“Taliban’s barbarism is at its apex as a 13-year old boy burnt to death in this incident,” says a resident AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Officials say that the Taliban insurgents set five houses of civilians ablaze in the Chak district of central Maidan Wardak province on Tuesday. Governor Spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Three would-be suicide bombers who wanted to kill the First Vice President, Abdul Rashid Dostum, have been arrested in northern Faryab province, official said on Tuesday. Three suicide bombers confessed in their primary investigation that they wanted to attack Gen. Dostum in Qaisar district of the province. …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) on Tuesday awarded contract of the Lot-1 of the Herat bypass road construction to a local firm called the Unique Construction Company. The 20.4 kilometers long and 10 meters wide road will be completed within next 18 months. The road will …

AT-KABUL: People’s Republic of China donated around 300 new tractors and with some extra equipment to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) to support the agricultural production in Afghanistan. The tractors cost around $8.5 million and will be distributed among farmers in different provinces of the country. China’s …

AT-KABUL: At least 11 people, mostly children, died and 18 others injured when a gas carrier truck exploded outside the western city of Herat last night. As many as 18 people were wounded in the explosion late Monday. Four male victims with 90 percent burns were shifted to Iran for …

AT-KABUL: Kabul is going to host the sixth session of Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA), scheduled to take place on September 3 and 4, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). Shekeb Mustaghni, spokesman for the MoFA, said representatives of 70 countries and the United Nations have been …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MoCI) on Monday said that Afghanistan is an active member of the International Road Transport (TIR) Convention, but challenges failed it to benefit from the Convention facilities. Minister of Commerce and Industries, Humayon Rasa, said that despite of signing agreements with TIR …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-Kabul: The Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) and Election Democracy Committee, a joint committee of civil society activists, on Monday urged the Special Electoral Reforms Commission (SERC) to include their suggestions for improvement of the electoral system. The civil society activists and office-bearers of the TEFA …

Deputy Minister says allegations baseless Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Former spokesman of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Nasrat Rahemi, on Monday alleged the ministry’s high-ranking officials of corruption. Rahemi claimed that he has resigned 20 days ago from his post due to “widespread corruption” in the ministry. In …

Insurgents blew up a shrine in the Charkh district of central Logar province, the governor’s spokesman said on Monday. Mohammad Salim Saleh told Pajhwok Afghan News that militants blew up the Shah Khalwati shrine with explosives in the Garamabad locality of the district at around 5: 00 am today. He …