Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Following insecurity in northern provinces, including Kunduz, a number of MPs on Saturday said thousands of foreign militants—mostly Pakistanis—enter the country on daily basis to destabilize security and fight against the security forces. “Thousands of unknown rebels enter the western Herat province from other side of the …
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We will get advises of Jihadi leaders in governance affairs and decision making, says President Ghani Mujahideen rendered sacrifices for more than a decade and fought against invaders, therefore they deserve respect, says Abdullah Today’s respect and honor of Afghans and Afghanistan are because of Jihad and Mujahideen. They should …
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By Akhtar M.Nikzad: KABUL: The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MoCIT) and the Interior Ministry are all set to issue Electronic National Identity Cards (e-NIC) but rifts over Census Law and a number of political issues have hindered the process, said officials on Saturday. The deputy minister of communication and …
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KABUL: Forty nine suspects, who participated in mob that lynched Farkhunda over false accusations, face trial in Kabul. The trial of 49 suspects accused of taking part in the mob that killed an Afghan woman falsely accused of burning a copy of the Quran has started in the capital, Kabul. …
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KABUL: On Labour Day, hundreds of labourers on Friday staged a protest demonstration in the capital Kabul, demanding work opportunities. The rally was organized by the National Labour Union aimed at pressing the government to increase wages of labourers. Mohammad Maroof Qadari, the NLU leader, asked the government to implement …
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KABUL: Twenty-five Taliban insurgents were killed and another 21 injured during clashes with Afghan border police in southeastern Khost province, an official said on Friday. The pre-dawn clashes that broke out in Alisher and Terazai districts also left two border policemen dead and five others injured, the governor’s spokesman, Abdul …
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KABUL: A massive fire that engulfed a dried fruit market in the central capital Kabul was extinguished after two hours on Friday, but the blaze caused huge financial losses to some shop owners. The fire broke out shortly after 10:30am in Durab Market in the limits of the first police …
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KABUL: An Afghan delegation is heading to Qatar for “open discussions” with representatives of Taliban insurgents over the next few days aimed at ending Afghanistan’s long war, an official said on Friday. The meeting is intended as a step toward opening formal talks to ending the war, but it was …
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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Clerics in a gathering supported President Ghani’s new statement and also the Holly Haram-e-Sharif of Kaba here in Kabul. Hundreds of religious scholars gathering in Haji Abdul Rahman Masjid in Kabul announced their vice of support to the new statement of President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani and the …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: A human right watchdog, Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) said in its report released Thursday that centralized budgeting system has failed to meet demands of the provinces, therefore, it needs to be decentralized for a balanced development across the country. Chief Executive Officer of IWA, Sayed Akram Afzali, …
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