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AT-KABUL: An independent anti-corruption body on Wednesday said nepotism plays a critical role in getting a job as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). The Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee said in a report that favoritism and patronage often triumph over merit and ability in …

AT-KABUL: Amnesty International called on the government to ensure safety of aid workers and bring those responsible for killing of nine people, mostly humanitarian workers, in northern Balkh province to book. Unknown gunmen shot dead nine Afghan employees of a Cezch charity organization in an attack on a guesthouse in …

AT-KABUL: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters have beheaded 10 Taliban militants in eastern Nangarhar province, said a local official on Wednesday. Muhammad Noman Hatefi, the spokesman for the 201st Selab Military Corps, said that the incident took place in Achin district of the province when a …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), the Afghan Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the United Nations Population Fund vowed to expand capacity to treat women with obstetric fistula. Addressing a cermoney on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, the minister of public health Firozuddin Feroz …

By Akhtar M. Nikzad-KABUL: Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MoRR) on Wednesday said that Pakistan would register all undocumented Afghan refugees within next 100 days. Briefing reporters on the 100-day action plan that he presented to the president, more than a week ago, Minister for Refugees and Repatriation said that …

KABUL: The spy agency on Wednesday said two planners and masterminds behind the terrorist attack on Park Palace guesthouse in Kabul had been arrested. At least 14 civilians, including nine foreigners, were killed after gunmen stormed the guesthouse popular with foreigners in the Kolola Pushta neighborhood two weeks back. The …

Abdul Zuhoor Qayomi-KABUL: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) of Afghanistan on Tuesday said that the five Taliban leaders, who were released by the American authorities to free the captive US soldier Bowe Bergdahl, would remain in Qatar for one year. The United States handed over the Taliban leaders Norullah …

AT-KABUL: The Meshrano Jirga urged the government to bring the five Taliban leaders, who are subjected to travel ban in Qatar, to Afghanistan. Qatar the other day agreed to temporarily extend travel ban on the five Taliban commanders who were released from prison in Guantanamo Bay in a swap deal …

By Safiullah Amani-KABUL: Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MoRRD) on Tuesday said that over 1,300 uplift projects would be implemented within next 100 days in the country. Briefing media-persons over the 100-day plan that he presented to the president more than a week ago, Nasir Ahmad Durrani said that …

AT Monitoring Desk-KABUL: The United States’ weather flight’s mission at the Bagram airbase has installed a modern weather radar system to cover more area of Afghanistan. According to a news report published by the Dvidshub, the 455th Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron weather flight’s mission has installed the new radar system …