQadir has chaired Monday’ssession and said that the lawmakers have the responsibility to summon ministers and question …
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