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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The fourth exhibition of Pakistani products inaugurated Thursday in Kabul. “Running of such exhibition is at mutual interests of both countries,” Muzamel Shinwari, deputy commerce minister said. He said that Afghanistan and Pakistan had different mutual commercial relations, urging Pakistan businessmen to invest in Afghanistan. “We must …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Friday that its operatives detained a Taliban commander in the central province of Wardak. The intelligence operatives detained Taliban commander, Qari Syedullah during a special raid in the Sheikhabad area of Syedabad district of the province, the NDS said in a media …

“We are committed to fully facilitate Afghan transit trade,” says Pakistan’s Ambassador. AT-KABUL: The fourth ‘Made in Pakistan Exhibition’ kicked off on Thursday here, attracting a large number of businessmen and women. The trade fair will continue for three days, organized by the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI). …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An armed man riding a motorcycle shot dead a policewoman Wednesday in Kandahar city, capital of the southern province with the same name, an official said. The incident took place at around 12:30pm near the Zahir Shahee High School in Kandahar city, Pajhwok Afghan News quoted a …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) foiled a major terrorist attack by arresting three would-be suicide bombers linked with Haqqani network in Kabul city, it said Wednesday. In a statement, the NDS said: “The arrested people planned to carry out terrorist attacks in some crowded parts of the city.” They were identified …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: In a bid to decrease the heavy crimes in the country, lawmakers in the Lower House of Parliament on Wednesday called on President Ashraf Ghani to implement his commitments for execution of the criminals. MP Abdul Raman Rahmani, said that 631 criminals were sentenced to death …

AT-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on Wednesday commemorated the International Day of Midwife under the theme of ‘Women and Newborns: the Heart of Midwifery’ in Kabul. The MoPH says that Afghanistan is still one of the 73 countries which have the …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Election Watch Organization of Afghanistan on Wednesday criticized the government for delaying the electoral reforms, warning that the government would fail to run parliamentary election this year. “By further delay in electoral reforms, running of parliamentary election and implementation of reform process will be impossible,” said Jandad …

AT-KABUL: Nine Taliban insurgents were killed and 19 others wounded in the joint clearance operations across the country in the past 24 hours, ministry of defense said Wednesday. It said in a statement that the operations were launched by security and defense forces in a number of districts in Laghman, …

AT-KABUL: The former president of Afghanistan in his recent visit to Moscow said that the United States and its allies must cooperate with Russia, China, India and Iran to bring long lasting peace and stability to Afghanistan. Addressing the fifth conference on international security, hosted by the Ministry of Defense …