The attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad on Wednesday is part of a trend of such attacks launched from Pakistan, said former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. “They are simply attacking India’s presence in Afghanistan, whenever they get the opportunity. The whole spectrum of the India-Afghan relations, the relationship itself, …
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By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Wednesday launched the use of chlorhexidine to reduce newborn infections and deaths during the critical first week after birth. Chlorhexidine is a medicine tube. The ointment is used for one week to treat the newly cut umbilical cord. This …
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AT-KABUL: The former president Hamid Karzai at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi said that state entities must not be allowed to support, shelter and finance terrorist organizations. He said that South Asian countries must move beyond the atmosphere of mistrust in the region as well as of militant extremism …
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AT-KABUL: In a ceremony held in the US-NATO Resolute Support mission headquarters in Kabul, the US Army Gen. John W. Mick Nicholson has took command of the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan by replacing General John F. Campbell. Campbell, who served three tours in Afghanistan, led coalition forces during …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistani Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif on Wednesday during his stopover in Kabul had held separate meetings with President Ashraf Ghani, United States (US) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Gen. Joseph Dunford, Commander US Central Command (Centcom) Gen. Lloyd J. Austin …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least seven people, including five suicide bombers, were killed and 19 others including children were injured in a complex attack on the Indian consulate by a group of armed militants on Wednesday in Jalalabad, official sources told Afghanistan Times. First, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health reported of the establishment of a medical body named Afghanistan Interim Medical Council, saying it aimed to standardize healthcare services. “The council will make efforts to standardize healthcare services and enrich medical universities’ curriculum with the collaboration of related organs,” Minister of Public …
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AT-KABUL: The court of Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) on Tuesday said that five drug runners were arrested through different operations last week in the country. “Five smugglers were apprehended by the counter-narcotics police through different crackdowns in Kabul, Nangarhar, and Paktia provinces,” the CJTF said in a statement. More …
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AT-KABUL: Kabul Municipality plans to asphalt160 kilometer roads in the capital, while 800 kilometer roads have been already reconstructed, it said Tuesday. Kabul caretaker mayor Mohammad Aslam Akrami said they plan to asphalt and reconstruct more roads including the ones in Khair Khana and Taimani neighborhoods in the new Afghan …
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KABUL: The Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that each year dozens or even hundreds of women and girls in Afghanistan are subjected to invasive, humiliating, and sometimes painful vaginal and rectal exams in the name of “science.” According to HRW, these so-called virginity exams are not just demeaning—they constitute sexual …
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