Due to lack of government support 1024 factory are at the brink of collapse: Hafizi By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) on Monday opened its first ever business innovation center in Kabul to support innovators. “Through opening of business innovation center, a crucial step has been hold to …
Read More »Karzai meets, Russian, Italian and Kazakh ambassadors in Kabul
AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met Sunday with the ambassadors to Russian Federation, Italy and Kazakhstan to Kabul, his office said. “In the meeting with Ambassador Alexander Mantytskiy, Karzai appreciated Russian government for inviting him at the Moscow security conference, planned to be held late this month,” Karzai’s office said …
Read More »UN demands international community to seek solution for Afghan refugees
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) asked the international community to seek a sustainable solution for Afghan refugees. The UNHCR High Commissioner Assistant for Protection and Operations, George Okoth-Obbo said on Sunday that the number of refugees returning under the UNHCR assistant repatriation operation …
Read More »Civil society criticize electoral delay
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The civil society and political parties criticized the delay in the country’s parliamentary elections, saying that further delay meant to play with nation’s destiny. “Killing of time for holding parliamentary election is a kind of playing with nation’s fate,” Naim Ayobzada, head of Transparent Election Foundation of …
Read More »Civil society criticize electoral delay
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The civil society and political parties criticized the delay in the country’s parliamentary elections, saying that further delay meant to play with nation’s destiny. “Killing of time for holding parliamentary election is a kind of playing with nation’s fate,” Naim Ayobzada, head of Transparent Election Foundation of …
Read More »Civil activists urge govt to stop Bad practice
AT-KABUL: A large number of civil society activists supported Khan Wali Adel, a young man from Paktia province who had launched a sit-in in Kabul to protest against the nefarious custom of Bad (an old practice of settling disputes) in the country. To stand against Bad, and domestic disputes among …
Read More »Agreement signed to enhance accessibility to legal aid
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Ministry of Justice signed Saturday an agreement with the Asia Foundation, aimed at establishing a roadmap of legal aid in order to increase people’s accessibility in the justice system across the country. The roadmap of legal aid would be completed within one year by the Asia …
Read More »87 insurgents killed in raids
AT-KABUL: The Afghan security forces in different crackdowns against Taliban insurgents during 24 hours, had killed eighty-seven Taliban fighters. In addition ninety-one militants received injuries during operations. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) in a press statement said that Afghan National Army (ANA) in collaboration with Afghan National Police (ANP) and …
Read More »Afghanistan seeks regional cooperation to overcome common challenges
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies on Saturday in a roundtable related the country’s problems and challenges to the region, seeking a regional cooperation to cope with the issue. “Challenges in Afghanistan are exported from regional countries. Terrorists come from Chechnya, Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Arabic countries. Thus, we …
Read More »Karzai terms Kerry’s remarks sensitive
By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai termed the recent remarks by the US Secretary of State Johan Kerry regarding the term of the current Afghan government sensitive for the Afghan nation. Kerry in his remarks about the term of the National Unity Government said that the political agreement signed …
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