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By Farhad Naibkehl-KABUL: Ministry of Commerce and Industries is to integrate the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA), officials said Wednesday. “The draft of integration was discussed in high economic council the other day,” deputy commerce minister Abdul Bari Rahman said. “The government plans to integrate parallel organs and coordinate facilities,” …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A man who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, hanged himself to death Wednesday in the Bamyan provincial jail, an official said. A provincial police official Mohammad Ali Lakzai, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the inmate, Khaliq Dad, had committed suicide by hanging himself inside his …

KABUL: Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has dropped a key condition for ending his war of more than 40 years with Kabul, an associate said Tuesday. According to Amin Karim, an official of the Hezb-i-Islami Party, the party’s leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, is no longer demanding that all foreign troops leave Afghanistan. Hekmatyar is …

AT-KABUL: At least seven civilians were killed and 29 wounded Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden motorcycle in a busy area of the Seyagerd district in Parwan province, officials said. “The bomber was identified by the security forces, but unfortunately, he managed blow himself up,” said provincial police …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Tuesday said that Afghan police were well prepared to rebuff enemy’s threats in the current year across the country. “Although there will be threats, but steps have been taken and preparation have been adopted to overcome challenges in better manner and neutralize …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Tuesday said that it annihilated four terrorist networks by arresting dozens of terrorists in the southern Kandahar province. In a press statement issued here, the NDS said that its operatives managed to arrest 19 rebels and bust four terrorist network through operations …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai met Monday with the representatives of the clerics, tribal elders and influential figures of Laghman province as well as Sorubi district of Kabul province. Jameyatullah Hamidi, Atiqullah Abdulrahimzai, Sangarwal, Borhanullah Tauhidi and Maulavi Golab on behalf of the others, spoke on the national issues and …

AT-KABUL:  The Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) on Monday signed an agreement with a Canadian company to kick off the technical feasibility studies of railway in Turghundi Port in Heart province. Mahmoud Baligh, the public works minister, told newsmen that the project was part of the corridor of the Central …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi on Monday said that the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) had counted the Afghan government’s recent performances positive. “Following mutual commitments, the JCMB assessment was positive regarding the performances of the government of Afghanistan in the past seven months,” Hakimi said. Addressing …

AT-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health   and the   UNICEF inaugurated   the new regional   vaccine storage in Kandahar to provide health facilities for the Immunization Program. The new building will enable Kandahar health department to provide and enhance the quality immunization services for children and women in 48 districts of Kandahar, Helmand, …