Afghanistan Times
AT-KABUL: Police arrested three people who were allegedly involved in smuggling of precious stones in Kapisa province, said an official source. Nazar Kohistani, spokesman for the provincial police headquarters, said that three people were arrested in Hes-e-Awal Kohestan district of the province. He said that the alleged smugglers had skillfully …
Read More »World Bank donates agricultural machinery
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The World Bank (WB) donated Afs73.6 million worth of agricultural machinery to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL). The machinery was handed over to the Agricultural Research Institute of Afghanistan (ARIA) by Afghanistan Agriculture Irrigation Project on Tuesday. The machinery include tractors with their …
Read More »Female prisoners deprived of legal rights: Report
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Paywond Afghanan Association (PAA) on Tuesday released a report revealing that female prisoners were deprived of their legal rights since arrest till end of the imprisonment term. The survey covered Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kandahar and Helmand provinces, where 53 people including inmates, released prisoners, legislative officials and …
Read More »Russia develops anti-drugs programs to assist Afghanistan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Russian government has developed special programs to help Kabul and Islamabad to fight narcotics, a senior official said the other day. “In accordance with the Russian president’s order after the session of the State Council presidium, anti-drugs programs have been developed to help the relevant services …
Read More »Govt announces multiple-entry visa for KP traders
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghan government has announced the issuance of one year multiple-entry visa for the businessmen of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. The issuing of multiple-entry visa for the KP businessmen will enhance trade ties between Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to Dawn, a Pakistani newspaper, the Afghan Consul General Syed …
Read More »Govt to buy 200,000 tons of wheat from Turkmenistan
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, during a press conference in Kabul the other day said that the country would buy around 200,000 tons of wheat from Turkmenistan at less than 250 USD per ton and also intending to buy another 600,000 tons from Kazakhstan. Ghani said that he …
Read More »Pak army chief to visit Kabul aimed to resume peace talks
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif is expected to visit Kabul soon in order to hold talks with the Afghan officials re resumption of second round of peace talks with the Taliban. Pakistani media reported that Gen. Sharif would be accompanied by a high-level …
Read More »SCO discusses economic cooperation
AT-BEIJING: Heads of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states emphasized on stronger economic growth in the SCO territory. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah has represented Afghanistan in the SCO summit where he already held separate meetings with Indian, Chinese and Russian leaders and emphasized on exploiting regional economic …
Read More »Brother of Afghan envoy to India killed in Kandahar
Unknown gunmen shot dead an elder brother of the Afghanistan ambassador to India in a mosque in the capital of southern Kandahar province on Monday, an official said. Sardar Mohammad Khan, the brother of Shaida Mohammad Abdali, was attacked in the third police district of Kandahar City in Karteh Naw …
Read More »Karzai: Pakistani minister’s statement is an insult to Afghan people and Taliban
The former Afghan President Hamid Karzai slammed the Pakistani defense minister for insulting the Afghan people and Taliban through his recent remarks regarding the security of the trans-Afghan gas pipeline. In his speech during an event to mark the International Migrants Day in Kabul, Karzai said the remarks by Pakistani …
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