By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The Japan Embassy in Kabul on Monday said that the country has turned 16,500 hectares of barren land desert into arable land in eastern Nangarhar province. Japan ambassador to Kabul, Hiroshi Takashi, said Peace Medical Services (PMC) as implementer of the project initiated the scheme in 2003 …
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AT-KABUL: Ex-President Hamid Karzai strongly denounced recent terrorist attacks in Khost, Kunduz, Kapisa and other provinces that led to killing of tens of people. Hamid Karzia termed that attacks as inhuman and said that perpetrators of the attacks were enemies of the people of Afghanistan. Karzai stressed that all the …
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AT-KABUL: At least 69 armed Taliban fighters have been killed and 17 others wounded in different crackdowns across the country over the past 48 hours. In a press release issued here on Monday, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that Afghan National Police (ANP) in collaboration with Afghan National Army …
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AT-KABUL: Around 30 Taliban militants have been killed in northern Faryab province, said that National Directorate of Security (NDS). The NDS in a statement issued here on Monday said that the operatives of the spy agency killed 30 militants, including two commanders of the Taliban, Abdullah and Rahmat, in Sherin …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 33 people including women and children were killed and 23 others wounded in a suicide car bombing near a US base in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province. Mubarez Mohammad Zadran, spokesman for Khost governor office, said that a suicide car bomber blew himself up near a …
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Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: New parliament building that India is constructing will be ready in next six months. The Minister of Urban and Development Affairs (MUDA), Sayed Saadat Mansoor Naderi, and Indian ambassador to Kabul, Amar Sinha, visited the construction site of the project on Sunday. They said that the project …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: A landmine explosion in Kapisa province has killed 10 civilians and injured nine others, official said on Sunday. The Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) detonated when the vehicle, civilians were traveling in, ran over the landmine in Tagab district of the province on Sunday morning. Abdul Karim Fayeq, …
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AT-KABUL: Mohammad Qurban Haqjo on Sunday formally assumed office as chief of Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA). The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, introduced Haqjo as chief of the AISA on Sunday. President Ghani selected Haqjo as head of the AISA out of five candidates last week. …
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AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: Unknown gunmen shot dead the former chief executive officer (CEO) of western Farah province, said a local official. Jawad Afghan, spokesman for Farah governor office, said that two unknown gunmen on a motorcycle killed the former CEO of the province, who was currently working as the executive …
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By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: In a bid to promote domestic manufacturing, Bank-e-Milli Afghan (BMA) signed an agreement with Kabul Industrial Council (KIC) to provide manufacturers with machinery and raw materials across the country. Head of the BMA, Ahmad Khesraw Zia, said that signing of the agreement is aimed at enhancing cooperation …
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