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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The president’s special envoy for reforms and good governance, Ahmad Zia Massoud, on Friday said that regional spy agencies were supporting terrorist organizations in Afghanistan to safeguard their interests. Addressing a gathering on the first death anniversary of Hakmatullah Haqmal, the former police chief of Grishk district …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The acting provincial chief of the High Peace Council (HPC) on Friday said that Daesh was offering good salary to recruit fighters in Ghazni province. Khalilullah Hotak told Afghan Pajhwok News that the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, is active in the province and recruiting people …

AT-KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday met with Chief of the Feroz Koh Foundation (Turquoise Mountain). Head of the Feroz Koh Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture, Waheed Khalili and teachers of the institute were also present on the occasion. Hamid Karzai commended the institute for creating exquisite pieces …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Kazakhstan opened Wednesday the first-ever commerce house in Kabul, a move called to expand trade issues with Afghanistan. The house was opened by Afghan and Kazakh officials and a number of businessmen and representatives of private sector of the two countries. Kazakh Ambassador to Afghanistan Omirtay …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Governors’ Association mostly made of the former provincial governors expressed concern over the failure of the National Unity Government, asking the traditional Loya Jirga should be called to overcome the problems. “Disputes between the government leaders over dividing positions, inattention to hold parliamentary election, ramp up …

AT-KABUL: Fifteen Taliban fighters were killed and 16 others wounded in different crackdowns in the past 24 hours, officials said. In a press release issued on Wednesday, Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that Afghan National Army (ANA) with the cooperation of the Afghan National Police (ANP) and National Directorate of …

By Erin Cunningham-KABUL:  Afghanistan’s embattled government is facing a new challenge to its rule: former supporters, disillusioned by what they think is its incompetence, who now want fresh elections to remove the president from power. The discontent comes as the country is confronting a robust Taliban insurgency and an economy …

AT-KABUL: India has committed to provide annual financial assistance of US$ 1 million over a period of five years beginning 2015-16 to the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) for the treatment of Afghan children suffering from Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). According to a media statement issued here, the first installment …

Hundreds of failed Afghan asylum seekers who fled to the UK as children face deportation following a court ruling. Many have gone on the run, refusing to be sent back to the war-torn country. Ismat makes his way nervously through the streets of south London. He looks over his shoulder …

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) on Tuesday blamed the neighboring countries for hampering the export of Afghan merchandise that hurts the trade, also accusing the government of inattention. “We ask the government to stop shouting slogans and support industries and exports,” said deputy chief of …