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AT-KABUL: The Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation (KBZF) with support of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Embassy provided relief assistance to the recent earthquake victims in northern Badakhshan province. A press statement issued here on Tuesday said that following order of the president of the UAE, Khalifa Bin Zahid …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday marked the World AIDS Day. Minister of Public Health, Ferozuddin Feroz, said that from 1989 up to the end of 2014 the ministry has registered around 1,874 cases of HIV/AIDS. …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Wang Min, China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nation (UN) said that Afghanistan is at the start of a decade-long transition period and asked the international community to firmly advance political reconciliation process in the war-hit country. While addressing the UN General Assembly meeting, Wang said …

AT-KABUL: China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Education on Monday to establish a vocational institute in Kabul. The MoU was signed between the Ministry of Education and group of Chinese engineers. The Minister of Education, Assadullah Hanif Balkhi, said that the institute will offer a …

AT-KABUL: Constitution has been constantly violated by all three pillars of the state, said the Second Vice President Sarwar Danish. While introducing a member-designate of the Supreme Court High Council and six member-designates of the Independent Commission for Overseeing the Implementation of Constitution to the Wolesi Jirga on Tuesday, Danish said that the …

AT-KABUL: The United States embassy in Kabul has issued a travel advisory on Monday warning the US citizens of imminent attack within the next two days in Afghanistan’s capital city. However, the embassy has not provided further details on the timing or targets of the possible terror attack in Kabul …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Unknown gunmen have killed the chief executive of a private television channel in the capital city, Kabul. Amanullah Ataee, head of the Asia Television Channel, was killed in front of his house in Kart-e-Naw area in the eight police jurisdiction of Kabul city. Chief of Crimes Investigation …

AT-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen killed a shadow judge of the Taliban militant group in northern Sar-e-Pul province the other day, an official said on Monday. The deputy chief of the provincial council, Sayed Assadullah Danesh, told media that the militant group’s shadow judge Mawlawi Ajmal was ambushed and killed in Sozma …

“SMEs create around 95 percent job opportunities. These enterprises need government’s support,” says ACCI. By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Monday organized a day long regional seminar on development of the small and medium-sized enterprises. The seminar titled “Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Development in the Heart …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The foreign ministers of NATO countries have gathered in the Belgium’s capital city Brussels to discuss important security issues including the Syrian war and Afghan mission also called the “Resolute Support”. Addressing the pre-ministerial press conference, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that the US …