AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Kabul-Gardez Highway remained closed for third consecutive day, as tens of residents of Paktia province staged protest against the recent decision of Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) to close its branch in Gardez. The protestors demanded the agency to apologize and reopen the branch, or they will …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) said that it was all set to hold parliamentary elections, but only if the government tends to hold the polls. Azadi Radio while quoting the deputy Chief of the IEC, Abdul Rahman Hotaki, said the poll body was ready for parliamentary and …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 600 Afghans were killed by Daesh insurgents in the past four months in Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, said officials on Friday. District governor, Haji Ghalib said that the newly-emerged militant group has also been operating private prisons in the district where Hafiz …
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KABUL: The United Nations and its partner agencies said that a large number of Afghan people have resorted to selling their properties or turned to relatives and friends for help as food insecurity doubled in the last year. The Food Security and Agriculture Cluster (FSAC), a non-profit organization in Afghanistan, …
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AT-KABUL: Driver of a bus was killed and 25 passengers injured in a road accident between a truck and a bus on the Kabul-Kandahar Highway in Ghazni province. The deputy provincial governor of Ghazni, Ali Ahmadi, told media that the head-on collision took place in Aab Band district of the …
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AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Friday that a coordinated attack on its office in Kandahar was foiled. In a media statement issued here, the spy agency said that its operatives arrested three alleged terrorists who wanted to launch a group suicide attack on its office. The …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan and Turkmenistan have signed a memorandum of understanding on enhancing cooperation further in energy sector. The Turkmen Energy Ministry said that electricity produced in the country is supplied to Afghanistan’s northern provinces on concessional terms. The Turkmen ministry has rehabilitated the power units of Mary state …
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India will not fire the first bullet towards Pakistan as it wants cordial relations with all its neighbours, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday told a visiting delegation from the country, which is in New Delhi for border talks. “India wants friendly relations with all its neighbours. India will not …
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KABUL: A $369 million contract has been awarded to a leading American company to manufacture 2,293 medium tactical vehicles (MTVs) for the Afghan National Security Force’s (ANSF). Under the contract, production would begin immediately, with deliveries beginning next year and concluding in 2019, the Navistar Defense announced on Thursday. Kevin …
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A Dutch aid worker who was abducted by unknown gunmen in Kabul has been freed after being held for almost three months. Details of the release are unclear. The Dutch Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that aid worker Anja de Beer, who was abducted on June 22, had been freed. …
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