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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Ministry of Commerce and Industries (MoCI) organized a daylong conference in Kabul to address grievances of the local industrialists. The conference titled “Afghan National Industries Support Conference Opportunities Challenges and Solution” was attended by representatives of the governmental and nongovernmental organizations and traders. They discussed challenges and …

Representatives of the nations that have been engaged in Afghanistan’s rebuilding came together in the Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Saturday. The objective of the meeting was to think over together how to get this war-wracked country out of the tunnel of troubles. Amidst a thickening cloud of political chaos, …

AT-KABUL: As many as 25 shops were completely burnt after a major fire broke out at a market in northern Kunduz province, late the other night. Sayed Jahangeer Keramat, a security official in the province, said that the fire was caused due to a short circuit. “A major fire at …

AT-KABUL: Unidentified gunmen killed 13 passengers of a bus in northern Balkh province on Saturday, said an official. Munir Ahmad Farhad, spokesman for the Balkh governor office, said that the passengers were attacked on a highway in Zari district of the province. He added that all victims of the deadly …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: Assuring the donor nations of corruption-free administration, President Muhammad Ashraf Ghani on Saturday vowed result-oriented structural reforms for economic growth. Addressing the Senior Officers Meeting (SOM) of the donor countries, the president highlighted the achievements made in the last 10 months. Peace process, human rights protection, electoral, …

AT-KABUL: A high-ranking official of the Indian foreign ministry said here that New Delhi is committed to strengthen relations with Kabul further and play its role in improvement of the war-hit country’s economy. Secretary in the external affairs ministry of India, Sujata Mehta, said that Afghan economy would get a …

AT-KABUL: Scores of schoolgirls and teachers were poisoned at a school in Herat City on Saturday. Confirming the incident, spokesman at the Herat Regional Hospital, Mohammad Rafiq Shirzai, said that 32 poisoned students and teachers were shifted to hospital for treatment. The teachers and their pupils were poisoned in Abdul …

AT-KABUL: Hundreds of civil rights activists, representatives of political parties and residents of Kabul City staged protest demonstration against delay in issuance of the electronic national identification cards (e-ID cards) They asked President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah to put aside their political differences. They said the …

KABUL: There are tangible economic benefits for regional partners of South and Central Asia to engage in increased trade, transit, transport, energy transfer and investment along new pathways being developed, the chief executive officer (CEO) said on Friday. Afghanistan stands at the crossroads, as part of the roundabout, a key …

KABUL: Kabul has always tried to improve trade ties with Tehran, President Ashraf Ghani said on Friday, desiring greater bilateral cooperation in the wake of the Iran-US agreement. During a meeting with Iran’s Interior Minister Abdul Raza Rahmani Fazli at the Presidential Palace here, Ghani stressed the need for enhanced …