By French Hill-This year, we will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Fulbright program. Established in 1946 by then-Arkansas U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright, this exceptionally American contribution to the world has educated over 360,000 students from 165 countries, including 52 Nobel Laureates and 31 heads of state. Little known …
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A shocking and most annoying news recently surfaced in media regarding training of women as suicide bombers. According to Deputy Chief of the Nuristan province council, Omer Farooq, scores of women in Gawhardesh area of Kamdesh district were being trained to carry out terrorist attacks. It is said that the …
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By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The union of state-owned universities lecturers on Thursday asked the Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the parliament to reject the recent presidential decree on higher education. The union termed the decree against the Constitution and the civil services law. Recently, President Ashraf Ghani issued a …
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Gulbadin Naib’s gutsy pinch-hitting powered Afghanistan to a sensational win over Zimbabwe in the last One-Day International (ODI) at the Sharjah International Cricket Stadium on Wednesday night. With the two-wicket triumph in the hard-fought encounter, Afghanistan clinched the five-match series against the Test-playing Zimbabweans. The winners, surviving early jitters, staged …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: In his daily news conference, the White House’s Press Secretary, Josh Earnest told newsmen that President Barack Obama had been informed regarding causalities of US troops caused in Afghanistan fighting. “This does underscore that Afghanistan is a dangerous place,” he said. A US troop was killed and …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, who is currently on a visit to Sri Lanka renewed his country’s consistent support for the quadrilateral meeting, focusing to resume comprehensive peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban. Representative from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China may soon gather under …
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By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga or Lower House of the parliament had given green signal to Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) to bring significant hike in power prices ranging from Afs2 to Afs7 per kilowatt (kW). Lawmakers on Wednesday approved a presidential decree on the management of electricity …
Read More »AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Zangeneh in a meeting with Afghan Minister of Industries Hamayun Rasa in Tehran said that Afghanistan has expressed its willingness to buy one million tons of diesel and 200,000 tons of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) from Iran annually. He said that prices of …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Wednesday welcomed rejection of the presidential decree regarding suggestions of the Electoral Reforms Commission (ERC). Chief of the IEC Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani said that political uncertainty has come to an end and the technical method was restored in electoral process. He …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: As many as 34 Taliban militants have been killed in a joint Afghan-foreign forces operation in Marja district of southern Helmand province, said an official on Wednesday. In addition 16 other insurgents were wounded. Spokesman for the 215th Maiwand Military Corps, Maj. Mohammad Rassoul Zazai, told Pajhwok …
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