AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Badakhshan’s mining director Mohammad Akbar Anwari on Wednesday reported that armed groups controlled by influential people and terrorist outfits have sped up extraction of lapis lazuli and gold mines in Karan-o-Manjan and Raghistan districts of the province. Expressing serious concerns over illegal extraction of the natural riches …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Sartaj Aziz, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs met with British Ambassador to Afghanistan, Dominic Jermey on Wednesday. He was accompanied by the British High Commissioner to Pakistan, Thomas Drew. The two sides discussed the peace and security situation in Afghanistan. The Adviser shared with …
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AT-KABUL: Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi met Rskas Bernotas non-resident ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to Afghanistan. “They discussed mutual cooperation expansion between the two countries, e-governance which Lithuania has more experience in this area and some other important subjects,” finance ministry said in a statement. “Minister of finance congratulated the new …
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AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Wednesday said that a group of four kidnapers were arrested during operation in northern Jawzjan province. A press statement issued here, the NDS said that a group of abductor led by Azizullah was apprehended in Sheberghan city. The kidnappers named Azizullah, Mohammad …
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AT-KABUL: Counter Narcotics Police (CNP) has arrested seven drug runners in the past one week, said officials. The CNP has apprehended seven smugglers through different operations and handed over them to Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) for further criminal proceedings, said a statement issued by CJTF. Statement said that the …
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AT-KABUL: At least 37 militants were killed and 20 others were wounded in different crackdowns within past 24 hours, the country’s defense ministry said on Wednesday. In a press release issued here, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Trade between Afghanistan and its neighbor Pakistan have badly affected due to the ongoing political temperature and sever maintenance in the borders, it has been reported. According to a Pakistani news agency, (News International) export of various items from Afghanistan to the hostile neighbor Pakistan has collapsed …
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AT-KABUL: Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi and Urban Development Minister Sayed Saadat Mansoor Naderi met with Yao Jing, Ambassador of People’s Republic of China to Kabul on Tuesday, talking on Beijing’s support to the construction and development projects in Afghanistan, the ministry of finance said. “They discussed bilateral cooperation between Afghanistan and China, fund and …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Iran has been fueling insurgency in the southern Helmand province to divert the central government attention from water dispute between the two states, provincial official said on Tuesday. Briefing newsmen in Lashkargah, the provincial capital, Helmand’s governor Hayatullah Hayat said, “It has been for four years that …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Two police officers managed to escape Taliban captivity after killing five fighters of the insurgent outfit in Baghlan province, provincial officials said on Tuesday. Spokesman for the provincial police chief, Zabihullah Shuja, said that the two escaped policemen were captured in Burka district of the province on …
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