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AT- Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Ministry for Commerce and Industries said that it would officially lodge a complaint to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Pakistan’s decision of closing Transit Trade Routes. The route has been shutdown since February 16. Briefing newsmen, Deputy Minister, Qurban Haqjo said that closing of Spin …

AT-KABUL: The United States says it welcomes the new law on the trafficking in person and smuggling migrants, saying it would provide “significant advancements to protect human rights”. “The United States is proud of our assistance to the Ministry of Justice in support of the multi-year project.  In particular, the …

AT-KABUL: The Afghan and Turkmen officials talked Sunday on the strength of economy and business. In a meeting finance minister Eklil Hakimi held with Turkmenistan ambassador to Kabul Togalakow Hemra, the two sides discussed the seventh meeting of the joint commission for economic and trade between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan, strengthen …

AT-KABUL: Afghan and Indian officials talked on a joint procedure based on which, the air trade would be accelerated. Deputy foreign minister Nasir Andisha in meeting with Indian ambassador Manpreet Vohra also discussed the increase of export-import between the two countries through air transport, quality of the goods and facilities …

TEFA expressed concerns over political interference in electoral bodies By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Transparent Election Foundation of Afghanistan (TEFA) on Sunday expressed its deepest concerns over political interferences in the electoral bodies through high wings in the government and political clusters. While lamenting, TEFA said, “intrusion in electoral commission work is …

By Shamim Shahid-PESHAWAR: In a bid to convince Pakistani authorities of allowing them to enter their motherland, hundreds of Afghans stranded due to sealing of Pak Afghan border at Torkham have staged a protest demonstration at Landi Kotal Khyber Agency on Sunday. The protesters along with their belongings after assembling …

AT-KABUL: Ten police officers and a woman were killed after gunmen opened fire at them outside a mosque in the northern province of Jawzjan, local officials said Saturday. The incident took place late Friday in Sardar village of the Darzab district when the officers were coming out of a mosque …

AT-KABUL: The Kabul office of the United Arab Emirates Red Crescent (UAERC) in collaboration with the United Arab Emirate (UAE) embassy based in Kabul has decided to build a school in southern Nimroz province.   A press statement emailed to Afghanistan Times, the UAE embassy said that the Kabul office …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Deputy Head of Iranian Railway Company, Hossein Ashouri said Iran’s and Afghanistan’s railways to connect in early 2018, Mehr, an Iranian news agency reported on Saturday. “Iran has constructed a railroad till border with Afghanistan, however the remaining railroad inside Afghanistan is expected to be ready …

AT-KABUL: At least six leaders of the Islamic State (IS), aka, Daesh terrorist group were among 47 other militants killed in an air and ground operations carried by the Afghan security forces in Haska Meean and Bati Kot districts of eastern Nangarhar province,” the provincial press office said in a …