By Farhad Naibkhel KABUL: Ministry of Interior in an agreement with the Kabul Municipality, handed over a police unit titled ‘municipality military detachment’ to prevent illegal construction and garbing land challenges in Kabul. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on Sunday by Acting Interior Minister, Massoud Andarabi and Kabul Mayor, …
Read More »Afghan exporters receive $75m worth offers in Mumbai expo
AT News Report KABUL: Afghanistan earned offers and contracts at a total value of $75 million in Mumbai exhibition on Saturday. According to a statement issued by Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock the Afghan agriculture products by receiving offers and contracts at a total cost of $75million ended in …
Read More »Lawmakers uncaring on key issues as brawl to elect speaker continues
AT News Report KABUL: After physical dispute among a large number of lawmakers over electing the speaker of parliament, some of them has become undisciplined and do not held discussion over important issues since past two days of this week. A member of the parliament, Habib RahmanPedram said Sunday that …
Read More »Editorial: Khalilzad to meet Taliban again
In connection with his assignments of going to help in a negotiation resolution to long standing conflict in Afghanistan, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad will resume talks with on June 29. So far venue of talks, seventh in the series couldn’t declared so far. Khalilzad announced …
Read More »Int’l meeting on Afghan peace soon in China
AT News Reports KABUL: China is likely to host an international meeting regarding Afghan peace process, in which US, Europe, India and other officials from neighboring countries of Afghanistan would participate to exchange views, sources said Sunday. A well-placed government official, who wished to go unnamed, , told Pajhwok Afghan …
Read More »200,000 school age children carrying burden of work in Badakhshan
AT News Report KABUL: Poverty—a devastating phenomenon, has forced 200,000 school-aged children in northeastern Badakhshan province to hard labor work, provincial officials said. These vulnerable children aged between 7 to 15 years’ old that have been deprived of education, their basic right. One of these children is Tawab, a 10-year-old …
Read More »Khalilzad in Qatar for seventh round of Taliban talks
AT News Report KABUL:The US special envoy for Afghan peace, Zalmay Khalilzad arrived Friday in Doha, capital of the Persian Gulf state of Qatar to resume the seventh round of negotiations with Taliban representatives over peace in Afghanistan. He has reportedly held an unofficial meeting with the militant negotiators prior …
Read More »Taliban accuse US troops of helping Daesh fighters
AT News Report KABUL: Taliban militants claim that the US soldiers saved fighters affiliated with the Daesh terrorist group as well as their local leaders by helicopters from a siege they were trapped in the eastern province of Kunar. In a statement, the insurgents said Friday that they had been …
Read More »80 Taliban fighters killed in Faryab army operation
AT News Report KABUL: The Army’s Special Forces conducted an operation against Taliban strongholds in the northern province of Faryab, killing 80 insurgents, military officials said. A statement released by the 209 Shaheen Military Corps, said that there were 16 key commanders of the Taliban group among the dead, while …
Read More »IEC commissioner accuses ‘elements inside presidential palace’ of interfering in election
AT News Report KABUL: A commissioner of Independent Election Commission (IEC) accused the presidential office of “interfering in their affairs”. He said that elements around President Ashraf Ghani block roads in hiring process of IEC employees. Mohammad Abdullah, a commissioner of IEC, said that successful applicants for IEC vacancies were …
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