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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: First ever National Food Based Dietary Guidelines (NBDGs) for Afghans was launched on Sunday in order to fight malnutrition across the country. The NBDGs was published by Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock in collaboration with health and education ministries and Food Agriculture Organization (FAO). Minister of …

AT-KABUL: Chief of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) Abdul Sattar Sadat rejected the allegations about fraud in the 2014 presidential election, terming report of Radio Azadi baseless. Radio Azadi on September 18 in a report said that Chief of the IECC told a gathering that dismissal of the electoral …

AT-KABUL: The National Directorate of Security (NDS) on Sunday said that ammunition cache was seized in Paktika province. In press statement issued here the NDS said that its operatives discovered and seized huge cache of arms and ammunition during an operation in Dara Zadran district of Paktika province. The seized …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) expressed its deep concerns over presence of children in the Taliban’s ranks. The remarks came just few days after Afghan security forces arrested a child suicide bomber in Faryab province. Rafiullah Bedar, spokesman of the AIHRC, while talking to Azadi Radio …

KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Sunday announced the appointment of five new ambassadors to Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Czech, Norway and Belgium and one non-resident envoy. Mirwais Nab has been named as Afghanistan’s ambassador to Turkmenistan, Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal to Pakistan, Syed Musdaq Khalili to Czech Republic, Shukria Barakzai …

AT-KABUL: Governors of Herat, Bamiyan, Parwan, Daikundi, Nimroz and Kapisa urged the central government to implement infrastructural projects, put end to mounting insecurity and improve education in the provinces. The governors on Saturday in a session in Kabul said that the central government nodded to some of their demands. However, …

“We will prove it to the world that Afghans are not terrorists, said Asfandyar Wali Khan.” AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai said that Afghans are united, will remain united and none can divide them. He added that Afghans and the Pashtuns living on the other side of the Durand Line were …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Ministry of Commerce and Industries said that Afghanistan would receive the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) membership by the end of 2015. Spokesman for the ministry Musafir Quqandi said the membership would bolster business system in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, other officials of the ministry also voiced pleasure and said …

AT-KABUL: A 12-year old would-be suicide bomber surrendered to police in northern Faryab province. Faryab Police Chief, Sayed Agha Andarabi, told Afghanistan Times that Zakaria, 12, has saved his life and of many others by escaping the Taliban and surrendering to police in Chahar Shanbe Bazaar area of Qaisar district …

Locals face challenges; ask Kabul to take the issue with Dushanbe AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Tajikistan has closed her border for Badakhshan residents living near the border. This came after insecurity increased in northern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan. The residents living in Darwaz, Ishkashim and Maimay districts of Badakhshan province, which …