“Drinking water supply for majority of Kabul’s residents remains contaminated and is causing serious health implications,” says NEPA By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) on Sunday said that groundwater was polluted in most parts of Kabul city due to construction of unplanned townships. Chief of Surveillance …
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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Taliban militants have torched the houses of those who fought against them in eastern and northern provinces. Several members of the Wolesi Jirga, representing the northern provinces, told Afghanistan Times that the insurgents have set houses of all those on fire who were supporting the government …
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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Meshrano Jirga or the upper house of the parliament on Sunday termed the recent troops’ withdrawal plan of the United States ineffective and said it would prolong the Afghan war further. The senators said that presence of the American forces after 2016 would bring no good to …
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“APTTA benefits Pakistan only. The agreement shall be revised,” says ACCI By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Traders on Sunday criticized the Pakistani government for its discrimination towards Afghan trucks carrying goods through Turkham and asked the Afghan government to take up the issue with Pakistani officials. The traders said that 300 Afghan …
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AT-KABUL: An Afghan soldier who lost his eyes to a landmine explosion in Nimroz province seeks government’s support for medical treatment. Bridmal Ayanullah, an Afghan soldier and a resident of Chapa Darra district of Kunar province, lost his eyes to a landmine in Nimroz province about three months ago. After …
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AT-KABUL: Foreign Ministry of Germany said that female employee of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) kidnapped about nine weeks ago in Kabul has been released. GIZ in a media statement issued here said that the released worker is healthy. Chairman of the GIZ’s management board Tanja Gönner said: …
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AT-KABUL: Taliban fighters last night after a heavy fighting overran Ghormach district of northwestern Faryab province, sources in the province said. The attack began late last night and finally today early in the morning security forces retreated back to an army base in the district, a provincial official, who did …
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A female German aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan has been released in good condition, according to the humanitarian agency GIZ. The victim’s name has not been released, and few details were immediately available other than the knowledge that the woman had been forced out of her car by …
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AT-KABUL: A number of tribal elders in southeastern Paktia province called on leaders of the National Unity Government (NUG)—President Ashraf Ghani and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah— to resign for their failure to fulfill their promises such as improving law and order situation, creating jobs and strengthening national …
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“Since its inauguration in December 1994, over 1600 cancer patients from Afghanistan have been treated with an estimated cost of 1.5 billion rupees in the hospital. Soon Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center would be inaugurated in Peshawar. Philanthropists and well-off people from Afghanistan must support SKMCH&RC,” says …
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