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AT-KABUL: The Kabul office of the United Arab Emirates Red Crescent Society (UAERCS) in cooperation with the UAE embassy based in Kabul have decided to grant female students with school uniforms across the country. A press statement emailed to Afghanistan Times, the UAE embassy said that the Kabul office of …

AT-KABUL: A terror plot has been foiled after the Afghan security forces destroyed a truck filled with explosive materials before entering to the capital of southern Ghazni province, security source said on Wednesday. In a statement issued here, the Ministry of Interior (MoI), said the insurgents was planned to carry …

AT-KABUL: The national police arrested a drug smuggler with 200 kilograms of hashish in Behsud district of eastern Nangarhar province, interior ministry said Wednesday. “The hashish was loaded on an ambulance vehicle and smuggling to Ghani Khil district of Nangarhar province,” it said in a statement. “The Ministry of Interior …

AT-KABUL: Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi, Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister Nasir Ahmad Durrani and Urban Development Minister Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi met Wednesday to discuss financial plans and developing projects. Budget expenditure considering efficiency and effectiveness, submission of construction projects of the ministries and government administrations to the Ministry of …

‘Ending imports with support of domestic product’ By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Afghanistan Industrial Association (AIA) on Wednesday has signed an agreement with Afghanistan International Bank (AIB) to offer loans to the industrialists aimed at upgrading industrial factories across the country. “This is the first agreement signed with AIB for a …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Islamic State (IS), which is also known as Daesh terrorist group had kicked off recruiting process to bring more fighters in their militancy rank as already hundreds of recruited fighters  dispatched to Achin district to receive terrorist training, local officials in central Logar province said on …

AT-KABUL: Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah in a meeting with the NATO commander for joint command, called on the removal of terrorist havens beyond the Durand Line. “General Salvatore Farina assured that the NATO is ready for cooperation with Afghanistan in all military sectors,” Abdullah’s office said Wednesday. Farina added that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces have killed and wounded at least 35 loyalists of the Islamic State (IS), also known as Daesh terrorist group during the ongoing “Shaheen-25 operations” in eastern Nangarhar province, official said. The provincial governor’s spokesman, Attaullah Khogyani, said that air and ground operations, carried …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan ambassador to Pakistan, Umer Zakhilwal has held constructive meetings with the civil and military leadership of Pakistan on Tuesday, where he emphasized on reduction of tension between the two countries. Zakhilwal said, “I had a “very good meeting” with Pakistan Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Afghan security forces on Tuesday foiled a plot to assassinate Mohammad Zahir Wahdat, the governor of Sar-e-Pul province. “A suicide bomber was detained before manage to detonate his explosives near me,” the governor said. The bomber identified as Najmuddin son of Khairuddin, Wahdat said, adding that …