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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A senior Indian official has said that the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project might become a reality soon as negotiation for the ambitious project was at the final stage, media reports said Monday. India’s The Hindu quoted the Indian Petroleum Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, as saying that discussions …

A record-breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered plane has got under way from Abu Dhabi. The aircraft – called Solar Impulse-2 – took off from the Emirate, heading east to Muscat in Oman. Over the next five months, it will skip from continent to continent, crossing …

Police in north-eastern India say they have charged 42 people in connection with the lynching of a suspected rapist who was taken from prison by a mob. Syed Sharif Khan was stripped naked by the mob, beaten and dragged through the streets before being hanged in Dimapur, the main city …

KABUL: Governor Abdul Jabbar Taqwa of Capital Kabul tendered resignation from his post, the spokesman of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) said Monday. “We received a resignation letter from Governor Taqwa,” Tawab Ghorzan told Pajhwok Afghan News. Confirming his resignation in the letter, Taqwa said: “I cannot work …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Monday said that 72 suspected insurgents were arrested in eastern Nangarhar province within past 24 hours. In a press statement issued here the ministry said that Afghan National Army (ANA) conducted clearance operations in Achin district of Nangarhar province and netted 72 suspected insurgents. …

KABUL: An afghan delegation led by minister for refugees and repatriation arrived in Islamabad to hold wide-ranging talks with Pakistani officials on the issue of Afghan refugees, an official said on Monday. Headed by Sayed Alimi Balkhi, representatives of Afghan refugees held meetings Balkhi and shared their problems. In addition …

By Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Salaam Network wants to expand its 3G internet services across the country by the end of 215 as public demand goes several notches high. In an interview with Afghanistan Times, the Managing Director of Salaam Network Khaleeq Ahmad said the company is providing 3G services in …

AT-KABUL: The French Medical Institute for Children (FMIC) celebrated the International Women’s Day here on Sunday. Around 100 female faculty members and staffers of the FMIC observed the day while highlighting achievements of women in different fields. Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network for Afghanistan, Nurjehan Mawani, expressed joy …

The International Women’s Day was observed across the globe on Sunday as routine but for Afghan girls and women the day is of utmost importance because they are languishing in the social-prison with no ray of hope. Women in this country of misfortunes are fighting tooth and nail for their …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad:KABUL: Afghanistan has joined the rest of the international community in observing the International Women’s Day on Sunday. The 104th International Women’s Day was celebrated with different events in major cities of the country where women came together and discussed different problems hampering their efforts to improve …