AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As criticizes loom countrywide about government’s reluctance to release the 31 passengers, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Friday vowed to use all possible options for releasing the abductees. Abdullah made the remarks when he was visiting a protest camp of civil society members and families …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL:  As the country’s economy is dwindling and the foreign aid is shrinking, the Ministry of Economy the other day said that has prepared a 10-year economic plan to overcome economic problems ahead. Turkey’s Hurriyet Daily News quoted the acting minister of economy, Hukum Khan Habibi, as saying …

AT Monitoring Desk KABUL: The Afghan government is mulling to buy Russian Mi-35 helicopters, said Shakir Kargar, President Ghani’s special envoy on the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. “We intend to buy Mi-35 helicopters from Russia. This issue is on the agenda. I think we will begin negotiations on …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan government is expecting Azerbaijan’s investments in the country as it will result in strengthening Kabul-Baku relations, said Daud Shah Saba, Minister of Mines and Petroleum. He expressed the remarks during his visit in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan. “Afghanistan and Azerbaijan have agreed to …

PESHAWAR: Despite claims of improvement in relations between Kabul and Islamabad, harassment of Afghan refugees, living in southern districts and regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, at the hand of Pakistani authorities is continued unabated. Showing serious concern over restrictions on Afghan refugees; moment, representatives of the refugees have urged …

PESHAWAR: Acting Commissioner for Afghan Refugees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said that an inclusive policy to register the unregistered refugees would be drafted within next two months. Addressing a workshop the other day, organized by Commissionerate of Afghan Refugees (CAR) in collaboration with the UNHCR on protection of Afghan refugees, …

By Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Insecurity, frequent political turbulences, withdrawal of foreign security forces, disappointing attitude of the government are counted as major factors for slow economic growth in the country. A government which is mostly run by donations has only one option to free itself from foreign influence and that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistani Federal Minister for Commerce and Industries said that facilities and incentives would be provided to Afghanistan under the South Asian Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA) aimed at increasing trade activities between the two neighboring countries. In a meeting with office-bearers of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: New Zealand is seemed confused over the Afghan mandate mission, because its defense ministry has not finalized the future course of actions and assistance. New Zealand’s defense ministry said that it would make a decision very soon about presence of the country’s security personnel in Afghanistan as …

AT-Kabul: Four persons were killed and 12 others all civilians wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into foreign forces’ convoy in Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, on Friday, a security official said. Hazrat Husain Mashriqiwal, spokesman for Police told Afghanistan Times the attack was …