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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: At least two civilians have been killed and six others wounded in a bomb blast in Yahyakhel district of southern Paktika province on Wednesday. Provincial Council Chairman, Afsar Khan Sulemankhel, said that two people have been killed and six others sustained injuries in an explosion took place …
Read More »Wolesi Jirga rejects 10pc tax on cell-phone users
“The Lower House of the Parliament said it wants tax on cellular services but under a new regulation approved by the lawmakers as without approval the Presidential decree on tax violates the Constitution” Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga on Wednesday rejected the presidential decree imposing a 10 percent tax …
Read More »As Pak hikes interference Wolesi Jirga questions credibility of BSA
Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Wolesi Jirga (WJ) or Lower House of the Parliament on Wednesday asked the United States to implement the Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), saying that Pakistan is interfering in Afghanistan aimed at destabilizing the latter and pursuing its goals without any hindrance. Muhammad Sarwar Usmani, an MP …
Read More »“48pc decline in opium production”
By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) and Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MoCN) reported 48 percent decrease in opium production. According to a survey report poppy cultivation has declined by 19 percent and opium production by 48 percent in 2015. The survey had been conducted …
Read More »Foes keep govt embroiled in war to bar Afghanistan from development: Ghani
By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Vowing to overcome the existing challenges and lead the country towards prosperity, President Ashraf Ghani said that enemies of the nation had kept the government busy in the war aimed at preventing Afghanistan from development. Speaking at the 15th exhibition of agricultural products and the World …
Read More »Shun insurgency or face death, police chief warns Taliban
The newly-appointed police chief for southern Ghazni province on Wednesday asked the militants to shun the insurgency or be ready for being targeted. Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel issued the warning during his introduction ceremony in Ghazni City, the provincial capital, this morning. “If the Taliban continue shedding the bloods of …
Read More »Karzai blames world powers for rise of extremism
KABUL: Afghanistan was a peaceful and tolerant Muslim country with a fast-improving economy before the Soviet invasion, the former president claims. While the Soviet Union tried to impose its own ideology of communism on a deeply Muslim nation, the West and its allies did the same mistake by fostering extremism, …
Read More »Al-Qaeda network dismantled in Kandahar
AT-Kabul: US and Afghan security forces in a joint offensive dismantled al-Qaeda network in Kandahar province and killed dozens of militants in Shorabak district of the province, military official said on Tuesday. The US spokesman for Afghanistan Brig. Gen. Wilson Shoffner said the US and Afghan troops have dismantled al-Qaeda …
Read More »SCO enhances cooperation with ANSF to counter Daesh
AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has vowed to enhance cooperation with the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) to prevent the Islamic State, also known as Daesh, from expanding in the region. The deputy director of the RATS executive committee, Vitaly Burov, …
Read More »Medicines donated to help injured people in Kunduz
AT-KABUL: The pharmaceutical services’ union of Afghanistan has donated five tons of medicines to Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) to help injured people in Kunduz province. Chief of the union Abdul Khaliq Zazai handed over the packages to Minister of Public Health Ferozuddin Feroz here on Tuesday. Feroz said the …
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