Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The Khana-e-Ahzab Milli, a cluster of political parties, and representatives of different civil society bodies criticized the National Unity Government (NUG) on Wednesday for failure to create employment opportunities and pave ground for increased participation of youth in the government. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, the political …
Read More »E-NID department workers protest delayed salary payment
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Employees of the electronic national identity cards (e-NID) department protested prolonged delay in payment of their salaries on Wednesday here. Around 100 employees of the department gathered before the parliament and chanted slogans in favor of their demands. They said that salaries of 1,000 staffers of the …
Read More »Russian business tycoons urged to invest in Afghan housing sector
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Minister of Urban Development Affairs, Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi, urged Russian business tycoons to invest in Afghanistan’s real estate sector. Naderi who is on a trip to Moscow, leading a government delegation, said that his visit to Russia is aimed to convince Russian officials to invest in …
Read More »India and Afghanistan: A Growing Partnership
Historically close, ties today are being driven forward by many shared interests. By M. Ashraf Haidari: India remains an integral part of Afghanistan’s steady progress in institutionalizing peace, pluralism, and prosperity. Ties between Afghanistan and India go beyond the traditionally strong relations at the government level. Since time immemorial, the peoples of …
Read More »Forced marriages in Daikundi compel girls to flee
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Chief of the Women Affairs Directorate of Daikundi said that cases of girls fleeing forced marriages in the province have increased. Zakia Razai said that forced marriages cause girls to leave homes in order to marry a person of their choice. She furthered that it is hard …
Read More »Afghan opiates and failed US efforts
The Obama administration has included Afghanistan in the list of major drug producing countries. The US President Barack Obama acknowledges that Afghanistan has remained the world’s largest poppy producer in the last 15 years, but gave us no clue about the spread. Most probably he wanted to blanked the fact …
Read More »Crime branch chief among four killed, 41 injured in Paghman blast
AT-KABUL: At least four people, including the chief of district police crime branch, were killed and 41 injured in a suicide car bomb attack in Paghman district of Kabul on Wednesday morning. The Kabul police spokesman Ebadullah Karimi said that a suicide bomber rammed an explosive filled vehicle into the …
Read More »Afghan food expo opened in Kabul
Market for over $4 billion food is available in Afghanistan: Agriculture Minister By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A 7-day Afghan food product’s exhibition inaugurated in Kabul on Tuesday. The exhibition was organized by Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) in collaboration with Afghanistan Expo Center in Shahr-e-Naw. Afghan food products and beverages were …
Read More »Ghazni jailbreak
Afghanistan is the worst victim of extremism and terrorism. From the godless Taliban to profane Islamic State, the terrorists have waged war not only against the government but civilians as well. Despite that the Afghan government has put the daunting task of improving law and order situation on the back …
Read More »Taliban’s training center in Logar: Faizi rejects allegations
AT-KABUL: Spokesman to the former President Hamid Karzai, Aimal Faizi, rejected the allegations that Karzai had ordered security officials not to attack a training center of the Taliban militants in central Logar province. Police Chief of Logar province, Daud Ahmadi, had recently told BBC that he has evidence showing that …
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