AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Acting Defense Minister, Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, said that Daesh and Taliban have been receiving training at military bases of Pakistan. Pointing to the ISI, Pakistan’s spy agency, he said that the foreign intelligence agency tries to push all the insurgents to Afghanistan in order to show that …
Read More »MoI gets new complex
No compromise over blood of security forces in political process: Ghani By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday assured that the government would not bargain over sacrifices of security forces for political goals. After inaugurating the Ministry of Interior’s new building, President Ghani said that the government wanted …
Read More »6 people including rebel killed in Jawzjan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least six people, including a rebel, have been killed in separate incidents in northwestern Jawzjan province, said an official on Saturday. Three young civilians were killed by two Taliban motorcyclists in Kukuldash village of Faizabad district, the provincial police chief Col. Abdul Hafiz Khashi told a …
Read More »ADB provides $275m for electricity expansion
“Capacity of power transmission from Turkmenistan will increase from 300MW to 1,000MW,” says Finance Minister By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: For strengthening and expansion of Turkmenistan power transmission line in Northern provinces of Afghanistan, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) provided $275 million to the Afghan government. The agreement was signed on …
Read More »Afghanistan joins WTO
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan has finally joined the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a full member after 11 years of negotiations. The WTO has approved the membership of Afghanistan on Thursday at its 10th ministerial conference in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. After 11 years of negotiations Afghanistan has become …
Read More »USAID projects boost support for Taliban: Report
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: An internal study report of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) revealed that some US-backed projects had increased support for the Taliban insurgents. The United States has been busy in rebuilding Afghanistan and had invested millions of dollars on different projects. However, the study says …
Read More »Manoj Prabhakar hopes pairing with Inzamam will boost Afghanistan’s chances at World Twenty20
Former India seamer Manoj Prabhakar, who has been appointed bowling coach of the Afghanistan national side for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20, is hopeful of forming a fruitful coaching partnership with chief coach Inzamam-ul-Haq. “For the last five days, I have been working with Afghanistan’s U-19 side at the Greater …
Read More »Afghanistan-Central Asia Dialogue-III: Speakers stress on regional integration
AT-MAZAR-E-SHARIF: Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Studies (AISS) has organized two-day Afghanistan-Central Asia Dialogue-III in northern Balkh province to explore ways to combat terrorism and promote regional integration. The acting Governor of Balkh province, Atta Muhammad Noor, while addressing the conference stressed on regional cooperation in fight against militancy. He called …
Read More »India condemns murder of Afghan envoy”s brother
India on Thursday strongly condemned the assassination of the brother of the Afghan envoy to India and said there is a “pattern of targeted elimination” of those opposed to the Taliban. At a media briefing Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Vikas Swarup also said that India offers its sincerest …
Read More »Afghan inventor seeks govt support
AT-KABUL: Rajab Ali Andishmand, an Afghan inventor who recently designed a military tank and an airplane, has criticized the government for its inattention towards the field of science and technology. Rajab Ali Andishmand is in the field of engineering for the past over 40 years. He worked inside and outside …
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