By Akhtar M. Nikad-KABUL: Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), the state-owned electricity supplying company, said that 90MW electricity was restored and work is underway at Salang to repair the remaining transmission lines within next three days. General Director of DABS, Abdul Razaq Samadi, in a press conference on Wednesday said …
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AT-KABUL: At least 25 armed insurgents were killed and 21 others wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours. In a press release issued here the Ministry of Interior said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in joint anti-state operations with the Afghan National Army (ANA) and National Directorate of Security …
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KABUL: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) chief on Wednesday hinted at possible a delay in the parliamentary polls, scheduled for late April. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, IEC Chairman Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani blamed the delay on the government’s weak will to arrange the required funds. On the …
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AT-KABUL: At least eight people have been killed and 23 others wounded in a suicide blast in southern Helmand province, said an official source. Omar Zwak, spokesman for Helmand governor office, said that the incident took place on Tuesday evening when a suicide car-bomber detonated his explosives near a police …
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Balkhi, Aziz confer on Afghan refugees’ voluntary repatriation AT Monitoring Desk: KABUL: In an attempt to take into account the plight of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, a trilateral meeting among Afghan delegation, high-ranking Pakistani officials and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) would be held in Pakistan today (Wednesday). …
Read More »AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Concerning about women challenges before women in far-flung areas in upcoming parliamentary polls, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Tuesday said that further facilities and employment opportunities would be provided for women to overcome the problems in next election. The IEC chairman, Yusuf Nuristani, said that they …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Following recent reports regarding likely breakthrough in the peace talks between Afghan government and Taliban, Senate Chairman, Fazal Hadi Muslimyar, said that Pakistan was not loyal and honest in assisting Afghan peace process. “I have doubt over promises made by Pakistan officials about support for the Afghan-led …
Read More »Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Holland pledged to donate €180 million to Afghanistan in next three years. Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders and Defense Minister Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert in a joint press conference with Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani on Tuesday said that Netherlands would continue its support to Afghanistan. Koenders said that …
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AT-KABUL: Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) on Tuesday signed contracts with private companies to implement 15 development projects in different provinces across the country. Minister of MoRRD Nasir Ahmad Durani said that uplift schemes include 10 National Rural Access Programs (NRAP) projects and construction of five water supply …
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When the government is trying to convince the Taliban for talks and reconcile with them to end the bloodshed, at the same time it has been put in trouble by the Islamic States (IS) or Daish. The group has sprouted recently but spreading like a parasite. Earlier, it was al-Qaeda …
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