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AT-KABUL: Foundation of Hamid Karzai marked 90th anniversary of late professor and academician Abdul Ahmad Jawid in Kabul on Monday, with the participation of scores of Afghan political and cultural officials, tribal elders and university lecturers. A prominent contemporary cultural author of Afghanistan, Professor Jawid was born in 1926 in …

AT-KABUL: The government of Afghanistan handed over the management of the Afghan-Turk school to the Turkish government, a move that was followed by large reaction of the students’ parents. The Afghan-Turk school that is active in Afghanistan for about two decades, has been recently problematic as Ankara has frequently asked …

AT-KABUL: Brushing away the claims of the Russian government over the empowering of the Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan, a U.S. top military official called on Moscow and Tehran to prop up its assistance to the Afghan government instead of the Taliban insurgents. Russia has claimed the number of Daesh …

AT-KABUL: The High Peace Council has welcomed the upcoming conference on Afghan peace process in Tashkent, Uzbekistan as important for the reconciliation process. Representatives from the regional countries as well as other countries are to attend the conference, discussing solution ways for the ongoing war. “As the Central Asian countries …

AT-KABUL: A multi-city massive demonstration against the central government which had been planned by the ousted Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor has been called off. Turning national interest above all, he said the core reason behind postponed in protests is the upcoming Kabul Process conference. However, added that he and …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan’s interior ministry on Sunday said that most of the festive gunfire on Friday night to celebrate the winning of Afghan athletes in MMA games came from the quarters and domiciles of high-ranking officials and prominent elders. Meanwhile, spokesperson of Kabul Police Basir Mujahid said that 10 …

Afghanistan is negotiating with Qatar officials to broker an agreement to shut the Taliban’s Doha office – which has been futile and pointless since its inception. This is an initiative orchestrated by Afghanistan’s top security official Haneef Atmar – who met officials in Saudi Arabia last week. Atmar could even …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s business relations with the rest of the world have become a matter of concern for Pakistani traders who are progressively losing their major market in their neighboring country. President Ashraf Ghani is trying to stop trade dependence to Pakistan as the only way to the sea ports with …

AT-KABUL: More than 1,500 cases of corruption including bribery, embezzlement, theft and misuse of authority have been probed during the ongoing year, the attorney general office said on Sunday. A large number of civil and military officials are among those having cases, adding that some of them were dismissed from …

AT-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah left Kabul on Sunday for Switzerland to attend the United Nations’ human rights council session as well as the conference on banning anti-personnel mines that are to be held in Geneva. Javid Faisal, deputy spokesman for the chief executive said that Abdullah would meet …